This training is for National Coordinators in EITI implementing countries.
Part 1: How to develop an open data policy
What does the EITI Standard require, possible policy options and steps of creating an open data policy.Duration: 30 minutes
Part 2: Examples from implementing countries
Different approaches to open data and examples of open data policiesDuration: 15 minutes
Part 3: Q&A and next steps
The International Secretariat is providing training to the MSGs and national secretariats in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Togo. More information can be found in the program attached below.
For questions, please contact Gisela Granado
Discussion from different perspectives on the importance of communicating transparency processes related to extractive industry. New trends in open data and the use of modern technology platforms will be presented.
The Forum will be opened by Mr Luis Chang Navarro, Minister of Energy and Mines; and it will close with a press conference at the Intercontinental hotel in Guatemala City.
The EITI will hold a workshop on beneficial ownership for MSG members from Kazakhstan and government officials working on embedding beneficial ownership in legislation; support revising and strengthening a draft beneficial ownership roadmap according to requirement 2.5.b.ii. of the EITI Standard.
In particular, the workshop aims to provide guidance on questions related to definition of beneficial owner, level of details, collection methods and verification procedures.
The EITI is holding a workshop on beneficial ownership for MSG members in Kyrgyz Republic. It will help to revise and strengthen a draft beneficial ownership roadmap according to requirement 2.5.b.ii; support a legal review on beneficial ownership and the completion of the roadmap.
The workshop will also provide guidance on questions related to definition of beneficial owner, level of details, collection methods and verification procedures.
The Anglophone and Lusophone African regional beneficial ownership seminar is 1-3 November. It will involve representatives of national secretariats from up to eleven EITI implementing countries. The main topics will be drafting the beneficial ownership roadmaps, learning from and preparing for validation, mainstreaming and use of data.
Nigeria EITI will be hosting a national consu
The EITI's commodity trading working group meets in London to discuss general updates and developments on reporting practices in EITI countries. Reporting on commodity trading will be piloted in some EITI countries and the meeting will discuss how these efforts can best be supported.
This is a closed event.
For more information on what commodity trading and the EITI, visit our dedicated page on commodity trading
The EITI International Secretariat is organising a regional training for members of the MSG and National Coordinators from Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Germany, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Ukraine and Tajikistan on 26 and 27 October 2016. The training will take place in Astana, Kazakhstan and will focus on beneficial ownership disclosure in EITI implementing countries.
For more information, please contact Shemshat Kasimova (skasimova@eiti.org
More information here: 35th Board meeting - agenda and minutes
The EITI International Secretariat is conducting training for the Iraqi MSG and speaking to parliamentarians on the work of the EITI.
For more information, contact Pablo Valverde (pvalverde@eiti.org).
View pictures of this mission here on flickr
