Board Paper 45-4-B

Assessment of Seychelles' proposal for proportionate implementation for the reporting period 2019-2021.

The proposed approach reflects the limited size of Seychelles' extractive sector and national priorities. It would reduce implementation costs, while ensuring that EITI Principles are upheld. 

On 3 May 2018, the EITI Chair received a request (see Annex 1) for clarification on requirements 4.1 and 4.6 from EITI Germany (D-EITI). The request relates to whether a materiality threshold of €2 million for local business taxes is in line with the EITI requirements 4.1 and 4.6.

This Board paper lays out the analysis and recommendation of the implementation committee to the Board.

The EITI Board confirmed that the proposal was is in line with the EITI requirements 4.1 and 4.6 of the EITI Standard (decision 2018-31/BM-40

At the Kyiv Board meeting, the EITI Board agreed proposed amendments to the Articles of Association. The EITI Board proposes these revisions to the EITI Articles of Association for approval by the EITI Member’s Meeting on 17 June 2019. Proposed new wording in each article is marked in red.

The Implementation Committee recommends that the EITI Board adopts a revised EITI Open data policy (see Annex 1). The Board-approved EITI Open data policy is part of the EITI Standard and has been an important reference for implementing countries in their open data efforts. The revised policy reflects various developments in the open data field and the Board’s encouragement of systematic disclosure by companies and government. It also addresses stakeholder feedback and challenges encountered in implementing countries as documented in Validation.

Visual information regarding the country spaces at National Innovation Exchange, which is where countries highlight their progress and innovations of EITI implementation. 

Reference: 2019-39/BC-273

Description: see below for the decision in full. PDF attached at bottom of the page.

Based on: Requirement 8.3 EITI Validation deadlines and consequences

Internal: Board Circular 273Public domain:Germany Validation 2018News item on the decision: Germany EITI leads by exampleScorecard: (to be added)

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In October 2017, the EITI Board agreed that Iraq had made inadequate progress in implementing the 2016 EITI Standard. See Board decision (here

In this second Validation, the EITI International Secretariat has assessed the progress made in addressing the 22 corrective actions established by the EITI Board following the first Validation. See more under background below. 

Timeline of Validation and related materials

The Board found on 17 June 2019 that Mali had made overall meaningful progress in implementing the Standard, with considearble improvements across individual requirements. In this second Validation, the EITI International Secretariat assessed the progress made in addressing the ten corrective actions established by the EITI Board following the first Validation. See more under background below.

Timeline of Validation and related materials

28 February 2019: Second Validation commenced.

This is the paper containing the text for the 2016 EITI Standard for adoption by the EITI Board at the 32nd Board meeting in Lima, on 23 February 2016. See the decision by the Board.