NED2023 organised by Spaces for Change (S4C) & Nigeria Extractive industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) on Host Community Development Trusts (HCDT). It was held in Owerri , Imo State of Nigeria on 14th and 15th September, 2023. It was well coordinated with many in attendance from the Communities, Stakeholders, Civil Society Organizations -CSOs- and women were also well represented. It was loaded with everything concerning the HCDT to help communities do things rightly and the strategies to obtain all the HCDT benefits.

The memories of the event will remain remarkable for all participants due to the resourceful engagement throughout the sessions from various experts. Participants thanked S4C for their commitment to help communities gain back their benefits, accepting to do trainings/capacity training whenever they are called on, selfless interest and service to humanity for better future for the common, marginalized and vulnerable persons in the Community, including those with special needs and everyone in the Communal stands affected by the impact of Climate Change, as a result of the production of Crude Oil, exploration and exploitation by International Oil Companies (IOCs) in the Niger Delta Communities. In addition, the PIA Documents should be revisited for the benefits of both Host Communities and impacted Communities.