On 10 July 2020, São Tomé and Príncipe was found to have made meaningful progress in implementing the EITI Standard.
Timeline of Validation and related materials
- 29 December 2019: Validation commenced
- 29 December - 10 January: Stakeholder consultations
- 1 April 2020: Draft Secretariat assessment sent to the MSG
Secretariat assessment & comments
- 1 April 2020 - Draft Secretariat assessment [English | Portuguese]
- 11 May 2020 - Comments from the MSG [English | Portuguese]
- 13 May 2020 - Final Secretariat assessment [English | Portuguese]
Validation Committee and Board review
- 2 July 2020 - VC Recommendation to the Board, Board Circular BC-292 / Decision 2020-38
- 10 July 2020 - Board decision [Decision 2020-38/BC-292], scorecard and corrective actions [English]
Background
This is a third Validation. On 29 June 2018, the EITI Board found that Sao Tome and Principe had made meaningful progress in implementing the EITI Standard (see Board decision 2018-36/BM-40). The Board established that progress in addressing three corrective actions would be assessed in a third Validation. The corrective actions were related to:
1. License Allocation (Requirement 2.2)
2. License Register ( Requirement 2.3)
3. Data Quality (Requirement 4.9)
