The Board agreed a revised Validation schedule.
The Board agreed a revised Validation schedule.
The Board agreed to modify the Validation schedule as follows:
Validation commencement date |
Country |
1 April 2021 |
Philippines |
1 July 2021 |
Guinea |
1 October 2021 |
Albania |
1 January 2022 |
Argentina |
1 April 2022 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
1 July 2022 |
Iraq |
1 October 2022 |
Colombia |
1 January 2023 |
Afghanistan |
1 April 2023 |
Germany |
1 July 2023 |
Armenia |
1 October 2023 |
Central African Republic |
Unallocated due to ongoing Validation |
Cameroon |
Unallocated due to pending Validation extension request |
Netherlands |
In accordance with the EITI Standard (Section 4, Articles 6 and 7), implementing countries may apply for an extension to their Validation deadline or to request early Validation. The Board will consider such requests on a case-by-case basis. The tests applied when assessing extension requests are outlined in Article 7. These include MSG approval, submission of the request ahead of the commencement of Validation, and evidence of exceptional circumstances.