Conference Proceeds

Session 1: THE ECONOMICS OF RESOURCE ECONOMIES

Chair – Professor Wayne Bertrand, UWI

Modeling Resource Economies  - Dr. Roger Hosein, Trade and Economic Development Unit

The Economics of Resource Economies: A Government’s Response  - Senator Dr. the Honourable Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Ministry of Planning  

The Economic of Resource Economies  - Mr. Conrad Enill, Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business 

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: PUBLISH WHAT YOU PAY: HOW DOES IT WORK? – Ms. Jana Morgan, PWYP USA 

Chair – Mr. Martin Franklin, UWI 

Session 2: STATUS OF TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVES IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Chair – Mr Victor Hart, TTEITI

The EITI in the Context of Participatory Democracy and Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Trinidad and Tobago - Dr Jens Ulrich Poppens - TTEITI

Challenges to expanding EITI coverage in Trinidad and Tobago - Mr. Gregory Mc Guire , TTEITI

Overview of the TTEITI and the current status of the implementation of EITI in Trinidad and Tobago – Mrs.  Melanie Richards, TTEITI

Feature Presenter: TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN PROCUREMENT PRACTICES:  Mr. Ivor Superville, Ministry of Energy 

Chair-Mr. Rupert Mends, bpTT

Session 3: REVENUE MANAGEMENT AND TRANSPARENCY IN EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES

Chair – Mr Roger Packer, Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago.

How should we measure the success of our oil and gas tax regime? -  Mr. Joel Monty Pemberton,  Trinity Exploration and Production

Subsidies in the refining and petroleum marketing sector -  Mr Mado Bachan, Petrotrin

The economic contribution of the mid and downstream sector in Trinidad & Tobago, Richard De la Bastide, Point Lisas Energy Association.

Session 4:  CIVIL SOCIETY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY- lead Veni Apwann and the Rose Foundation

Chair – Mr. Ozzi Warwick – Joint Trade Union Movement

Civil Society and Localized Planning  - Ms. Karen Bart-Alexander, Karen Bart-Alexander & Associates

Civil Society and Revenue Allocation  - Mr. Deryck Murray, Transparency International Trinidad and Tobago Chapter

Social Monitoring  - Mr. Sterling Belgrove, Rose Foundation