Reference: 2019-28/BC-271

Description: The Board approved the amendments to the EITI Articles of Association. The draft Articles of Association will be presented to the Members' Meeting on 17 June 2019 in Paris, which will decide on the adoption of the changes. 

Based on: Article 12, EITI Articles of Association

Internal: Board circular 271Public: See attached below (with tracked changes and without)

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Reference: 2019-27/BC-270

Description: Meeting minutes from the 42nd Board meeting in Kyiv are approved as of 29 March 2019.

Based on: Board Manual, 5.2

Internal: Board circular 270Public: 42nd Board meeting

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Reference: 2019-26/BC-269

The EITI Board suspended Togo on 1 February 2019 for missing the deadline for the 2017 annual progress report. The Board agreed that “the suspension will be lifted if the EITI Board is satisfied that Togo has published its 2017 annual progress report." The Secretariat can confirm that Togo published this report (available here) on 22 February 2019. Thus, the condition for lifting its suspension has been met.

Based on: EITI Requirement 8.6 on suspension

D​ate: 23.02.2016

Reference: 2016-47/BM-32

Description: The Board approved of the refinements of the 2013 Standard and adopted it in its new form as the 2016 EITI Standard. 

Where: 32nd Board meeting in Lima, Peru

Based on: Article 12, Articles of Association

Board paper on the revision of the StandardMinutes of the 32nd Board meeting

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Reference: 2019-25/BM-42

Where: 42st Board meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine

Description: The Board agreed in principle on the following proposals:

GenderState-owned enterprises (SOEs)Licensing transparencyContract transparencyProduction and export dataSystematic disclosuresCommodity tradingProject-level reportingSubnational transfersEnvironmental reportingOpen data effortsImpact and outcomes from EITI implementation

Reference: 2019-24/BM-42

The Board agreed that Marième Diawara Thiaw, Permanent Secretary/Coordinator, EITI Secretariat, Senegal, is to succeed Mankeur Ndiaye, Chair of the EITI Senegal National Committee, from the constituency of implementing countries as alternate Board member with immediate effect until the renewed nomations at the Global Conference in Paris in June.

Where: 42nd Board meeting in Kyiv

Based on: Article 5, Articles of Association

Public domain: EITI Board members

Reference: 2019-22/BM-42

Description: see below for the decision in full and PDF attached.

Where: 42nd Board meeting in Kyiv

Based on: Requirement 8.3 EITI Validation deadlines and consequences

Internal: Board Paper 42-5 Public domain:Norway second Validation 2018News item on the decision: EITI countries progress on path to transparent and accountable extractive sectors

Reference: 2019-15/BM-42

The Board decided that it will exercise its discretion to consider developments and information disclosed after the commencement of Validation where the following four criteria are met:

Multi-stakeholder group support: The proposal to consider developments and information disclosed after the commencement of Validation has the support of the multi-stakeholder group. Specific and verifiable: The information is specific, detailed, substantiated and clearly sourced, and can be quickly and independently verified. Non-specific information,

Reference: 2019-14/BM-42

The EITI admitted Argentina as an EITI candidate country on 27 February 2019. In accordance with the EITI Standard, Argentina is required to publish its first EITI Report within 18 months of becoming a candidate (i.e., 27 August 2020). Argentina is required to publish an annual progress report for 2019 by 1 July 2020. Validation will commence on date of Board decision on 27 August 2021.

Reference: 2019-13/BC-266

The Board agreed that Suriname is ineligible for an extension for publishing its first EITI Report and is suspended effective 26.02.2019.

In accordance with the EITI Standard, the suspension will be lifted if the EITI Board is satisfied that the outstanding EITI Report is published within six months of the deadline (i.e. by 24 May 2019). If the outstanding EITI Report is not published by 24 May 2019, the suspension will remain in force until the EITI Board is satisfied that the country has met requirement 4.8 (i.e.,