EITI Newsletter November 2018 Dear friends of the EITI, We’re excited to share some of the highlights from the Opening up Ownership: Africa conference that was held in Dakar last month. What started off as an idea to host a small workshop turned into the largest gathering of beneficial owners...

October 2018, The Independent Administrator team visited Guyana and met with officials of government agencies and companies in their first visit to Guyana.  The Independent Administrator is Moore Stephens LLP, a UK firm contracted by the government of Guyana, Ministry of Natural Resources to pre...

Tonu works as the Lead on Thematic Engagement at the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Secretariat. She works with OGP staff, Steering Committee and partners to ensure that the 99 countries and localities that are OGP members can use the platform to deliver on reforms in priority thematic issue...

 Sourced: Sep 20, 2018, EITI Secretariat Ukraine’s national parliament passed the widely-backed Law 6229 ‘On ensuring transparency in extractive industries’ on 18 September 2018. The new legislation sets out legal principles for the collection, disclosure and dissemination of data on Ukrai...

Source:  Oct 15, 2018, EITI Secretariat OSLO, Oct. 15, 2018 – The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative’s (EITI) Board today announced that Mark Robinson has been named executive director of the EITI. Currently the global director of the World Resources Institute’s (WRI) Governanc...

Harnessing the potential of the extractive sector Knowing who owns the companies that operate in the oil, gas and mining sectors is key to strengthening natural resource governance. It has also proven to be important to improve the investment climate and promote responsible business conduct. Thro...

Ukraine passes extractive industries transparency law based on best practice from EITI and EU  Sep 20, 2018  EITI Secretariat Ukraine’s national parliament passed the widely-backed Law 6229 ‘On ensuring transparency in extractive industries’ on 18 September 2018. The new legislation sets ...

 Sourced: Sep 6, 2018, EITI Secretariat Government encouraged to bring implementation of the EITI back on track. The EITI Board decided on 4 September 2018 to suspend Liberia for not having published the EITI report for the fiscal period ending June 2016 within the 1 July 2018 deadline. The...

Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Roadmap of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana 2018 The aim of the EITI Standard 2016 for beneficial ownership is to make transparent and disclose who ultimately controls and receives the proceeds from licenses to extract a country’s natural resources. The role o...

 Jun 29, 2018  EITI Secretariat Colombia is first country in the Americas to reach the highest level of progress in implementing the EITI Standard EITI-Colombia has published verified revenue information, shone a light on revenue distribution to regions and started to tackle challenges in envir...