WEBINAR: THE INAUGURAL WEBINAR ON THE GEOPOLITICS OF OIL AND GAS IN EAST AFRICA & THE AGENDA FOR COLLABORATIVE ADVOCACY HELD ON 22ND OCTOBER 2020
The Civil Society East Africa Oil and Gas Forum is hosting an inaugural webinar themed “The Geopolitics of Oil and Gas in East Africa and the Agenda for Collaborative Advocacy” scheduled for 22nd October 2020 between 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm. The webinar will be held on Zoom.
The forum was co-created by the Mozambique Civil Society Platform on Extractive Industries (PIE), Kenya Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas (KCSPOG), the Civil Society Coalition on Oil and Gas (CSCO) and the HakiRasilimali. Its purpose is to promote regional discussions on: developments and progress in the sector within the region to allow for peer learning; emerging challenges and mitigation measures; and areas for potential joint regional advocacy.
The inaugural webinar will seek to tackle no less than the following objectives: to establish and document policy and legislative frameworks readiness (across and within countries) for development of the oil and gas industry (including but not limited to those related to: revenue sharing; land rights; transparency and accountability; and local content); to establish and document the status of infrastructure development in the oil and gas industry within the region; to determine emerging geopolitical hindrances to good governance in the region; and to formulate a joint advocacy strategy to inform activities by members within the region.