Introduction
Background
The EITI Board will conduct a strategy discussion in Oslo as part of its Board retreat on 12 February 2020. The inputs of implementing countries to this process are important to ensure that varying country contexts are considered in these discussions.
At the 46th Board meeting in Addis Ababa, the EITI Board agreed to focus on the following themes for its strategy discussion:
- The EITI’s role in addressing corruption
- The role that the EITI could potentially play in the global discussions on energy transition
- Evaluating EITI impact
The Board is also currently reviewing Validation procedures to consider lessons learned from previous Validations, with objective of revising the current Validation model to make it more fit for purpose.
Only EITI countries, national secretariats and multi-stakeholder groups were invited to respond to the questions as part of the Board’s consultation process with implementing countries.
Contact
We request all national coordinators to circulate these questions to MSG members and other relevant stakeholders, and submit your country’s consolidated responses to your respective country managers, copying Gay Ordenes (GOrdenes@eiti.org) , Alex Gordy (AGordy@eiti.org) and Lyydia Kilpi (LKilpi@eiti.org) for all countries; Bady Balde (BBalde@eiti.org) and Gisela Granado (GGranado@eiti.org) for Africa; Francisco Paris (Fparis@eiti.org) for Latin America; Oliana Valigura (OValigura@eiti.org) for Central Asia; and Annie Magnus (AMagnus@eiti.org) for Southeast Asia.
Deadline
14 January 2020.
About EITI
We believe that a country’s natural resources belong to its citizens. Our mission is to promote understanding of natural resource management, strengthen public and corporate governance and accountability, and provide the data to inform policymaking and multi-stakeholder dialogue in the extractive sector. By becoming a member of the Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), countries commit to disclose information along the extractive industry value chain – from how extraction rights are awarded, to how revenues make their way through government and how they benefit the public. Through participation in the EITI, more than 50 countries have agreed to a common set of rules governing what has to be disclosed and when – the EITI Standard. In each country that has joined the EITI, a multi-stakeholder group, composed of government, companies and civil society, supports implementation of the EITI Standard.