History of EITI

2002 October

Tony Blair announces the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) at the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg

2003 June

First EITI Plenary Conference at Lancaster House in London launches the Initiative

2004 February

EITI Paris Implementation Workshop

2004 June

G8 Summit at Sea Island. US endorses EITI for the first time.

2005 March

Second EITI plenary conference, London, forms International Advisory Group (IAG) to decide on the governance and future direction

2005 June
G8 Gleneagles Summit. EITI support and implementation recommended in the Commission for Africa Report.

2006 June

Last IAG meeting establishes an EITI Board and selects Oslo as the location of the International Secretariat 

2006 October

Third EITI plenary conference, Oslo

During the EITI Global Conference in Oslo, the EITI Board 2006-2008 was formed consisting of 20 members representing implementing countries, supporting countries, civil society organisations, industry and investment companies.

2007 September

International Secretariat opens in Oslo with a 'Transparency Week'.
15 countries welcomed as EITI Candidate Countries

2008 February

Validation methodology agreed by board at meeting in Accra, Ghana.
The EITI welcomes 7 new countries as Candidate Countries.

2008 March

Côte d'Ivoire welcomed as the 23rd EITI Candidate Country.

2009 February The 4th EITI Global Conference took place in Doha, Qatar.
Azerbaijan completes Validation, and is found the first EITI Compliant Country. 

2009 May

 Four new countries were admitted as EITI candidates bringing total number of EITI implementing countries to 30.