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Statement: EITI Governance Failures Threaten Independent Civil Society
Yesterday in Lima, on the eve of the 2016 Global EITI conference, more than 100 civil society representatives took a principled stance to boycott the members’ meeting, the highest governing body of the EITI. The impetus for the boycott was the improper and illegitimate interference in civil society’s right to self-selection of their representatives to […]
The call for a responsive EITI
The strength of the EITI lies in its ability to adapt and become relevant to each context, enabling countries to focus on what is most necessary to them for good governance. In Colombia’s case for example, what was essential in order for EITI to realise its potential, generate a debate about the use of natural […]
The USA’s oil transparency rules: Worth the wait?
2,000 days. That’s longer than the First World War; longer than we have to wait between Olympic Games or between football World Cups; longer than Jimmy Carter, George HW Bush, Gerald Ford or JFK each were President of the USA (and almost exactly the same time as Nixon was in power). It’s even longer than […]
Call for greater transparency in Papua New Guinea
7 January 2016 The Papua New Guinea Resource Governance Coalition (PNGRGC) is calling for greater transparency from the government and the extractive industries through the disclosure of information related to the value chain of PNG’s natural resource extraction. “Informing communities about the importance of knowing their rights to resource projects and benefit sharing is especially […]
First EITI report in Ukraine – a golden opportunity
The launch of the first ever published EITI report in Ukraine in December 2015 offered a golden opportunity to look back at the progress accomplished so far and to look ahead at the actions still needed to generate genuine openness and accountability in the Ukrainian oil, gas and mining sectors. In recent times, Ukraine has […]
Appetite for transparency in Australia
Since Publish What You Pay Australia was formed in 2011, Australia has had four Prime Ministers, including one who came back for a second (unsuccessful) go. For campaigners, the constantly changing political landscape has been challenging. However, there is much hope in civil society that stability is returning, and with it, an appetite for reform. […]
Big data: ready, set, go!
PWYP has been working since its inception for mandatory revenue disclosures alongside the voluntary EITI. Thanks to PWYP’s collective efforts, we now have regulations in the EU, Norway and Canada, as well as laws underway in a number of countries that oblige listed and registered companies to publish their payments to governments for every country […]
Following The Money: Malawi embarks onto the right path towards ensuring transparency and accountability in the extractives industry
Publish What You Pay Malawi Press Release: 30th October 2015 Background: In Malawi, like in many other resource-rich countries in the region, minerals, oil and gas have the potential to raise sustainable revenue for national development. But in order to fulfil this potential, fair deals, tax justice and robust agreements are paramount. It is, therefore, […]
Towards transparency in Extractives in Chad – applying oil project modelling
Chad has the typical characteristics of a country affected by the “resource curse”, rich in natural resources, poor in development for the majority of the population. In other words, the benefits, mainly from oil, do not trickle down to communities that are, instead often negatively, impacted by extractive activities. In Chad, the national Publish What […]
United States Applauds Securities and Exchange Commission’s Commitment to Swiftly Release Oil Transparency Rule
SEC Will Meet to Implement Landmark Oil, Gas, and Mining Transparency Law by June 2016 Publish What You Pay – United States (PWYP-US) welcomes today’s commitment by the Securities and Exchange Commission to quickly finalize a rule for Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act, a groundbreaking oil, gas and mining transparency law. The SEC’s announcement […]
Strengthening country-by-country reporting regulations in Norway. What next?
Just before the summer recess started in Norway, the Norwegian Parliament, the Storting, agreed to strengthen country-by-country reporting regulations. To find out how the Norwegian Government plans on following up on this new regulation, Truls Wickholm, Member of Parliament for the Norwegian Labour Party, has sent a written question to Siv Jensen, Norway’s Finance Minister. […]
About time! SEC to speed up draft rule for Dodd-Frank 1504
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) told to speed up draft rule for landmark 2010 US transparency law for oil, gas and minerals In June 2010, President Obama signed into law Dodd-Frank 1504, which obliges all US-listed extractive companies to publish their payments to the governments where they operate. Section 1504, if properly implemented, will […]