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Venue: FTI Consulting, Avenue Marnix 23, 1000 Brussels Date: 11 May 2017 Responsible mining – Towards a partnership dialogue to support the delivery of the sustainable development goals in Africa AGENDA 8.45 – 9.10: Registration and breakfast 9.10– 9.20: Welcome and opening Statement by the mining sector - Lawrence Dechambenoit, Rio Tinto, Vice President Corporate Relations Africa 9.20 – 9.30: Views from the European Commission - Sergio Piazzardi, European Commission, DG Development Cooperation, Private Framework Development, Trade, Regional Integration 9.30 – 9.40: Views from Civil Society - Pippa Howard, Fauna and Flora International, Director, Business & Biodiversity 9.40 – 9.50: Questions from the audience 9.50 – 10.10: Views from the mining sector - Richard Morgan, Anglo American, Head of Government Relations - Anna Krutikov, Glencore, Head of Sustainable Development 10.10 – 10.20: Questions from the audience 10.20 – 11.00: Panel Debate: Challenges and Opportunities for partnerships with the private sector – moderated by San Bilal, ECDMP - Ligia Noronha, UN Environment, Director Economy Division - Casper Sonesson, UNDP, Global Policy Advisor, Extractive Industries - Michal Spiechowicz, European Commission, DG Grow, Raw Materials - Sergio Piazzardi, European Commission, DG Development Cooperation - Lawrence Dechambenoit, Rio Tinto - Pippa Howard, Fauna and Flora International Break (15 min) 11.15 – 12.15: Outcome oriented discussion with the aim to outline possible areas for cooperation and share ideas for joint projects 12.15 – 12.30: Conclusions and next steps 12.30 – 13.00: Lunch
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Venue:FTIConsulting,AvenueMarnix23,1000Brussels Date:11May2017
Responsiblemining–Towardsapartnershipdialoguetosupportthedeliveryofthe
sustainabledevelopmentgoalsinAfrica
AGENDA
8.45–9.10:Registrationandbreakfast
9.10–9.20:WelcomeandopeningStatementbytheminingsector- LawrenceDechambenoit,RioTinto,VicePresidentCorporateRelationsAfrica
9.20–9.30:ViewsfromtheEuropeanCommission- SergioPiazzardi,EuropeanCommission,DGDevelopmentCooperation,Private
FrameworkDevelopment,Trade,RegionalIntegration9.30–9.40:ViewsfromCivilSociety- PippaHoward,FaunaandFloraInternational,Director,Business&Biodiversity
9.40–9.50:Questionsfromtheaudience9.50–10.10:Viewsfromtheminingsector- RichardMorgan,AngloAmerican,HeadofGovernmentRelations- AnnaKrutikov,Glencore,HeadofSustainableDevelopment
10.10–10.20:Questionsfromtheaudience10.20–11.00:PanelDebate:ChallengesandOpportunitiesforpartnershipswiththeprivatesector–moderatedbySanBilal,ECDMP- LigiaNoronha,UNEnvironment,DirectorEconomyDivision- CasperSonesson,UNDP,GlobalPolicyAdvisor,ExtractiveIndustries- MichalSpiechowicz,EuropeanCommission,DGGrow,RawMaterials- SergioPiazzardi,EuropeanCommission,DGDevelopmentCooperation- LawrenceDechambenoit,RioTinto- PippaHoward,FaunaandFloraInternational
Break(15min)11.15–12.15:Outcomeorienteddiscussionwiththeaimtooutlinepossibleareasforcooperationandshareideasforjointprojects
12.15–12.30:Conclusionsandnextsteps12.30–13.00:Lunch
SPEAKERS
LawrenceDechambenoit,VicePresidentCorporateRelationsAfrica,RioTinto
AformerPoliticalofficialattheUnitedNationsinNewYork,heoversawthemanagementofpeacekeepingeffortsasmissionsandwasinstrumentalinmediatingconflictsintheDemocraticRepublicofCongoandAfrica’sGreatLakesRegion.
AttheUNhealsoservedasaSeniorAdvisortoformerPresidents,OlusegunObasanjoofNigeria,BenjaminMkapaofTanzaniaandKetumileMasireofBotswana.
PriortojoiningRioTintoMr.DechambenoitranaconsultancyfirmthatassistedcorporateswiththeirdevelopmentstrategiesandengagementwithAfricangovernmentsandregulators.HewasalsoSeniorAdvisorattheAlbright-StonebridgegroupacorporatediplomacyconsultancyestablishedbyformerUSSecretaryofStateMadeleineAlbright.
MrDechambenoitisarecipientoftheFrenchMedalforNationalDefencewithexceptionalmerit.
HeholdsanMAinInternationalPoliticalEconomyandaBAinPoliticsfromtheUniversityofWarwickandtheSchoolofOrientalandAfricanStudiesattheUniversityofLondon.
HeisaboardtrusteeoftheAfricanLeadershipNetworkandofBigWinPhilanthropyaprivateendowmentthatfinancesprojectsinAfricatoacceleratedemographicdividends.
SergioPiazzardi,HeadofUnitPrivateFrameworkDevelopment,Trade,RegionalIntegration,DGDevelopmentCooperation(DGDEVCO),EuropeanCommission
SinceSeptember2014SergioPiazzardihasworkedasPolicyofficerattheDirectorateGeneralforInternationalCooperationandDevelopmentoftheEuropean Commission in Brussels, dealing with the private sector inparticular in the areas of extractive industries (mining), industrycompetitiveness and innovation , sustainable tourism and technical andvocationaltrainingandeducation.
Over theperiod1994-2014,Sergiowaspartof severalEUDelegations inCentral and Southern Asia and in Africa (Kazakhstan, Pakistan,Mozambique and in the Democratic Republic of Congo) as Economic
Advisor,HeadofDevelopmentCooperationandHeadofInfrastructuresandEnergy.
Before joining the European Commission, Sergio worked as Technical Officer at the EuropeanCommitteeforStandardization(CEN)inBrusselsforsixyears.SergiohasadegreeinCivilEngineeringattheUniversityofPaviain1986.
PippaHoward,DirectoroftheBusiness&BiodiversityProgramme,FaunaandFloraInternational(FFI)
PippaHowarddirectsFFI’sengagementwiththecorporatesector,leadingsuccessfulprogrammestobothadviseandsteerbiodiversitymanagementwhilst leveraging change through critical interventions. Pippa brokerscollaboration and cooperation between business, government and civilsociety to address both practical and policy challenges to biodiversityconservation.Pippaprovidestheimpetusforinnovationandincubationofground-breaking conservation solutions, taking into account the complexsocio-politicalcontextswithinwhichsheworks.
Through sector level engagement she works to influence change andcommitment,advisingtheoil&gasandminingsectorsthroughindividualstrategicpartnershipsandsector initiatives suchas IPIECAand the ICMM.Pippahas ledmuchof FFI’s engagementwith thefinancial sector through programmes and initiatives such as the Natural Value Initiative and theForestFootprintDisclosureProject.ShehasdevelopedstrongworkingrelationshipswiththeWorldBank, EBRD and the IFC through cross-sector initiatives and, more recently, with major internalLenderBanks throughherworkon theOyuTolgoiProject inMongolia,and IFC-fundedprojects inLiberia,Guinea,Colombia,UgandaandMozambique.
Pippa leadsallengagementwith theextractivesectorand isPartnershipDirector for relationshipswithBP,Repsol,RioTinto,AngloAmerican,BHPBilliton,OyuTolgoi,BGGroup,eniSpA,andTotal.
RichardMorgan,HeadofGovernmentRelations,AngloAmerican
Richard Morgan is Head of Government Relations in Anglo AmericanbasedinLondon(joinedOct2010).
PreviouslyRichardwasHeadofPublicDiplomacyattheBritishForeignOffice (2008-2010). He was seconded to Unilever as Head of PublicAffairsforAfrica,MiddleEastandTurkeybetween2005and2008.
Richardwasposted to theBritishEmbassy inParis (2000-2004),SouthAfrica(1995-2000)andTokyo(1986-1990).From1990to1995Richardwasat theForeignOffice inLondonworking inMiddleEastandNorth
AfricaDepartmentandtheCommunications/Mediateam.
RichardholdsaDegreeinmodernlanguagesfromUniversityofOxford.
AnnaKrutikov,HeadofSustainableDevelopment,Glencore
AnnaistheheadofSustainableDevelopmentatGlencore,basedinSwitzerland. In this role, she leads engagement with externalstakeholders, including government, investors, media and civilsocietyonmatters relating to sustainability.She is also responsibleforthedesignandimplementationofbusinessstrategiesthatreflectthe challenges associated with the political, social andenvironmentallandscape.AnnahasbeenatGlencoreforfiveyears,and has worked with project teams and operations acrossGlencore’s portfolio, including Australia, Colombia, DemocraticRepublicofCongoandZambia.
PriortojoiningGlencore,AnnaworkedatF&CAssetManagement(nowpartofBMOGroup),whereshewasAssociateDirectorofSustainableInvestment,specialisinginmining.
LigiaNoronha,Director,EconomyDivision,UNEnvironment(UNEP)
Ligia Noronha was appointed Director of UNEP, Division ofTechnology, Industry and Economics (DTIE - now known asEconomy Division) in April 2014. Since her appointment, she hasguided UN Environment, Economy Division in delivering itsmandate of promoting environmental sustainability throughtechnology, industry, and economic policy, and has led theimplementation of three of UN Environment seven sub-programmes, namely climate change, chemicals and waste, andresourceefficiency.
PriortojoiningUNEnvironment,LigiaNoronhaservedinTheEnergyandResourcesInstitute(TERI)as Executive Director of Research Coordination and as Director of the Resources, Regulation andGlobal SecurityDivision. From2005 to 2011 she served as Secretaryof theAsian Energy Instituteand,from2005to2009,asCoordinatoroftheRenewableEnergyandEnergyEfficiencyPartnerships(REEEP),SouthAsia. In2004and2005, shewasTeamLeaderofEcosystemApproaches toHumanHealthattheInternationalDevelopmentResearchCentre(IDRC).
LigiahasservedontheNationalSecurityAdvisoryBoardoftheGovernmentofIndia,andonseveralexpertcommitteesoftheGovernmentofIndiaandGoa,includingtheExpertCommitteeonClimateChange, theWesternGhatsEcologyExpertPanel,and theTaskForceonNaturalResourcesof theCommissiononCentreStateRelations.Inaddition,shehasbeenamemberofthePlanningBoardoftheGovernmentofGoaandmemberof theGoa JubileeDevelopmentCouncil, amemberofShellInternational’s ExternalReviewCommitteeonSustainabilityReporting, andmemberof theGlobalAssuranceGroup’sprojectonMinerals,MetalandSustainableDevelopment.
Ligia has published internationally on issues relevant to energy and resource security, climatechange,India'senvironmentalandcoastalpolicy,responsiblemining,andresourcefederalism.From
2009 to 2011, she was a Visiting Senior Fellow at the University of Sydney based Centre forInternational Security Studies (CISS). She holds a Masters in Economics from the University ofBombay, aMasters in SeaUse Law,Economics, andPolicy, andaPhD from the LondonSchoolofEconomics.
CasperSonesson,GlobalPolicyAdviserforExtractiveIndustriesandSustainableDevelopment,UnitedNationsDevelopmentProgramme(UNDP)
Casper Sonesson is Global Policy Advisor for Extractive Industries andsustainable development at the UNDP, a position he has held since late2014.Before thathe servedasDeputyDirectorofPrivateSectoratUNDPsince2008.Priortothis,heworkedforoveradecadetoshapeanddevelopUNDP’sengagementwiththeprivatesectoracrossarangeofdevelopmentareas, including economic development and job creation, environmentalsustainabilityandcrisispreventionandrecovery.
Casper has also worked extensively on private sector development, smallenterprise development and microfinance. From 2011 – 2014 he served as a member on theExecutiveCommitteeoftheDonorCommitteeforEnterpriseDevelopment.
MichalSpiechowicz,PolicyOfficer-Rawmaterials,Directorate-GeneralforInternalMarket,Industry,EntrepreneurshipandSMEs(DGGROW),EuropeanCommission
Michal Spiechowicz is a Policy Officer in Unit 2. Resource Efficiency and RawMaterials in Dir. C – Industrial Transformation and Advanced Value Chains inDeputyDirectorGeneral1ofDGGROW.
Michal isresponsibleforthepoliciesofDGGROWinthefieldofaccesstorawmaterials.Michalspecialisesinthedevelopmentofvisuallysynergieswithmoreenvironmentally friendly policies, such as NATURA2000. He is also involved inthe management of the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materialsprogramme.
In2001-2005MichalworkedasaconsultantoninformationsystemsinFrankfurtandinMunich,andsince2005 intheEuropeanCommission inthefieldof internationalpolitics forcompetitivenessofenterprises.MichalholdsadegreeineconomicsfromtheEuropeanUniversityViadrina,FrankfurtanderOder.
MODERATOR
SanBilal,SeniorExecutiveandtheHeadtheEconomicTransformationandTradeprogrammeattheEuropeanCentreforDevelopmentPolicyManagement(ECDPM)
Dr. Sanoussi Bilal is a Senior Executive and the Head the EconomicTransformation and Trade programme at the ECDPM in Maastricht, theNetherlands and in Brussels, Belgium, where he is based. With abackground in economics and international relations, he has a PhD ininternational economics from the University of Birmingham (UnitedKingdom), a Master from the Graduate Institute of International andDevelopment Studies in Geneva, and a Bachelor in Economics from theUniversityofGeneva(Switzerland).
Before joiningECDPM,heworkedat theOverseasDevelopment Institute(United Kingdom), the European Institute of Public Administration (the Netherlands) and theEconomicsDepartmentof theUniversityofGeneva.His expertise relatesmainly toeconomic andtrade issuesfor inclusivegrowth,regional integrationprocessesanddevelopment,withafocusonAfricaandtheACP-EUrelations(includingeconomicpartnershipagreements).
His current activities focus on the structural transformation dynamics in Africa and financing fordevelopment,andincludeprojectsontradeanddevelopment;sustainableglobalvaluechains;EPAs;dynamicsofregionalintegrationprocessesinAfrica;aidfortrade;privatesectoranddevelopment;economic diplomacy; (resource-based) industrialisation; and emerging players in Africa. He is theauthor of numerous publications, as well as the founding editor of themagazine GREAT Insightsdedicatedtogovernance,regionalintegration,agricultureandtradematters.SanisalsoaFellowattheWestAfricanInstitute.
