The Guidance is intended to offer host governments the tools they need to assemble and manage a multidisciplinary team, and engage effectively in extractives contract negotiations. The Guidance aims to help governments to put in place recommended processes and identify the skills that ...

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Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- I. Ownership of the process, empowerment and compositionof the government negotiation team -- Ownership of the negotiating process -- Empowerment of the government negotiation team -- Box 1. Empowering contract negotiators in Guinea -- Composition of the government negotiation team -- Negotiation Mandate -- Who should sit at the negotiating table? -- II. Expertise needed for effective contract negotiations -- Geological, engineering and industry expertise -- Geological and engineering expertise -- Industry expertise (knowledge of a specific industry) -- Legal, economic, financial and fiscal expertise -- Legal expertise -- Economic, financial and fiscal expertise -- Conducting due diligence on the investor -- Box 2. Due diligence in Ghana -- Human rights, community engagement and environmental expertise -- Human rights and community engagement expertise -- Environmental expertise -- Where to source the required expertise? -- III. Accountability and reporting -- Role of the lead negotiator -- Reporting back to the ultimate decision maker -- Box 3. Negotiation experience in Ecuador -- IV. Effective integration of external advisers -- V. Retaining expertise for future use -- Box 4. Building greater negotiation capacity and expertise in Botswana -- Annex: Recruiting advisers for extractive contractnegotiations - terms of reference template -- Purpose -- Guiding principles -- Harmonisation and alignment -- Knowledge transfer and capacity development -- Quality control -- TERMS OF REFERENCE TEMPLATE -- Background -- Objectives/Scope -- Role of the adviser -- Tasks and functions -- Deliverables -- Selection criteria -- Qualifications -- Skills and experience -- Competencies -- Location -- Remuneration -- Evaluation criteria -- Quality-based selection -- Cost-based selection., Fiduciary obligations -- Reporting and supervision -- Inception report or study -- Interim reports -- Final report -- Application process -- Appendixes -- Notes.