ANGOLA 4-5 DECEMBER 2012 GROWTH,DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY - WHAT ROLE FOR NORWAY. Free and open to all.

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1 ANGOLA GROWTH,DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY - WHAT ROLE FOR NORWAY 4-5 DECEMBER 2012 Free and open to all

2 Montaz Sanbol Opposite: Ray Witlin, World Bank Front page: United Nations Photos ANGOLA Despite spectacular oil led economic growth, Angola remains a strikingly unequal society. Political power remains in the hands of President José Eduardo dos Santos and the MPLA party. In October 2012, Angola announced the creation of a Sovereign Wealth Fund to manage its oil income in foreign investments. This marks the rise of Angola as a major economy in Africa, one that is also expanding beyond its borders. The country is the principal focus of Norwegian economic interests in Africa. Norwegian oil companies have invested some USD ten billion in the country. Angola has potential for its citizens as well as for foreign investors, but will the country be able to transform growth into development? How should one balance benefits to Angola s citizens and foreign investors? Will its democratic institutions consolidate stability, or will stability entail perpetuation of past authoritarian traits? This seminar aims to be an arena for Norwegian and Angolan stakeholders. We will discuss social, political and economic developments in Angola - and Norwegian - Angolan relations.

3 Tuesday 4 Dec Day 1 09:00-09:30 Coffee and registration 09:30-10:15 OPENING SESSION Moderator: Aslak Orre, CMI Resource Centre Resource Centre Welcome Ottar Mæstad, Director, CMI and Alves de Rocha, Director, CEIC Looking back - and looking forward Jon Vea, Former Norwegian Ambassador to Angola 10:15 Break 10:30-12:30 OIL, GROWTH AND INEQUALITIES Aud 1 Moderator: Ricardo Soares de Oliveira Economic and social conditions Where is Angola moving? Alves da Rocha, Director, CEIC Growth and life in rural Angola - What constrains the agricultural potential? Fernando Pacheco, CEIC The role of Norwegian business in Angola - Opportunities, challenges and pitfalls Halle Jørn Hanssen (tbc) Sjur Bratland, INTSOK Discussion 12:45-14:00 Lunch CMI canteen

4 Tuesday 04 Dec Day 1 14:00-15:45 POLITICS, INSTITUTIONS AND DEMOCRACY Aud 1 Moderator: Ingrid Samset, CMI 33 years and 10 to go? - The future of Angolan democracy Aslak Orre, CMI Youth, protests and election - Contested political legitimacy Justin Pearce, SOAS Citizenship and the new Constitution - Civil society perspectives Lúcia da Silveira, AJDP (tbc) José Patrocínio, OMUNGA (tbc) Discussion 16:00 Snacks and drinks Resource Centre

5 Wednesday 05 Dec Day 2 09:30-11:00 RECONSTRUCTING ANGOLA - Aud 1 POLITICS, PLAYERS AND CHALLENGES Moderator: Eyolf Jul-Larsen, CMI Angola s reconstruction in a comparative perspective Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, University of Oxford Investments in infrastructure - Is Angola getting value for money? Regina Santos, CEIC Tina Søreide, CMI The role of emerging South powers - Lessons from Brazil and China in Angola Elling N. Tjønneland, CMI Discussion 11:00-11:15 Break 11:15-12:45 PANEL DISCUSSION NORWAY AND ANGOLA Moderator: Tina Søreide, CMI Resource Centre Norwegian Economic (and other) Cooperation with Angola Ingrid Hoem Sjursen, CMI Panel Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, University of Oxford Liv Tørres, NPA Leif Drillestad, PwC (tbc) Statoil Oil for Development 13:00-14:00 Lunch CMI Canteen

6 Participants Alves da Rocha, Economist, Director of CEIC (Centro de Estudos e Investigação Científica) at the Catholic University of Angola. Fernando Pacheco, Agronomist, Co-founder of the Angolan NGO ADRA (Action for Rural Development and the Environment). Ricardo Soares de Oliveria, University Lecturer in Comparative Politics (African politics) and Fellow of St Peter s College, University of Oxford. Justin Pearce, Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and journalist for the BBC and the Mail & Guardian in Southern Africa. Lúcia da Silveira, Penal Reform Program Officer at AJPD - Associação Justica, Paz e Democracia. José Patrocínio, Coordinator at the Benguela based human rights group Omunga. Regina Santos, Economist and Researcher at CEIC. Liv Tørres, Political Scientist, Secretary General of Norwegian People s Aid. Jon Vea, Norwegian ambassador to Angola Leif Drillestad is Partner in PricewaterhouseCooper AS (PwC). Ingrid Hoem Sjursen, Economist and Research Assistant at CMI. Halle Jørn Hanssen has extensive experience from development work for amongst others Norad and Norwegian People s Aid. Sjur Bratland, Regional Director in INTSOK (Caspian Sea and Western Africa). Elling N Tjønneland, Senior Researcher and Coordinator of the Aid cluster at CMI. Aslak Orre, Senior Researcher and Head of CMI s Angola programme. Tina Søreide, Economist, currently a Post-doc scholar at the Law Faculty, the University of Bergen.

7 Wednesday 17 Oct Session 2 The CEIC-CMI cooperation is a joint research programme to enhance knowledge and policy based research on Angola. Research focuses on the analysis of economic and political developments in Angola.The programme is funded by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Angola. CEIC, Centro de Estudos e Investigação Científica, at the Catholic University of Angola, is Angola s leading research centre on social and economic studies. Chr. Michelsen Institute is an independent development research institute in Bergen, Norway.

8 Tel: / cmi@cmi.no Visiting address: Jekteviksbakken 31, Juss II, Bergen, Norway