On Friday 8th November a 50-strong group of committed change makers met at Surrey Business School for the fourth edition of Harnessing the Extractive Industries for Development (Ex4Dev). This year’s workshop centred on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Please download a summary of the workshop and the presentations below.

Caroline Ngonze from the United Nations Development Programme providing her keynote speech at EX4DEV19
Workshop BriefingDownload

Intro

Professor Gavin Hilson (University of Surrey)Download

Panel 1 – Decent work and financial inclusion

Dr. Jon Mitchell (Oxford Policy Management)Download
Isaac Haruna (London School of Economics)Download
David Sturmes (The Impact Facility)Download
Dr. Andrew Hook (University of Sussex)Download

Panel 2 – Gender and inequality

Ximena Benavides (Canadian International Resources and Development Institute)Download
Stuart Pool (Nineteen48)Download
Linda Mensah (University of Strathclyde)Download
Yrene Coli Rivera (Solidaridad)Download

Introduction to Delve

Dr. James McQuilken (Pact Mines to Market)Download

Panel 3 – Environment and Health

Kwabena Mensah (University of Dundee)Download
Bossissi Nkuba (University of Antwerp)Download
Esther van de Camp (Leiden University)Download
Dominique Bally (African Centre for Environmental Health)Download

Keynote

Caroline Ngonze (United Nations Development Programme)Download
  • Professor Gavin Hilson opening EX4DEV19

The organising committee would like to thank the panel chairs Dr Roy Maconachie, Dr Natalia Yakovleva, and Kenneth Davis, the presenters and participants for their contributions and impassioned discussions, Professor Gavin Hilson for the introduction and Caroline Ngonze for her keynote speech. Ex4Dev19 would also like to express their sincere gratitude to Pact, Mines to Markets, and Surrey Business School for their sponsorship.