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What are our key priorities at the EITI Conference in Paris?
Next week thousands of civil society members, and companies’ and governments’ representatives, will gather in Paris for the EITI Conference 2019. Citizen participation and civic space will be high on the agenda for PWYP. PWYP will call for greater women’s participation and inclusion, strong implementation of the new EITI requirement on contract transparency and a […]
Turning aspiration into action: Openly committing to gender equal natural resource governance
Fighting for women’s economic empowerment, political participation and combating gender-based violence – all which are aggravated by a gender blind natural resource sector.
PWYP at the OGP Summit
The OGP Summit 2019 is taking place this week in Ottawa, Canada, and many PWYP members will be there to highlight key PWYP messages and priorities! You can find the agenda for the OGP Summit here and below you can find some the relevant PWYP and extractives sessions. Relevant PWYP events Tuesday 28 May – Civil Society […]
Lebanon Needs a True Win at the EITI Global Conference
Originally posted by The Daily Star On June 18th, the Lebanese Minister for Energy and Water, Nada Boustany, is expected to deliver a key note speech at the Opening ceremony of the EITI Global Conference happening in Paris1. The Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative, is an international transparency standard that governments voluntarily decide to implement to […]
UK financial regulator confirms oil, gas and mining companies must name government entities receiving their payments
In 2016 UK-incorporated and London Stock Exchange (LSE)-traded oil, gas and mining companies began to publicly disclose their payments to governments annually under the European Union Accounting and Transparency Directives and UK national law. The regulations require companies to file reports that are disaggregated and granular, providing data both on each country where the company […]
PWYP in Africa should intensify its work to advance the Africa Mining Vision
With members in 26 African countries, the Publish What You Pay (PWYP) coalition is one of the biggest and most widespread CSO networks working on mineral governance issues in Africa. PWYP members are an important factor in the influence and continuing growth of citizens’ pressure on African governments and mining companies for accountability in the […]
Global Reporting Initiative’s public consultation on Tax and Payments to Governments
The Publish What You Pay Global Council submitted a public comment form on Global Reporting Initiative’s public consultation on Tax and Payments to Governments in March 2019.
Prominent human rights defender under serious threats to his life in Equatorial Guinea
French version here, Spanish here A group of human rights and anti-corruption civil society organisations* is appalled by the illegal detention and house arrest of human rights defender Alfredo Okenve Ndoho on the same day that he was supposed to receive the Franco-German Human Rights Award at a ceremony organised by the French Embassy in […]
Breaking new ground at EITI – and looking ahead to the global conference in June
For years, PWYP members have been calling for the EITI standard to include several critical transparency measures.
Environmental Reporting: Key to Transparency
As the EITI Standard is being revised this month, it must make environmental transparency a requirement It’s there in the name. The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) works to promote the transparency needed to prevent corruption, mismanagement and waste, so everyone can benefit from natural resources and no one is harmed by extraction. The need […]
Women and the extractive industries – time for the EITI to act
The EITI standard is an immensely powerful tool. We can make it even more powerful – and inclusive – by making it reflect the experiences of women. All the evidence points to several important and necessary changes, which the EITI cannot afford to ignore any longer. Members of the PWYP movement all strive for the […]
Gendered change to transparency in extractives starts in West Africa
Making women visible and locating gender expertise in their own movements have put West African Publish What You Pay (PWYP) coalitions at the forefront of working with gender in extractives. But there is a long journey ahead before minds and work processes have shifted to more gendered ways of working. How do you change a […]