On 28 October 2020, Afghanistan was found to have made meaningful progress in implementing the 2019 EITI Standard (see Board decision 2020-78/BC-298).
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Timeline of Validation and related materials
While Afghanistan's second Validation was scheduled to start on 18 July 2020, the Board granted the MSG's request that Validation be brought forward to 1 July 2020 (see Board decision here).
- 1 July 2020: Validation commenced
- 1-30 July 2020: Stakeholder consultations
Secretariat assessment & comments
- 21 August 2020 - Draft Secretariat assessment
- 14 September 2020 - Comments from the MSG
- 16 September 2020 - Final Secretariat assessment
Validation Committee and Board review
- 21 October 2020 - VC Recommendation to the Board, Board Circular 298
- 28 October 2020 - Board decision 2020-78/BC-298, scorecard and corrective actions
Background
This is a second Validation. On 18 January 2019, the EITI Board found that Afghanistan had made inadequate progress in implementing the EITI Standard (see Board decision 2019-02/BC-264). The Board established that progress in addressing 19 corrective actions would be assessed in a second Validation commencing 18 July 2020. In June, the Validation Committee approved Afghanistan's request for an early second Validation (see Board decision 2020-49/BC-292), which commenced on 1 July 2020.
