With over half of the 39 countries that are implementing the EITI now Compliant, how to convert transparency to accountability was a recurring theme among the 1,300 delegates at the 6th International EITI Conference Thursday.
The EITI Blog
The EITI Blog gathers together ideas about the role of transparency and natural resources in creating economic growth and fighting poverty and corruption. The blog is authored by members of the EITI Secretariat and key stakeholders.
21 May 2013
Diarmid O'Sullivan
"Ensuring that EITI stimulates public debate" is one of the topics that will be discussed at the EITI Global Conference in Sydney.
15 May 2013
Johnny West
"What EITI Reports tell us (and what is missing)" is one of the topics that will be discussed at the at the EITI Global Conference in Sydney.
10 May 2013
Jonas Moberg
When the over 1000 delegates from 95 countries meet in Sydney later this month, it will be at a defining moment for the emerging global coalition to ensure transparency of natural resources, known as the EITI.
9 April 2013
Eddie Rich
By Eddie Rich, Sam Bartlett and other Secretariat team
26 March 2013
Dyveke Rogan
EITI Chair Clare Short meets U Soe Thein, Minister of President’s Office and Myanmar’s EITI Champion in Oslo 26 February 2013.
11 March 2013
David Diamond
While prices for natural resource commodities, such as oil, gas and precious metals, remain volatile, interest in extractive industries – oil, gas and mining - should continue over the long term.
11 February 2013
Graham Gordon
Photo: Women in the market in Cajamarca, which has been the scene of recent protests, courtesy Graham Gordon
25 January 2013
Jean Claude Katende
In 2002, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) was launched on the initiative of former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair.
9 January 2013
Katherine Lay
This blog post was originally written by Katherine Lay (picture) for the ONE.org Africa Blog, and is republished here with their permission.
21 December 2012
Clare Short
Dear FriendsAs another year ends, I'd like to offer each of you and your families all best wishes for happiness and fulfillment in 2013. I would also like to reflect briefly on the challenges that we set ourselves at the beginning of the year and on those for the coming year.
23 November 2012
Abdul Omar
If you arrive or you depart from Lusaka by air, you can
hardly escape a gigantic billboard at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport.
It shows how much revenue Zambia collected from the mining industry, the
mainstay of the economy for nearly a century.
20 October 2012
Eddie Rich
When Apple launched the iPhone 5 in September, it was after much consultation with potential customers, despite popular belief about Apple. Would it give them the plat
10 October 2012
Johnny West
What we realised when we put together the first guide to public domain data on the oil industry is that Big Data are coming to oil and gas.
27 September 2012
Diarmid O'Sullivan
The EITI’s future may hinge on decisions by
the Board between now and the EITI Conference next May. The initiative could
grow to fill more of the gap between its Principles and its rather limited
results on the ground so far. Or it could end up as a has-been, trudging unnoticed
26 September 2012
Anwar Ravat
A few weeks ago Zambia reached EITI Compliant status, a significant milestone for transparency in Zambia’s mineral extraction sector - as well as for multi-stakeholder collaboration and building civil society “voice”.
26 September 2012
Clare Short
The EITI has made good progress since it became operational in 2005/6 but it has not yet achieved the objectives it set itself when the Principles on which it is based were adopted.
21 September 2012
Erry Riyana Hardjapamekas
As a major producer of oil and gas and a heavyweight in mining, Indonesia knows the many challenges that come with natural resource wealth.
16 September 2012
Jonas Moberg
The EITI would not exist were it not for PWYP. The EITI is largely the quasi-multilateral international response to civil society campaigning under the PWYP umbrella.