October 22, 2013
*Afrika tapar enorme summar i ulovleg kapitalflukt, pengar som kunne ha blitt brukt for å skapa utvikling og gjere kontinentet mindre avhengig bistand. 28. November kjem 25 representanter fra sivilsamfunnet i seks afrikanske land til Litteraturhuset i Oslo for å møte norske politikarar og næringsliv. Dei krev politisk vilje til å stansa kapitalflukta.*
*NB: Programmet har blitt noe forskjøvet i siste øyeblikk på grunn av uforutsette hendelser. Legg merke til at debatten nå starter klokka 12.50!*
PWYP Norge inviterer til seminar om finansiell openheit, 28. november på Litteraturhuset mellom klokka 12 og 15.
Seminaret kjem til å foregå på engelsk, og er ope for alle og gratis. For å få ei oversikt over kor mange som kjem, ber me om påmelding til maria.lavik@pwyp.no. Du kan også melde deg på "hendinga på Facebook":https://www.facebook.com/events/176981522508200/.
*ABOUT THE SEMINAR “POLITICS, NOT CHARITY”*
* Financial secrecy has covered up enormous profits from trade in non-renewable natural resources, like oil and minerals.
* 2/3 of the poorest people in the world live in resource-rich countries. Revenues from natural resources in Africa are at least nine times larger than aid.
* Between 1980 and 2009 Africa lost $1,4 trillion in illicit financial flows.
* Citizens need to detect whether their resources are channelled to reinvestment for domestic development, or if resources are exported to tax havens.
* Investors need to follow the money in the companies they invest in.
*25 citizens from six resource rich African countries have come to Norway to demand politics to stop capital flight from their countries, rather than charitable donations.*
*PROGRAM*
12.00-12.10 Welcome by *Mona Thowsen*, secretary general of PWYP Norway.
12.10-12.30 Presentations by two of the African delegates: *Abena Afari* (Christian Aid Ghana) and *Winnie Ngabiirwe* (PWYP Uganda).
12.30-12.55 Investors for an extended country-by-country reporting, *Heidi Finskas*, Advisor Responsible Investments, KLP.
12.55-13.25 Panel discussion. Each panel member has a 5-minute appeal.
13.25-14.10 Moderated panel discussion. Moderator: Ingerid Salvesen.
The panel consists of:
* *Inger Coll*, head of Norwegian Economic Forum.
* *Bjørn Otto Sverdrup*, Head of communication, Development & Production International, Statoil.
* *Jose Correia Nunes*, Head of Budget Support and Public Finance Management at the European Commission, Development and Cooperation - EuropeAid.
* *Hans Olav Syversen*, Member of Parliament, leader of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs (KrF).
* *Bård Vegar Solhjell*, Member of Parliament, member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence (SV).
14.10-14.25 Coffee and cakes
14.25-15.00 Presentation of PWYP Norway’s new report on windfall taxes by *Frian Aarsnes*, public accountant and chairman in PWYP Norge.