Press Release

International Secretariat encourages the UK to implement the EITI

October 24th 2011 - 3:47PM ... Aida P. Aamot
Following the UK Government’s invitation for consultation on its open data initiative data.gov.uk, the EITI International Secretariat has submitted a short paper urging the UK Government to follow the example of Norway, the United States and 33 other countries, by committing to implement the EITI standard.For more information please contact Deputy Head Eddie Rich at the EITI International Secretariat. File:  EITI - submission to UK Government Open Data Consultant Paper.pdf

President Obama: The US will implement the EITI

September 20th 2011 - 8:15PM ... Anders Tunold Kråkenes
NEW YORK/OSLO, 20 September 2011 – At the launch of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in New York today, US President Obama declared that the United States will implement the EITI.

PRESS RELEASE: Six more countries compliant with transparency and accountability standard

March 2nd 2011 - 1:29PM ... Anders Tunold Kråkenes
PARIS, 2 March 2011 – The Central African Republic, The Kyrgyz Republic, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, and Yemen have achieved Compliance with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), the global standard for improved transparency in the oil, gas and mining sectors. The EITI Board designated them as ‘EITI Compliant’ at their meeting today in Paris, bringing the total number of EITI Compliant countries up to 11.

Press Release: Norway discloses oil revenue payments in first EITI Report

January 21st 2010 - 9:07AM ... Anders Tunold Kråkenes
OSLO, 21 JANUARY 2010. Today the Norwegian government published all payments made by oil companies to the government for 2008. In this move to bolster Norwegian transparency standards, the payment data was made available in its first EITI Report. File:  2010-01-21 Press Release - Norway.pdf

PRESS RELEASE: Iraq announces plans to implement the EITI

January 10th 2010 - 11:27AM ... Anders Tunold Kråkenes
BAGHDAD, 10 JANUARY 2010. Noori Al-Maliki, Prime Minister of Iraq today announced Iraq’s plans to implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) at the Iraqi EITI launch conference in Baghdad.  Iraq plans to become an EITI Candidate country in February. For too long Iraq’s natural resource wealth has brought the country conflict and corruption, rather than development and prosperity.  The EITI is an instrument to build trust and create a safe forum for wider discussion about the management of the oil revenues.

EITI Chairman congratulates Liberia on progress

October 8th 2009 - 11:04AM ... Anders Tunold Kråkenes
MONROVIA, 8 OCTOBER 2009 - Liberia has taken giant steps towards complying with the global standard for transparent management of revenues from its extractive industries under the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). In Monrovia, the Chairman of the EITI, Peter Eigen, congratulated the Government, the private sector in the extractive industries, and activists of civil society, who have together accomplished what he described as an incredible job in implementing the EITI standard. File:  2009-10-08 Press Release - Liberia.pdf