November 20,  2003

Communiqué

Update of the International Advisory Group Work Plan

In accordance with its Terms of Reference, the International Advisory Group on the Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project is conducting a dynamic reflection on the ways and means to enhance its services as  independent advisors to  the Governments of Chad and Cameroon and the World Bank, and in consequence is updating its Work Plan for 2003-2006.

An update to the Work Plan is required in light of the lessons learned from the first phase of the Project as well as the stakes involved in the next phase of operations with regard to the economic and environmental well-being of the populations of Chad and Cameroon.

The IAG has prepared an updated provisional Work Plan which has been sent recently to the Prime Ministers of Chad and Cameroon and to the President of the World Bank to solicit their views and observations.

We now wish to proceed in the same manner with all our interlocutors and other interested parties.  The provisional Work Plan is presently available on our web site www.gic-iag.org,  We invite you to send your comments to the IAG Secretariat by December 31, 2003.

Secrétariat of the IAG

5 Place Ville-Marie, Suite 200

Montréal (Québec) Canada H3B 2G2

Fax: +1 514 397 1651

secretariat@gic-iag.org

The International Advisory Group thanks you in advance for your collaboration.