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Panel 2

Economic integration — Local content, local development

In most cases the business interest of an extractive sector company and the development interest of a government will coincide, leading to the economic integration of local businesses into the extractive industries value chain.

This panel will discuss this process and present practice examples to show how the local end of the EI-value chain can be strengthened and how the economic interests of international EI companies and the development interest of governments can be reconciled.

Speakers

Graham Baxter
International Business Leader Forum, London

In his capacity as IBLF Director of Programme Delivery, Graham leads a small team working with corporate partners, governments, academics and civil society representatives on the responsible business and development agenda. Specifically, this focuses on emerging business standards with respect to Human Rights, Corruption, post-Conflict operations, Enterprise Development and Health. His team also delivers Secretariat support for the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights for the Extractive Industries and the UK Network of the UN Global Compact.

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Adamou Labara
International Finance Corporation, Kinshasa

Having studied economic science in Cameroon and attained a masters in Great Britain, Adamou Labara returned to Cameroon to work for the Bank of Credit and Commerce Cameroon and the Standard Chartered Bank Cameroon. In 1998, he joined the International Finance Corporation (IFC), where he worked as regional representative in different IFC regional offices in Abidjan, Dakar, Douala and Johannesburg. In 2003 he was appointed head of the IFC‘s regional office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Eric Dibeu
Canadian High Commission, Yaoundé

In May of this year, Eric Dibeu was appointed trade commissioner and head of programmes at the High Commission of Canada to Cameroon, and is responsible for economic relations with Central Africa. Among other things, he coordinates projects assisted by multilateral donors and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Prior to that, he spent eight years as trade attaché for the French Embassy in Cameroon, where he helped local companies seek out investment, technological and trade partners.