Who are we?

About Us

The Centre for Extractives and Development Africa (CEDA) was established in 2014 as an extractive and development policy and advocacy organization to support national and subnational policy alternatives on extractives and environmental governance, climate change and sustainable development. CEDA’s focus is to develop evidenced based research and advocacy to support policy development and implementation in the extractives, energy and climate change space.

  • CEDA believes that African countries must have a new strategy that focus on how the decisions to extract natural resources are made, appropriate policy frameworks that allows appropriate assessment of cost and benefits of resource extraction, and well-considered investments and spending strategies that ensures revenues are used to comprehensively improve lives of people and communities.
  • CEDA aims to undertake relevant evidence-based research and public policy advocacy to promote efficient management of the natural resource endowment of the continent for the public good.
  • Statement of Need

Africa is one of the most resource endowed regions in the world, in terms of both hard (precious metals) and soft (oil and gas) natural resources. Collectively, it has the largest concentration of gold, bauxite, chromite, diamonds, cobalt and platinum-group metals. Its share of minerals like copper, iron and coal is also significant. The continent also has enormous oil and gas deposits, including emerging producers like Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and Senegal. The rate of discovery of new oil reserves has been the greatest in the Gulf of Guinea over the past ten (10) years. While many of these resources are being exploited, their contribution to Africa’s socio-economic development remains questionable. Despite the boom in natural resource extraction and exports since the 1990s, the quality of lives of citizens has declined or stagnated over time while corruption has increased. The process of extraction and sometimes the struggle over the control of these resources have often been a source or exacerbation of violent conflict and the suppression of basic freedoms and community livelihoods.

Learn More

CEDA’s Vision - A future where the strategies for the exploitation of Africa’s extractive resources are derived from and placed at the centre of its development policy discourse to promote efficient management of the mineral and petroleum endowment of the continent for the public good.

Find out more »

CEDA’s Mission - CEDA works to place Africa’s extractive sector at the centre of its development policy discourse through evidence-based research, training and capacity building, policy advocacy and citizen mobilisation for the efficient, transparent and accountable management of the sector for the improvement of national life.

Find out more »

CEDA’s Goal - To be a leading regional centre in Africa’s extractives and development policy discourse through evidentiary based research, training, citizen’s mobilisation and advocacy.

Find out more »

CEDA Core Values - • Professional Integrity • Transparency and Accountability • ‘No’ to Corruption • Non-political partisanship • Partnership and Trust • Equity • Shared benefits

Find out more »

IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH

Through evidence-based research and policy advocacy, the Centre would adopt the following strategies to achieve its mission; · Quarterly release of research papers on topical issues in our thematic areas. · Quarterly distinguished lectures/technical seminars. · Community-based workshops and training sessions on trending issues in our thematic areas. · Training and Capacity building of CSOs, Media and Legislators on extractive sector issues. · Organize Annual Technical Conferences on emerging developments in the mining and petroleum sector in Africa. · Review extractive and development policies in Africa, and communication of findings through press releases.

  • 01PARTNERSHIPS

    The key strategy to be used for CEDA’S operations would be through strategic partnerships and citizens ownership of projects and initiatives to achieve lasting and sustainable change. CEDA learns from, influence s and partners with:

    · Communities and citizen organisations – to ensure that programmes of change, policy interventions and outcomes are truly owned by them. · The corporate sector – learning from their expertise while providing a platform for the business sector to engage with Government and citizens through support for meaningful multi stakeholder work. · Local and National Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the extractive sector – to shape government policies and initiatives to ensure effective and sustainable use of extractive resources. · National and International Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) – to ensure that solutions are holistic and address the breadth of communities’ needs, to facilitate scale-up of successful approaches and to join efforts with others in advocating policy and practice change. · Research and Academic Institutions – to increase our research capacity and volume in beneficiary countries. · Continental and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) – as a platform for sharing and learning and to support regional policy development based on evidence gathered in beneficiary countries. · Bilateral and Multilateral donors and UN Organisations – to build mutually-beneficial long-term relationships. · Experiences from Countries with Success Stories in Resource Governance – to share with other African countries confronting the challenge of natural resource management for learning and adaptation.

  • Through evidence-based research and policy advocacy, the Centre would adopt the following strategies to achieve its mission;

    · Quarterly release of research papers on topical issues in our thematic areas. · Quarterly distinguished lectures/technical seminars. · Community-based workshops and training sessions on trending issues in our thematic areas. · Training and Capacity building of CSOs, Media and Legislators on extractive sector issues. · Organize Annual Technical Conferences on emerging developments in the mining and petroleum sector in Africa. · Review extractive and development policies in Africa, and communication of findings through press releases.

  • CEDA would place extractive issues at the center of the development discourse through evidence-based research, policy analysis and advocacy, citizen mobilization and training. CEDA would also focus on developing the capacities of the next generation of civic and oversight leaders across the continent to continuously demand good management of mineral resources in a transparent and accountable manner. CEDA would act as an interface for technocrats, professionals, practitioners, academia, politicians, legislators, industry experts, donor agencies and broad range of civil society and community leaders to promote learning and sharing of ideas, knowledge, skills and experiences. CEDA would tap into the great and extensive network of experienced partners and professionals within Africa and beyond. This is to build the needed trust to enhance our result and agenda of making extractives work for Africa.

Services

Our Works

Projects

Oversight Leaders Project:

The OLP is a one year TOT programme primarily designed for carefully selected participants who already have solid understanding of extractive governance issues but are equally seeking to enhance their knowledge and skills to play a more prominent civic oversight role in the sector. The course aims to expand participants’ understanding of the requirements for managing the complexities of the extractive sector of a nation, in terms of the context, process and content of effective resource management. They shall emerge from the course better equipped to contribute to this process and also to confidently apply and impact others and their institutions with the knowledge gained.

The course has been designed with particular consideration to participants who are senior CSO officers or Journalists who are faced with issues concerning extractives. In addition, the course will be relevant for parliamentarians, private sector actors, higher level educators, and professionals with interests related to the extractive sector. Participants should have University/Advance level education (Diploma/Bachelor or higher) and 3 or more years of work experience related to the extractive sector and/or public policy research and advocacy.

The first training programme (Course A) is comprehensive and covers all precepts of the decision chain as a theoretical basis to deepen the general knowledge of the participants

Local Content:

Ghana over the past years has been implementing Local Content Regulations in the mining, oil and gas sectors. The Regulations broadly seeks to promote citizens involvement in extractives and value creation by leveraging extractive industries to the broader non-mineral sectors. Implementations are however challenged hindering effective local participation and more importantly the broader objective of integrating the extractive sector into the wider economy for improved economic growth and development.

In the light of above, the Centre for Extractives and Development, Africa (CEDA) has convened a technical roundtable to discuss key challenges in local content implementation in the extractive sector and to identify priority areas for policy recommendation. The event was held on the 9th of November, 2017. The discussions have fed into two Policy Discussion papers which will be out doored soon to promote public debate on local content and value creation as a strategy for economic development.

Subnational Governance and Economic Development in Oil, Gas and Mining Communities

MINERAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (ACT 912) REGULATION In 2016, Parliament passed the Mineral Development Law; Act (Act 912) in an attempt to regulate mineral royalties. The MDF Act aims to prioritize financial resources for the direct benefit of mining communities by setting aside a proportion of royalties for local development projects specifically in mining host communities. The Act streamlines and expedites allocation of mineral funds to improve infrastructure development in mining host communities and establishes for the first time, the Mining Community Development Scheme to directly sponsor socio-economic development in communities in which mining operations takes place or which are affected by mining activities with 20% mineral royalty allocation

But nearly two years after the passage of the law, a number of issues around the MDF Act still pending key among them are the:

· Establishment of the MDF board · Regulations to facilitate implementation and clarify issues · Establishment and disbursement of the 20% community Development Scheme

Centre for Extractives and Development, Africa (CEDA) with the support of the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) under its West African Governance & Economic Sustainability in Extractive Areas (WAGES) have organized a stakeholder’s workshop to:

• Develop a roadmap for the development of the MDF Regulations • Established a technical working group involving Government, District Assemblies Civil Society, Community and Companies to review various aspects of the law to identify issues for the regulations

News and Events

10 OVERSIGHT LEADERS UNDERTAKE RESEARCH PROJECTS.

At the end of the taught program (Course A) in February 2018, all 10 OLP mentees are supported to identify specific research projects that they will undertake between February and May 2018, in line with their individual workplans with set course/activity objectives. Mentees have been assigned mentors (team of experts in the industry consisting of academics and practitioners) who will be involved in supporting participants in their projects, providing further reading resources and good practice, and helping them adapt, apply, and deepen the knowledge gained.

CEDA HOLDS A TECHNICAL SEMINAR ON ‘STIMULATING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LOCAL CONTENT IN OIL, GAS AND MINING SECTORS IN GHANA’

Ghana over the past years has been implementing Local Content Regulations in the mining, oil and gas sectors. The Regulations broadly seek to promote citizen involvement in extractives and value creation by leveraging extractive industries to the broader non-mineral sectors. Implementations are however challenged hindering effective local participation and more importantly the broader objective of integrating the extractive sector into the wider economy for improved economic growth and development. In the light of above, the Centre for Extractives and Development, Africa (CEDA) has convened a technical roundtable to discuss key challenges in local content implementation in the extractive sector and to identify priority areas for policy recommendation. The event was held on the 9th of November 2017. The discussions have fed into two Policy Discussion papers which will be out doored soon to promote public debate on local content and value creation as a strategy for economic development.

SUB-NATIONAL MINERAL REVENUE MANAGEMENT TRAINING

The Centre for Extractives and Development, Africa (CEDA) in collaboration with WUSC is conducting training sessions on sub-national mineral revenue management in the Wassa East District and Prestea Huni-Valley District.

The purpose of the training is to:

· Introduce Local government officials and communities to policies, standards and best practices related to subnational mineral revenue management. · Educate district and municipal assembly officials, urban and area council officials, and assembly members on how to ensure transparency and accountability of the mineral development fund · Educate community leaders, CBO’s youth and women groups within the projects scope on how to monitor the Mineral Development Fund.

Testimonials

Testimonials

Saul ...

Ceo & ...

.....

Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)

...---

----

Natural Resource Governance Institute

-----

-------

World University Service of Canada (WUSC - EUMC)

------

-------

Centre d'Étude et de Coopération Internationale

------

-----

Call To Action

• CEDA aims to create awareness and cultivate a deeper understanding of Africa’s mineral and petroleum wealth and its transformative potential.

Call To Action

Portfolio

Check our Portfolio

  • All
  • App
  • Card
  • Web

App 1

App

Web 3

Web

App 2

App

Card 2

Card

Web 2

Web

App 3

App

Card 1

Card

Card 3

Card

Web 3

Web

Team

The CEDA Team

Samuel Bekoe

(Executive Director)

Denis Ndab

(Finance Officer)

Mr. Charles Ayamdoo ESQ, (Chair)

Board Member

Dr. Juliet Twumasi- Anokye

Board Member

Prof. Thomas Akabzaa

Board Member

Mr. Benjamin Nii Ayi Aryee

Board Member

Miss Edith Boakye

Board Member

Samuel Bekoe

(Secretary)

Prof. David Atta- Peters

Board Member

F.A.Q

Frequently Asked Questions

CEDA

aims to create awareness and cultivate a deeper understanding of Africa’s mineral and petroleum wealth and its transformative potential.

CEDA

is targeted at promoting the sharing of models, experiences, best practices and lessons learned in enhancing the role of natural resources in socio-economic development.

CEDA

intends to grow the knowledge base and human and institutional capacities of current and next generation of African Oversight Leaders and CSOs.

CEDA

aims to promote Gender Inclusiveness, Youth Empowerment, Transparency and Accountability and Anti-Corruption-including Beneficial Ownership Disclosure legislation and effective use of EI data for policy advocacy

Contact

Contact Us

Our Address

House Number 355a, Dr Busia Highway, Winneba Road, Sakaman, Accra- Ghana

BOX ADDRESS: P.O. Box ML 10

Email Us

info@cedaafrica.org

Call Us

+233 540 115 573
+233 540 115 573

Loading
Your message has been sent. Thank you!