On 27 February 2019, Ethiopia was found to have made meaningful progress in implementing the EITI Standard. See Board decision 2019-21/BM-42.
Timeline of Validation and related materials
- 1 April 2018: Validation commenced
- 14-18 May 2018: Country visit
Initial data collection and stakeholder consultations
- 3 October 2018 - Report on Initial data collection and stakeholder consultation
Validation Report & comments
- 15 October 2018 - Draft Validation Report
- 19 November 2018 - Comments from the MSG and from civil society MSG members
- 27 November 2018 - Validator's response to MSG comments
- 27 November 2018 - Final Validation Report
Validation Committee
- 10 October 2018 - The Validation Committee discussed VC Paper 47-3 on the Validation of Ethiopia and agreed a Board Paper for discussion for the Board's 41st meeting in Dakar.
- 30 October 2018 - The EITI Board discussed the Validation of Ethiopia (Board Paper 41-5-B.
- 23 January 2019 - The Validation Committee discussed VC Paper 70-2 on the Validation of Ethiopia and agreed a Board Paper for discussion for the Board's 42nd meeting in Kyiv.
- 13 February 2019 - Validation Committee Recommendation to the Board for discussion, Board Paper 42-5.
- 27 February 2019 - The Validation Committee discusses VC Paper 74-2 on the Validation of Ethiopia.
