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.

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. 

This intensive five-day course:

• looks at both technical policy aspects of managing resources and the complex interplay between governments, companies and citizens.
• provides the training and insight required for policy leaders in the public and private sectors to work towards better management and governance of mining, oil and gas for a better future.
• builds a better understanding of the interests of the public and private sectors, facilitating dialogue and mutual appreciation of respective positions between these different groups.

The programme is the result of a unique collaboration between the Blavatnik School of Government and the Natural Resource Governance Institute  (NRGI).

The course is open to:

• Policy leaders in the public and private sectors, alongside those in senior research and non-profit roles, who are committed to better governance in natural resources, and are in a position to influence the governance of these sectors.
• 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 heads 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

Participants should have in-depth experience and be in a senior leadership position or advisory role.