Countries with non-renewable resource wealth face both an opportunity and a challenge. When used well, these resources can create greater prosperity for current and future generations. Poorly managed, they can cause economic instability, social conflict, and lasting environmental damage. To benefit from resource wealth, citizens, private companies, and governments must make a broad range of decisions. Each requires leaders to consider complex options and trade-offs, and devise strategies to implement these policy choices. This intensive five-day course provides the training and insight required for policy leaders in the public and private sector to work towards better management and governance of mining, oil and gas for a better future. The course builds a better understanding of the interests of the public and private sectors and facilitates dialogue and mutual appreciation of respective positions between these different groups. Globally recognised experts and academics have developed the Managing Mining, Oil and Gas for National Development programme to encourage public and private sector leaders from multiple countries to share their own experiences, while gaining insights and specialist knowledge about natural resource management. The course looks at both technical policy aspects of managing resource and the complex interplay between governments, companies and citizens. The programme is the result of a unique collaboration between NRGI and the Blavatnik School of Government.

Course overview

• Resource-wealth during the low carbon transition
• Licensing and discovering minerals
• Taxing companies and combating tax abuses
• Directing state-owned enterprises
• Protecting local societies and the environment
• Managing revenues and investment
• Extractives-led industrial development 
• Communicating with citizens
• Implementing your strategy and ensuring accountability

Participant profile

This course is open to policy leaders in the public and private sector, alongside those in senior research and non-profit roles, who are committed to better governance in natural resources, and in a position to influence the governance of these sectors. Participants should have in-depth experience and be in a senior leadership position or advisory role. Prospective participants include:

• Ministers, chiefs of staff, heads of extractives state-owned enterprises, commissioners, heads of agencies, departments and other public bodies involved in the management of oil, gas and mining and the revenues they generate as well as their deputies and advisors
• Executives, directors, chiefs and heads at oil, gas and mining companies, at headquarters or country office levels, as well as their deputies and advisors
• Leaders from management consulting firms providing advice to governments in resource-rich countries in extractive sector policy design and implementation or public financial management
• Vice-presidents, deputy managing directors, and head of departments at multilateral agencies, such as the IMF and World Bank
• Chief executives, directors and senior fellows at think tanks and nonpartisan bodies as well as experienced journalists covering natural resources related issues

Fees

The course will take place at the Blavatnik School of Government in Oxford, UK. The course is delivered in English. The total cost of the course is £8,000. This includes tuition over five days from world-class experts and academics, six nights' accommodation, and most meals. The course fees exclude overseas transport, visas or other incidentals.

Scholarships

Scholarships will be offered on a competitive basis to public sector applicants from select resource-rich countries: Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Mexico, Mongolia, Nigeria, Peru, Senegal, and Uganda. In exceptional cases, scholarship applications from outstanding candidates from other countries may also be considered. These can partially or fully cover tuition and, in select cases, may assist with travel. A bursary application must be completed by the closing date to be eligible for these awards.