DAY ONE – TUESDAY 27 AUGUST 2024

Opening formalities: 08:30 – 09:00 hours – Overall welcome and Participant introductions.

1. Entertainment
2. Opening prayer (Bahai Faith)
3. National anthem (All)
4. Theological reflections (Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops)
5. Introductory remarks on How to make multistakeholder platforms effective (PWYP Zambia)
6. Welcome remarks on the theme, from planning to-date (ZAMI Co-chairperson)

Opening session (Energy Transition and Natural Resource Governance in Zambia): 09:00-10:30 hours

Aim: to set the tone for the ZAMI by giving an overview of the energy transition efforts in Zambia to-date, isolate specific actions or steps taken and introduce key stakeholder perspectives that stress the significance of ensuring that the country readies to ensure the energy transition works for us. This will be via the opening panel discussion where each panellist will present what their institution was doing to prepare for the energy transition. Discussants will be ministry of mines and minerals development, ministry of finance and national development, a representative of civil society and mining companies (Chamber of Mines).

Topic: “The Energy Transition in Zambia – Past and ongoing efforts to Ensure Zambians Benefit”

Group Photo/Plenary discussion: 10:30 – 11:00 hours

Moderator: The Joint Country Programme (NCA/DCA)

Morning Break: 11:00 – 11:30 hours

Mid-Morning session (Identifying the critical energy transition minerals and they can work in national and regional development): 11:30 – 13:00 hours

Aim: This session will identify what these critical energy transition minerals are, for Zambia and the region, and explore how a clear approach can deliver desired national and regional development.

Panellists: the main presenter will be the Ministry of Finance and National Planning, while discussants will include the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Federation of small scale miners, mineworkers union of Zambia, the Chamber of Mines member, AZMEC, and a civil society representative.

Topic: Identifying the minerals and elements that are critical to national development, and the role of different stakeholder in getting maximum value.

Moderator: Family Development Initiative

Lunch break: 13:00 – 14:00 hours

Afternoon session: Value chains Versus supply chains: 14:00 – 16:00 hours

To enhance the participation of young people, this session will feature youths from four universities who will debate the motions that are relevant to the ZAMI theme. The final two teams will debate a motion that will be given at the last minute, at gunpoint. See details in the session pullout.

Afternoon health break: Entertainment

Afternoon session (Institutional Capacity for the energy transition): 16:00 – 17:30 hours

Aim: To benefit from the energy transition, there must new institutional, policy and legal framework, or in the way these institutions are arranged and operated, as well as the interaction among them. This session will therefore discuss ways to effectively implement the policies and laws for maximum benefit from the mining sector.

Panellists: The Financial Intelligence Centre will be the lead presenter while discussants will include the Law Association of Zambia, Chamber of Mines, Zambia EITI, and Transparency International Zambia/Centre for Environment Justice.

Topic: Challenges and opportunities to strengthening the laws and policies that govern the natural resources and climate justice sector

Moderator: Diakonia Zambia / Transparency International Zambia

Evening session: Reception Cocktail hosted by Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW) 18:30 to 20:30 hours

Theme: The Social, Environmental and Economic Impacts of Chinese Companies in Mining Communities in DRC, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Main Presenter: SARW

Discussants

1. Mineworkers Union of Zambia (TBC)
2. Representative of local authority
3. Human Rights Commission
4. Chinese Embassy

DAY TWO – WEDNESDAY 28 AUGUST 2024

Opening Session: 08:30 – 09:00 hours (recap of Day One)

1. Opening prayer (Evangelical Fellowship)
2. Theological reflection (Muslim)
3. Recap of Day 1 and Looking Ahead (ZAMI Secretariat)

Morning Session (Energy transition in Zambia and beyond): 09:00 – 11:00 hours

Aim: Zambia has in the last three years been signing several bilateral and multilateral agreements and memoranda with countries from different part of the world. While some of these agreements are in public domain, several others are yet to be unveiled, including the contents. Yet, even those that are known, there still remain lots of questions. This session, therefore, provides all the actors who have been named to provide a status update to key stakeholders in the natural resource governance and climate justice sector.

Panellists:

1. Zambia Development Agency (Main Presenter)
2. Discussants:
   1. Embassy of the DRC to Zambia
   2. Embassy of the US Embassy to Zambia
   3. PWYP Zambia
   4. EU delegation to Zambia and Comesa.

Topic: Making the MOUs and Agreements related to critical energy transition minerals that Zambia has signed to benefit the Zambian communities

Moderator: Oxfam Zambia

Health Break: 11:00 – 11:30 hours

Midmorning session (The tangible benefits from the Energy Transition) : 11:30 – 13:00 hours.

Aim: this will drill down the tangible benefits that will accrue to the country at it takes part in the energy transition. It will avail key institutions to discuss opportunities for exacting maximum benefits to the country, identify specific actions that are needed as well as the key actors who will be responsible for ensuring this value is attained.

Panellists: Zambia Revenue Authority (Main Presenter)

Discussants:

1. ActionAid Zambia
2. Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI)
3. Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises
4. Chamber of Mines.

Topic: Opportunities and challenges for domestic resource mobilisation and value addition in the energy transition.

Moderator: Care for Nature Zambia

Lunch break: 13:00 – 14:00 hours

Closing Panel discussion (Human Rights, Environmental protection and Land Justice in the energy transition): 14:00 – 16:00 hours

Aim: this session will bring it all together and demonstrate how the ZAMI has responded to the theme. This session will synthesise the ZAMI discussions, highlighting the main actions, identify the key actors and the roles each can play to

Panellists

Main presenter: Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

Discussants:

1. Konkola Copper Mines (KCM)
2. Zambia Land Alliance
3. Caritas Zambia and Council of Churches in Zambia
4. Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development
5. Youth representative

Moderator: Environment Africa

Entertainment / health break 16:00 – 16:30 hours

Next Steps 16:30 – 17:30 hours

1. Presentation of 2024 ZAMI Issues paper
2. Closing Remarks – PS Minister of Mines and Minerals Development

DAY THREE – THURSDAY 29 AUGUST 2024

This day will be open to Civil society organizations that work in the natural resource governance, environment and climate change sector. This is an annual space for CSOs to reflect on their work, and how they could enhance their effectiveness at the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)’s Multistakeholders Group (MSG). On this day, CSOs will review and adopt the new guidelines on how they will engage the government and mining companies on the MSG.

1. Enhancing CSO accountability and coordination – adoption of EITI Guidelines for Civil Society
2. Report about CS work on the EITI MSG
3. CS priorities (work plan) for the period August 2024 to July 2025 period.
4. Updates from EITI secretariat e.g. 2023 EITI Standard implementation, the Zambia portal, upcoming activities for Zambia and next steps.