9.30

Welcoming address and introduction to the topic

Hans-Joachim Preuß (Secretary General of German Agro Action, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe)

9.45

Figures, facts and data

Martin Petry (”Bread for the world”)

10.00

Potential for conflict in the exploitation of natural resources: causes and impact on policy-making, business and society

Opening presentation by Olisa Agbakoba (President of the Nigerian Chamber of Lawyers), Abu Brima (Chairman of the Network Movement for Justice and Development, Sierra Leone) and John O’Reilly (former BP staff member, United Kingdom)

11.00

Break

11.20

The extraction of natural resources, development and skewed development

Panel discussion with Olisa Agbakoba, Georg Dörken (German Agro Action), Michael Hippler (MISEREOR) and John O’Reilly

12.45

Lunch break

13.45

Solving problems and the need for action

Working groups

WG 1: Transparency and participation – control functions of civil society organisations in the investment of revenue from raw materials in development. With Thérèse Mekombé (CCSRP – Commission for the Monitoring of Revenue from Crude Oil, Chad)

WG 2: Power resources of civil society – "shareholder value" as a means of pressuring multinationals. With Austin Onuoha (Center for Social and Corporate Responsibility, Nigeria)

WG 3: From a source of raw materials to an industrialised nation – controls over trade routes and the Kimberley process. With Abu Brima (Network Movement for Justice and Development, Sierra Leone)

WG  4: From an economy ruled by violence to an economy where peace prevails – example of the Congo: good and bad behaviour on the part of enterprises and the role of German enterprises. With Dominic Johnson (taz)

WG 5: Legal claims of the population – The fight for the interests of the population in the pipeline project Chad-Cameroon. With Honoré Nkotto Ndoumbe (FOCARFE – Cameroon NGO) 

15.45

Coffee/tea break

16.15

Moderated final discussion

With Thomas Gebauer (Managing Director of medico international), Thérèse Mekombé (CCSRP), Peter Mucke (Business Committee Management terre des hommes), Frithjof Schmidt (EU) and Geerd Wurthmann (German Ministry of Economic Cooperation) 

17.15

Results and closing

Martin Bröckelmann-Simon (Managing Director MISEREOR)

17.45

End of the symposium