Article 14, EITI Articles of Association, makes a general statement on the purpose and composition of EITI Board Commitees: “The EITI Board may create committees to further specific issues. Any such committee should include two or more Board Members or their Alternates, and its composition should, as far as is reasonable, reflect the multi-stakeholder nature of the EITI Association.” EITI Board Committees should facilitate the working of the EITI Board. This is mainly done by making recommendations to the Board. Board Committees do not take decisions on behalf of the EITI Board. Committees advise the Board on specific issues related to EITI implementation, validation, policy and management. Committees hold telephone conferences or get together in person around Board meetings. Committees have are reestablished every two years, after the election of a new Board.
The current key Board committees are:
Candidature & Outreach Committee
Finance Committee
Andrew Bone (Chair)
David Diamond (Chair)
Dorjdari Namkhaijantsan
Harald Tollan
With Anthony Hodge (ICMM) and Anwar Ravat (WB), having expressed willingness to be brought in for advice and input into specific deliberations.
Secretariat: Wouter Biesterbos
The Finance Committee shall advise the EITI Board on strategic issues relating to the financing of the EITI International Management (Board and Secretariat). This includes advising on the securing of funding to the levels agreed by the EITI Board when approving EITI Secretariat workplans and budgets, financial reporting, investment of liquidity and accepting of financial operations. It should from time to time review the funding principles adopted by the Board.
The Committee is also tasked with reviewing the EITI's expenditure, including ensuring that it understands what the Secretariat uses its funds for, whether the Secretariat have appropriate decision-making processes for taking decisions with financial implications and whether it considers that the Secretariat makes effective and appropriate use of its funding.
The previous Committee undertook an extensive expenditure review in 2009. The previous Committee suggests that the incoming Board tasks the Finance Committee to undertake a revenue review in 2011. Back to top
Governance Committee
Abdoul Aziz Askia
Olivier Bovet
Alan McLean
Florent Michel Okoko
Anthony Richter
Baiba Rubesa (Chair)
Epifanio Baca Tupayachi
Secretariat: Jonas Moberg & Tim Bittiger
On behalf of the EITI board, address issues relating to the governance of the initiative, including voting procedures. The committee has been inclined not to deal with implementation aspects of EITI rules. The committee was initially set up at the decision-making committee at the 1st EITI board meeting in New York 7 december 2006. The mandate of this sub-group was to do further work on voting procedures. Back to top
Validation Committee
Abdoul Aziz Askia
Edward Bickham
Justine Davila
Eelco De Groot (Chair)
David Diamond
Corinna Gilfillan
Elodie Grant-Goodey
Ali Idrissa
Julie Mc Dowell
Shahmar Movsumov
Sidi Ould Zeine
Hannah Owusu-Koranteng
Mark Pearson
With Egidio Boda, Italy, having expressed willingness to be brought in for advice and input into specific deliberations.
Secretariat: Sam Bartlett
Validation is an essential feature of the EITI process. It provides an independent assessment of whether EITI implementation in a country is consistent with the EITI Principles and Criteria. Currently (as of 11 April 2011) validation assesses compliance with 20 validation indicators and associated indicator assessment tools. Through the adoption of the EITI Rules 2011 edition, the EITI Board has agreed a new approach, with a clearer set of requirements that must be met by countries implementing the EITI in order to become EITI Compliant. Once fully implemented, these new rules are expected to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the validation process.
In all decisions on validation, the Board places a priority on the need for comparable treatment between countries and the need to protect the integrity of the EITI brand. The Validation Committee plays a key role in safeguarding the quality and consistency of EITI validation.
On behalf of the EITI Board, and in accordance with the EITI Rules, the Validation Committee shall:
- Review draft validation reports submitted by implementing countries
- Review final validation reports submitted by implementing countries and make a recommendation to the EITI Board
- Review applications for extensions of the validation deadline submitted by implementing countries and make a recommendation to the EITI Board.
- Review and make recommendations on validation procedures.
Rapid Response Committee
Edward Bickham
Robert Cekuta
Eelco De Groot
Jean Claude Katende
Jean-François Lassalle
Florent Michel Okoko
Hannah Owusu-Koranteng
Anthony Richter
Secretariat: Jonas Moberg & Tim Bittiger
(no chair, Secretariat facilitating)
The Rapid Response Committee was set up at the 4th EITI Board Meeting in Accra on 22 February 2008, to “develop a proposed framework for EITI rapid responses to political developments".
This Committee has proven to fulfill an important function in monitoring events that could put EITI stakeholders or process in EITI implementing countries at risk, and to make recommendations to the Board for possible responses.
Audit Committee
Sabit Bagirov
Elodie Grant-Goodey (Chair)
Alan McLean
Secretariat: Wouter Biesterbos
The Audit Committee is mandated to discharge the audit function of the EITI International Management, as directaed in Article 19(2) of the EITI Articles of Association . It is suggested that this Committee holds at least a telephone conference once a year together with the EITI’s auditor and that it presents the audited accounts to the Board. Members of the previous Audit Committee suggesed that the same Board Member cannot serve on both the Audit and Finance Committees. Back to top
Candidature & Outreach Committee
Abdoul Aziz Askia
Robert Cekuta
Mericio Dos Reis “Akara”
Erry Riyana Hardjapamekas
Jean Claude Katende
Jim Miller
Shahmar Movsumov
Anthony Richter (Chair)
Epifanio Baca Tupayachi
Secretariat: Chantal Spit
On behalf of the EITI Board, the Outreach and Candidature Committee oversees the EITI Candidature application process.The Committee also serves as a focal point for the outreach of EITI stakeholders to new countries and companies, ensuring that the Board is fully informed on outreach activities and providing direction or support to these activities where necessary.
Rules Revision follow-up
Edward Bickham
Stuart Brooks
Shahmar Movsumov*
Anthony Richter