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Explore our publications on a wide range of topics, to find the powerful facts, stories and approaches that underpin our work to make the extractive industry more open, accountable and participatory.
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.
In it together: advancing women’s rights through the extractive industries transparency movement
It is well documented that extractive projects can have dire gender consequences given that women usually have the most to lose (in terms of loss of land or livelihoods, increase in gender-based violence etc.) and the least to gain from the process of extraction in the communities where they occur and in the country as […]
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 […]
PWYP Data Extractors Programme Evaluation Report
This is a report of the findings from a learning focused evaluation of Publish What You Pay’s (PWYP) innovative Data Extractors’ (DE) programme. The programme, supported by the Omidyar Network, the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) and Oxfam Denmark, was a direct response to the publication of the first mandatory disclosure (‘payments to governments’) reports […]
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 […]
Promises are Vanity, Contracts are Reality, Transparency is Sanity
Contracts signed between governments and resource companies are the fundamental documents that set out obligations, rewards, rights and protections in many oil, gas and mining investments. Without access to them, it is not possible for citizens to understand the nature of the agreements that their governments have made or monitor government and company commitments.
Secrets of Hydrocarbon Contracts in Tunisia
El Kamur, Om Shiah, Kerkenna, Argub, Douz … regions that have become famous for their successive protests since 2011 about the management of natural resources in Tunisia. The reasons for protests are summarized by a young man from the village of Faouar in the Governorate of Kebili in southern Tunisia, nearby several oil wells: “we […]
Past the Tipping Point? Contract Disclosure within EITI
When governments and private sector companies agree to exploit publicly held natural resources, citizens have the right to know the terms of the resulting deals. These terms are contained in licenses, contracts, regulations and legislation. While regulations and legislation are usually public, licenses and contracts are not.
Contract Disclosure Survey 2018: A review of the contract disclosure policies of 40 oil, gas and mining companies
Contract disclosure in the oil, gas and mining sector is an emerging global norm. Given the progress by governments, international financial institutions and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, this report aims fill the research gap in information regarding corporate policies on contract disclosure. It provides a snapshot of the current landscape of corporate policy based […]
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 […]
Selection of Civil Society Representatives on the International EITI Board (2019-2022)
Version française ici | Русская версия здесь Seeking Civil Society Representatives for the EITI International Board (2019-2022) The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is a global standard promoting the open and accountable management of oil, gas, and mineral resources. The International Board, the EITI’s main governing body, is comprised of 21 representatives from the various Constituencies […]
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 […]