The Board agreed a revised Validation schedule.
Decision on the Validation schedule
The Board agreed to modify the Validation schedule as follows:
Validation commencement date | Country |
1 January 2022 | Liberia Malawi Argentina Mongolia Democratic Republic of the Congo |
1 April 2022 | Chad Mali Papua New Guinea Peru Sierra Leone |
1 July 2022 | Timor Leste Tajikistan Republic of the Congo São Tomé and Príncipe Trinidad and Tobago |
1 October 2022 | Côte d'Ivoire Guatemala Mozambique Colombia Norway Myanmar |
1 January 2023 | Ethiopia Iraq Nigeria Kazakhstan Afghanistan Burkina Faso Seychelles |
1 April 2023 | Kyrgyz Republic Tanzania Niger Dominican Republic Indonesia Uganda |
1 July 2023 | Ghana Honduras Madagascar Armenia |
1 October 2023 | Cameroon Germany Suriname Ukraine Ecuador |
1 January 2024 | Mauritania Togo |
1 April 2024 | Central African Republic |
1 July 2024 | Gabon |
1 October 2024 | Senegal United Kingdom |
Unallocated due to on-going Validation | The Philippines, the Netherlands, Zambia, Albania, Guinea, Guyana, Mexico |
In accordance with the EITI Standard (Section 4, Articles 6 and 7), implementing countries may apply for an extension to their Validation deadline or to request early Validation. The Board will consider such requests on a case-by-case basis. The tests applied when assessing extension requests are outlined in Article 7. These include MSG approval, submission of the request ahead of the commencement of Validation, and evidence of exceptional circumstances.
