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Conference (October 23, 2009):

Extractive Industries: Unleashing Economic Potentials – Respecting People and Environment

Regnskoven, Peru - Foto: Rune Geertsen

The overall objective of the conference was to discuss what Danish and international actors from governments, private sector and civil society can do to unleash the economic potentials in extractive industries through mobilising revenues and combat tax evasion while respecting human rights and promoting CSR.

Below you can download the consultant-report with recommendations from the conference followed by slide-shows from the speakers, presentations and background materials.

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Detailed programme and further background information about the conference (PDF)

 

 

 

 

 


Presentations

Ib Petersen, State Secretary for Development Policy, Danida: Opening remarks setting the agenda (PDF)

Shanta Martin, Senior Researcher and Policy Advisor Extractive Industries Amnesty International, International Secretariat: The social and environmental impacts of oil extraction and what companies, investors and home states can do to protect human righ
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Bjarne Graven Larsen, Chief Investment Officer, ATP: Investors’ role in protecting human rights and the environment (PDF)

Carsten Ingerslev, Head of Department, Danish Centre for CSR: The Danish CSR action plan, new legislation regarding CSR and Socially Responsible Investments.
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Steve Manteaw, Campaigns Coordinator, ISODEC: Turning natural resources into development: Experiences from the mining sector and economic prospects of Ghana’s new oil discovery.
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Jonas Moberg, Head of Secretariat , Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI): Promoting accountability and good governance in extractive industries through transparency.
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Joseph Williams, Inf. & Advocacy officer, PWYP International: Country by country reporting by companies as a means to improve transparency for mobilising revenues in developing countries.
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John Christensen, Director, Tax Justice Network: Ending tax evasion and capital flight: Measures to improve tax mobilisation and cracking down on tax havens.
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Steen Lohmann Poulsen, Head of Division for International Economic Coorperation, Taxation and Financial Markets, Ministry of Finance: What measures is Denmark taking to prevent capital flight and support tax mobilisation?
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Harald Tollan, Senior Advisor, Min. of Foreign Affairs, Norway: Which initiatives is Norway taking to mobilise taxation from extractive industries? What are Norwegian companies and investors doing?
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Documents of relevance to the conference

Amnesty International:
Summary: Nigeria: Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta (PDF)
Report: Nigeria: Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta (PDF)

Oxfam:
Report: Ghana’s big test: Oil’s challenge to democratic development (PDF)

Christian Aid:
Report: Breaking the Curse: How Transparent Taxation and Fair Taxes Can Turn Africa’s Mineral Wealth into Development (PDF)
Report: False Profits: Robbing the poor to keep the rich tax-free (PDF)

IBIS:
IBIS-analyse: Skattely skader udviklingslandene (PDF - In Danish)
IBIS-analyse: Massiv kapitalflugt fra udviklingslandene (PDF - In Danish)
IBIS-analyse: Olie i Ghana (PDF - In Danish)