OIL AND GAS COURSE FOR AFRICAN JOURNALISTS

Monday, October 17, 2016

OIL AND GAS COURSE FOR AFRICAN JOURNALISTS

Eben Agyekum-Boateng, TV3, Ghana

Dar es Salaam October 17, 2016: A fourteen day oil, gas and mining training workshop for some African journalists begins in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

The workshop is being funded by Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), organized by Journalists Environmental Association of Tanzania (JET) in partnership with Penplusbytes and the African Center for Media Excellence in Uganda (ACME).

This workshop is to build the capacity of  twenty-four selected participants, eight each from Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda in the extractive industry.

"This training programme aims at equipping the reporters to understand the value chain in the extractive industry. This will give them the understanding in reporting on oil, gas and mining issues", said Nicholas Phythian, the course content developer.

Some of the areas the course will cover during the fourteen days include contracting, environmental impact issues, revenue use and transparency and accountability.

Participants will share their countries experiences and practices order to the differences and similarities, challenges, successes, potentials and the way forward.

One of the significant issues the course covers if when and why a country will decide to extract a natural resource or not.

"There is the need for a  balance with issues such cost, the environment, revenue and how beneficial will it be to the people".