Objectives

Overall objective

The Forum will raise awareness and cultivate deeper understanding of the role of Africa’s natural resources governance in its economic transformation. It will also provide an opportunity to discuss frameworks; policy options; and strategies to better integrate mineral, land, fisheries and forest management into national resource management programmes, strategies and policies.

Specific objectives

The specific objectives of ADF VIII are to:

• Demonstrate the role of Africa’s mineral, land, fisheries and forest resources in its development;
• Deliberate on the challenges that mineral, land, fisheries and forest resources mismanagement pose to Africa’s development, and offer governance and management models that can best support Africa’s transformation;
• Promote sharing of models, experiences, best practices and lessons learned in enhancing the role of natural resources in development in Africa;
• Identify actions that need to be taken in priority areas in minerals, land, fisheries and forest resources management that best support development;
• Give momentum to the Africa Mining Vision, AU Declaration on Land; Framework and guideline for land policy in Africa; AIDA; and other frameworks for best practices in the management of mineral, land, fisheries and forest resources;
• Debate emerging strategies on sustainable natural resources development for greatercontribution to overall development and appropriate governance structures;
• Address equity issues especially in relation to access and use of natural resources; and
• Build and strengthen alliances and partnerships to advocate for implementation of action plans on natural resources governance to enhance development.