Board committees

The EITI Board committees prepare the working documents for the EITI Board and provide recommendations on upcoming decisions related to implementation, Validation, policy and management. The EITI Board seeks to ensure that committees reflect the multi-stakeholder nature of the EITI Association.

Committees hold telephone conferences or get together in person around Board meetings. Committees are re-established every two to three years, after the election of a new EITI Board.

The Finance Committee advises the EITI Board on strategic issues relating to the financing of the International Management of the EITI. This includes advising on the securing of funding to the levels agreed by the EITI Board when approving International Secretariat work plans and budgets, financial reporting, investment of liquidity and accepting of financial operations. It is also tasked with reviewing the EITI's expenditure, including ensuring the International Secretariat makes effective and appropriate use of its funding.

The Governance and Oversight Committee (GOC) addresses issues relating to the governance of the EITI, including decision-making procedures, accountability lines, governance of the International Management of the EITI, the Chair nomination process, risk management and constituency guidelines, among others. With the merger of the Audit Committee, the GOC now includes presentation of the audited accounts of the International Secretariat to the EITI Board with a recommendation for approval

The Implementation Committee (IC) provides oversight by the EITI Board on how the EITI Standard is being implemented and presents recommendations on strategic policy issues related to the EITI Standard. It monitors challenges and opportunities in implementing countries, including overseeing work to document the impact of EITI implementation, highlighting good practice and encouraging efforts to strengthen implementation.

The Outreach and Candidature Committee (OCC) guides and monitors outreach to prospective implementing countries and supporters in accordance with the outreach strategy approved by the EITI Board. It 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 to these activities where necessary.

The Rapid Response Committee monitors events that could put EITI stakeholders, processes, or the EITI brand in EITI implementing countries at risk, and to make recommendations to the EITI Board for possible responses.

The Validation Committee (VC) plays a key role in safeguarding the quality and consistency of assessments of countries’ progress in meeting the EITI Standard. The Validation Committee reviews Validation reports and makes recommendations to the EITI Board on Validation decisions and procedures. It places a priority on the need for comparable treatment between countries and the need to protect the integrity of the EITI brand.

In accordance with the observer policy for EITI committees, stakeholders may observe committee meetings.

Committees may decide that non-EITI Board members may observe committee meetings and teleconferences, provided that an observer is accepted by all members of the concerned committee and that the committee finds the numbers of observers reasonable. Non-Board members who wish to observe a committee meeting or teleconference should notify the committee chair and the International Secretariat in advance of the Committee meeting and seek the committee’s consent.