Kono Conference 2016 - London

Moderator and Speakers

The Kono Conference 2016 - London

The aim of the London Kono Conference was to provide a conducive environment for all stakeholders to discuss and debate the challenges and opportunities facing the Kono District, the Kono indigenous ethnic minority and descendants of the district, with speaker presentations on key sustainable development and human rights issues, followed by question & answer sessions and stakeholder discussion workshops.

Stakeholders were invited to speak at the conference on topics relevant to the conference theme and the issues faced by the Kono District and Kono indigenous ethnic minority.

Moderator

ADE DARAMY

@ SLDN, SLUKDERT,
AFFORD, JOURNAL SIERRA LEONE STUDIES,

Founder member Sierra Leone Diaspora Network and Sierra Leone – UK Diaspora Ebola Response Taskforce (SLUKDERT); Senior Government Policy Advisor; Co-editor Journal of Sierra Leone Studies, editor-in chief Promote Africa magazine; Radio (BBC World Service) and TV broadcaster; Consultant & Media commentator on African & Diaspora affairs; Trustee Sierra Leone Cancer Charity, Trustee National Association for Peace and Positive Change (NAPPC – SL), Ambassador anti-FGM charity FORWARD, Trustee of the African Foundation For Development (AFFORD), Communications Professional; Speaking engagements include: World Bank Sierra Leone Diaspora Investment and Trade Stakeholders Forum Washington Sept 2015; World Humanitarian Summit UN Geneva, Oct 2015; Migrants in Countries in Crisis (MICIC) Initiative, Regional Consultation, Dakar, Senegal, Dec 2015.

Speakers

Saa Emerson Lamina

Mayor of Koidu City Kono District removed from Office

AN EVALUATION OF KONO DISTRICT’S POLITICAL & SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN POST INDEPENDENCE SIERRA LEONE

ANDY WHITMORE

CO-CHAIR @

LONDON MINING NETWORK

Community and indigenous resistance & the mining industry

Introduction to the work of London Mining Network (LMN). Setting the work of LMN within the context of similar networks in the world. Types of support available to communities. Review of the international legal rights frameworks relevant to communities engaged with or resisting extractive industries, with a particular focus on indigenous peoples rights, and free, prior, informed consent. Strategies communities, particularly indigenous communities, have enactedto engage with or resist mining / extractive industry companies.

LMN work for human rights, including the rights of Indigenous Peoples and workers, and for sustainable development (development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs) in communities around the world affected by the activities of mining companies based in or funded from London

Fuambai Ahmadu

@ Kono Union US

Essay from Sahr Pombor US - Kono Foundation a Kono Promise

The devastating impact that party politics has had on sustainable development, community and family cohesion. A call to build and strengthen our Kono Foundation for the development of Kono District and Sierra Leone.

Fatmata Wahab

@ Ansarul Alumni Association

Leveraging Our Collective Talents to Chart a Sustainable Future for Kono

Video Message/presentation

PHILIP BONA

@

.Effective Charity & NGO fundraising and mission. How could Kono benefit?

Sia Bockarie

@ KDDAUK Advocate for Youth

Youth movement KDDAUK presentation - General Hopes and Aspirations of Younger Kono's

SUSAN BANYA-LEGG

@ Organisation of Sierra
Leonean Healthcare Workers
Abroad (TOSHPA)

TOSHPA's involvement in SL and eventual extension to Kono