Liberia Validation 2018

On <<update>> 29 June 2018, The EITI Board agreed that country has made <meaningful progress with improvements>. See Board decision 2018-36/BM-40/BP-40-6-E (update and link).

In this second Validation, the EITI International Secretariat has assessed the progress made in addressing the ten corrective actions established by the EITI Board following <country's> first Validation in 2016. See more under background below. 

Timeline of Validation and related materials

• 24 November 2018: Second Validation commenced.
• date: International Secretariat sends the draft assessment was sent to the Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) [English].

MSG Comments & Validation Committee Review

• date: The MSWG provided comments [English] that agreed with the draft assessment. The International Secretariat then finalised (here) for review by the Validation Committee. 
• date: the Validation Committee sent a recommendation to the Board (for discussion): São Tomé and Príncipe Second Validation, Board Paper 40-5-E.

Background <update>

The first Validation of São Tomé and Príncipe commenced on 1 July 2016. On 8 March 2017, the EITI Board found that São Tomé and Príncipe had made meaningful progress in implementing the 2016 EITI Standard (see 2017-11/BM-36/BP-36-5-F). The Board established nine corrective actions related to:

1. MSG governance (#1.4);
2. Work plan (#1.5),
3. License allocation (#2.2);
4. License register (#2.3));
5. Exploration data (#3.1); 
6. Direct sub-national payments (#4.6); 
7. Data quality (#4.9); 
8. Follow-up on recommendations (#7.3);
9. Outcomes and impact (#7.4).