Overview of proposed changes to EITI Requirements
The table below gives a summary of all proposed changes with links to the detailed proposals of the working group, as mandated by the Board's Implementation Committee, to prepare options.
Update 28 February 2019: Some of these proposals below (which date from 19 January 2019) have been slightly changed due to negotiations with the EITI Board at the 42nd Board meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine on 27-28 February 2019. The Board subsequently agreed to the proposals as listed under the Board decision 2019-25/BM-42.
- One page "cheat sheet" with overview of what requirements are under review [English]
Issue addressed | Requirement covered | Proposed changes | Reference document |
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1. Gender |
| IC paper pp. 4-5 and 15 | |
2. State-owned enterprises (SOEs) |
| IC paper pp.5-6 | |
3. Licensing transparency |
| IC paper pp.6-7 | |
4. Contract transparency | Clarifications for fiscal regime to cover the types of contracts, and what constitutes a ‘policy’ on contract disclosure. Further options for 2.4.a.: a) Requiring contracts to be made public with deadline for implementation b) Requiring contracts signed after a deadline to be made public c) Moving towards an expectation that contracts should be made public d) No change to Requirement 2.4.a ahead of the Global Conference | Annex A | |
5. Production and export data |
| IC paper p.8-9 | |
6. Systematic disclosures |
| and | |
7. Commodity trading | 4.2 - Sale of the state’s share of production or other revenues collected in kind. |
| and |
8. Project-level reporting |
| and | |
9. Subnational transfers |
| IC paper p.13 | |
10. Environmental reporting | 6.1 - Social expenditures by extractive companies | Proposals yet to be agreed: a) Revising Requirement 6.1 to cover environmental expenditures b) Encouraging disclosures of contextual information related to environmental monitoring c) Encouraging links to existing disclosures on climate risks d) No changes to the EITI Requirements, scaling up guidance and support | and |
11. Open data efforts |
| IC paper pp.15-16 | |
12. Impact and outcomes from EITI implementation |
| IC paper pp.16-18 | |
13. Consequences related to compliance and deadlines for implementing countries | 8.3.c.i on consequences for non-compliance with Requirements related to stakeholder engagement |
| IC paper pp.18-20 |