EITI Chair, Clare Short is together with EITI Deputy Head, Eddie Rich in Cape Town, South Africa, Monday 21 to Wednesday 23 May 2012.On Tuesday 22 May 11:30, she will be speaking at the Open Forum about "Can global institutions work for Africa?" at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
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9 May 2012
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) International Secretariat, based in Oslo, Norway, is now recruiting a Regional Director for Francophone Africa.DutiesRegional Directors take responsibility to coordinate EITI activities, both directly by the International Secretariat and through partners, in a portfolio of countries.
12 April 2012
On 12 April, Togo published its first EITI Report on revenues from the extractives sector in 2010. Revenues from the water sector are included in this report, as water is considered by the Mining Code of Togo to be an extractive resource like phosphate and iron.
30 March 2012
Zambia published today, 30 March, its 2009 EITI Report in Lusaka, disclosing the payments from mining companies to the government in 2009. The government received more than US$500 million from the mining sector www.
30 March 2012
Today, 30 March, Mozambique launched its 2009 EITI Report in Quilemane in Zambezia Province, disclosing payments made to the government from companies extracting natural resources. The government received a total of just under US$40 million from their extractives sector in 2009: US$15m from mining and US$25m from hydrocarbons.
9 March 2012
The United States government has launched a public comment period to collect suggestions for the formation of a USEITI multi-stakeholder group.
Comprised of representatives from government, industry and civil society, the USEITI multi-stakeholder group will be responsible for the design and implementation of the USEITI framework.
8 March 2012
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has disclosed this month what the government has received from oil and mining companies operating in the country during 2008 and 2009. The government received a total of US$ 771 million from their oil and mining industries, but significant and unexplained discrepancies were found between reported figures from the companies and the government - both in the industrial and artisanal mining sectors.
7 March 2012
The EITI Secretariat published its report for 2011, which provides an account of the EITI International Secretariat’s activities in 2011. The International Secretariat would like to thank all EITI stakeholders for their hard work in 2011 and the invaluable contribution they have made in ensuring the progress seen in countries implementing the EITI.
5 March 2012
The Senegalese government has recently announced its decision to sign up to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in order to ensure that 'citizens will be able to exercise control over the use of [mineral] resources'.
17 February 2012
Peru and Mauritania were this week found to be in compliance with the EITI standard. The EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) is the global standard that ensures accountability and transparency of the revenues from a country’s extractive sector.
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