Communities, Environment and the PIB

SPACES FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL CHANGE

           SPACES FOR CHANGE

Consultative roundtable discussion on

ENHANCING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL

        

AGENDA

9.00 .a.m. – 10.00.a.m.                                 Registrations

10.00 .a.m. – 10.15.00a.m.                           Introductions

10.15. a.m. – 10.30.a.m.                                Opening Remarks by Victoria Ohaeri, Executive Director, Spaces for Change  

                                                      

10.30.a.m. – 11.00 a.m.                                 Tea Break

11.00a.m. – 11. 30 a.m.                                  Lead paper presentation by Dr. Bala Zakka, Energy Expert

11.30 a.m. – 12 noon                                      Concerns by host communities – Celestine Akpobari, Program Coordinator, Community Development and Social Action, Port Harcourt, Rivers State,

12 noon – 12. 30. p.m.                                   Concerns by International & Indigenous Oil Companies   - Liborous Soshoma, Legal (Oil & Gas) Expert      

12.30 p.m. – 1.30 p.m.                                   Feedback, Plenary

1.30 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.                                     LUNCH

2.30 p.m. – 3.00 p.m.                                    CSO Campaign Strategy Development (CSO Action

Plan) – Pamela Braide, Independent Strategy Development Expert; Betty Abah, Environmental Rights Action, Friends of the Earth International

3.30- 3.30. p.m.                                               Media Advocacy Strategy Development/Action Plan  -   

Madunagu Emeka, Charles Uduji, Energy Editors, Punch Newspapers and National Mirror Newspapers

 3. 30 – 3. 45. p.m.                                          Matters Arising

3.45p.m. – 4.00 p.m.                                     Closing

About the lead presenter:

Dr. Bala Zakka earned a Bachelors degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Port-Harcourt and Masters degree in Petroleum Engineering, with specialization in gas engineering from the same University. He is also a Chartered Accountant and currently an MPhil/Phd student in Petroleum Engineering at the University of Ibadan. He is also a public affairs analyst, with keen interest in issues such as the Environment, Economy, Security, Local and International Politics. He is a Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) and a limited member of Council of Petroleum Accountant Societies (COPAS), in the United States.

This program is supported by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)