On 27 February 2019, Ethiopia was found to have made meaningful progress in implementing the EITI Standard. See Board decision 2019-21/BM-42
Timeline of Validation and related materials
1 April 2018: Validation commenced14-18 May 2018: Country visit
Initial data collection and stakeholder consultations
3 October 2018 - Report on Initial data collection and stakeholder consultation [English
This letter was sent to the EITI Board prior to the Board meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 26 February 2019.The letter is signed by more than 100 CSOs and indigenous organisations from Latin America and the Caribbean asking for environtal information disclosure as part of the EITI Global Standard. This is a key issue for the civil society in the region and all the global south.
The letter was submitted by Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR) from Peru.
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: 2019-20/BP-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
Go to Board decisions overview
Internal: Board Paper 42-5 Public domain:Nigeria Validation 2018News item on the decision: Nigeria uses EITI to reform industry,
Reference: 2019-16/BM-42
Description: see below for the decision in full. PDF attached at bottom of the page.
Where: 42nd Board meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine
Based on: Requirement 8.3 EITI Validation deadlines and consequences
Internal: Board paper 42-5Public domain:Ghana second Validation 2018News item on the decision: EITI countries progress on path to transparent and accountable extractive sectorsScorecard:
Reference: 2019-17/BM-42
Description: see below for the decision in full. PDF attached at bottom of the page.
Where: 42nd Board meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine
Based on: Requirement 8.3 EITI Validation deadlines and consequences
Internal: Board paper 42-5Public domain:Guinea Validation 2018News item on the decision: EITI countries progress on path to transparent and accountable extractive sectorsScorecard:
Reference: 2019-19/BM-42
Description: see below for the decision in full. PDF attached at bottom of the page.
Where: 42nd Board meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine
Based on: Requirement 8.3 EITI Validation deadlines and consequences
Internal: Board paper 42-5Public domain:Mauritania second Validation 2018News item on the decision: EITI countries progress on path to transparent and accountable extractive sectorsScorecard:
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
This is Iraq's 2018 EITI annual progress report (in Arabic), published in February 2019 in accordance with Requirement 7.4.
The 42th Board meeting 27-28 February 2019 in Kyiv, Ukraine. See more on our event page
Agenda in English and in French (see below).
Minutes in English and in French (see below).
Decisions taken at the Board meeting: see eiti.org/board-decisions, decisions including BM-42 in the reference number were taken in Kiev (Board meeting 42).
Pictures of the Board meeting on (flickr to follow).
Find an overview of all Board meetings here
