Antonio  M.A.  Pedro    Director  -­‐  United  Nations  Economic  Commission  for  Africa  Sub-­‐Regional  Office  for  East  Africa        Antonio   M.A.   Pedro   is   a   natural   of   Mozambique   and   a  mineral  exploration  geologist  with  over  30  years  of  broad  experience   of   and   exposure   to   development   issues   and  management   at   national,   sub-­‐regional,   and   continental  levels.   Throughout   his   career,   he   has   held   several  managerial  and  leadership  positions  including  as  Director-­‐General   of   a   sub-­‐regional   research   centre-­‐the   Southern   and   Eastern   African   Mineral   Centre  (SEAMIC)-­‐in   Tanzania   and   Managing   Director   of   several   state-­‐owned   mining   companies   in  Mozambique.      He   joined   the   United   Nations   Economic   Commission   for   Africa   (ECA)   in   2001,   coming   from  SEAMIC.  Before  being  appointed  to  his  current  position  as  Director  of  ECA’s  Sub-­‐regional  Office  for   |Eastern  Africa   (SRO-­‐EA)   in   Kigali,   Rwanda,   he  was   the   Chief   of   Infrastructure   and  Natural  Resources  Development  at  the  ECA  headquarters  in  Addis  Ababa,  Ethiopia.      In   Mozambique,   he   participated   actively   in   the   creation   and   structuring   of   the   Ministry   of  Mineral   Resources   and   in   the   privatisation   process   of   several   Mozambican   mining   state  companies.  He  has  been   involved   in   the  promotion  of   regional   integration  and  cooperation  on  the   continent   since   1984.   As   Director   General   of   SEAMIC,   he   led   the   modernisation   and  corporate   restructuring   process   of   the   institution.   This   included   the   introduction   of   quality  management   systems   (for   ISO   9001);   performance   related   appraisal   and   reward   systems;  strategic  businness  and   incubation  units;  design  of   services   to  assist   the  development  of   small  and   medium-­‐scale   enterprises   (SMES),   particularly   cottage   lapidaries;   performance   contracts  between  SEAMIC  and  its  member  States  with  a  view  to  improving  the  delivery  of  services;  etc.      At  ECA,  he  has  been  at  the  forefront  of  mineral  policy  analysis  and  formulation  and  has  published  or   led   the   publication   of   major   studies   and/or   policy   papers   and   think   pieces,   including   a)  Compendium   on   Best   Practices   in   Small-­‐scale   Mining   in   Africa;   b)   Training   Materials   on  Management   of   Mineral   Wealth;   c)   Improving   Public   Participation   in   the   Sustainable  Development   of   Mineral   Resources   in   Africa;   d)   Minerals   Cluster   Policy   Study   in   Africa:   Pilot  Studies  of  South  Africa  and  Mozambique;  and  e)  Mainstreaming  Mineral  Wealth  in  Growth  and  Poverty  Reduction  Strategies.  ).  As  a  means  to  advancing  governance  in  the  extractive  industry  in  Africa,  he   is   currently   investigating  on   the  nexus  between  mining,  new   institutional  economics  

 

 

(NIE),   leadership,   theory   of   change   and   change  management   processes,   and   the   African   Peer  Review  Mechanism  (APRM.    He  has  also  played  a  key  role   in   the  design  of   the  Yaounde  Vision  on  Artisanal  and  Small-­‐scale  Mining   (ASM).   Of   special   relevance   was   the   leading   role   he   played   in   the   drafting   and  identification  of  issues  for  the  February  2007  Big  Table  on  “Managing  Africa’s  Natural  Resources  for  Growth  and  Poverty  Reduction”  .  The  2007  Big  Table  agreed  on  a  new  compact  and  platform  for  action  to  improve  the  development  outcomes  of  mineral  resources  exploitation  in  Africa.  The  meeting  was   a   landmarked   event  which   has   generated   a   body   of   ideas   that   has   spearheaded  several  change  processes  in  the  sector.      He  led  the  work  of  the  International  Study  Group  on  Africa’s  Mineral  Regimes  (ISG),  a  major  ECA  initiative   to   ensure   that   Africa’s   mineral   resources   fully   contribute   to   the   socio-­‐economic  development   of   the   continent   in   a   sustainable   manner.   The   ISG   work   culminated   in   the  publication   of   the   “Minerals   and   Africa’s   Development”   report.   He   also   spearheaded   the  formulation   of   the   Africa   Mining   Vision   which   was   adopted   by   the   African   Union   Summit   of  Heads   of   State   and   Government   in   February   2009.   He   is   part   of   the   project   team   which   is  establishing   the   African   Mineal   Development   Centre   (AMDC),   a   one-­‐top-­‐shop   facility   to  coordinate  the  implementation  of  the  Africa  Mining  Vision.      He  is  a  seasoned  international  speaker  on  development   issues,  Co-­‐Chair  of  the  UN  Sustainable  Development  Solutions  Network   (SDSN)   thematic  group  on  the  Good  Governance  of  Extractive  and  Land  Resources,  Honorary  Fellow   in   the  Graduate  School  of  Natural  Resources  Law,  Policy  and  Management  (CEPMLP)  of  the  University  of  Dundee,  and  member  of  Board  of  Directors  and  Advisory  Groups  of  several  institutions  and  global  initiatives  including  the  Global  Agenda  Council  on   Responsible   Mineral   Resources   Managements   of   the   World   Economic   Forum,   and   the  Advisory   Board   of   the   Vale   Columbia   Center   on   Sustainable   International   Investment   (VCC),   a  joint  center  of  Columbia  Law  School  and  the  Earth  Institute  at  Columbia  University.