South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) & Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD) invite you to a conference on ‘Networking for Natural Resource Governance in Africa: Towards a Regional Approach’

The conference will bring together participants from local and regional think tanks, academics, MPs, government, corporate and international experts to present comparative perspectives on natural resource governance in Africa. Lessons may be learned from the governance of oil and other extractive industries, such as mining and timber, from Ghana, South Africa, Nigeria, Angola, Tanzania, Uganda and Sudan. The aims of the conference are to:

• debate and draw comparative lessons for governance of the oil sector, from other African countries and other extractive industries, mining and timber.
• establish an African Research Network on Natural Resource Governance.

RSVP by 22 January 2010 to Dr Kathryn Sturman or Nosiphiwo Msitweni:   kathryn.sturman@saiia.org.za;

nosiphiwo.msitweni@saiia.org.za

Ph:      +27 21 422 0717

Fax:    +27 21 426 1455