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Why does Tajikistan need EITI?
The implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) could bring great benefit to Tajikistan. Yet, lack of government commitment and the restrictions imposed on civil society activities create the risk of undermining this much needed effort to introduce unprecedented transparency into the country’s extractive sector. Nestled between Kyrgyzstan to the North, Afghanistan to the […]
UK anti-corruption law for oil, gas and mining companies enters into force
Publish What You Pay coalition commends UK government for honouring transparency pledge The UK’s Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014 enter into force today, 1 December 2014, after being signed into law by Business Minister Jo Swinson MP on 28 November. The regulations implement the anti-corruption provisions for the oil, gas, mining and logging […]
PWYP Nigeria hails UK government on adoption of EU Accounting Directive
Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Nigeria has commended the UK Government on its adoption of the new EU Accounting Directive and the full implementation of the beneficial ownership regime under the Extractive industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The UK is the first country to adopt the new directive through The Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations […]
Lessons learned from Zimbabwe’s Alternative Mining Indaba
Zebbies Mumba, Gerald Mutale and Tommy Singongi, three representatives of PWYP Zambia attended Zimbabwe’s Alternative Mining Indaba which PWYP Zimbabwe helped organise. Here are some of the key lessons the Zimbabwean delegation took back with them: Talking matters – The Alternative Indaba was a key opportunity for community members’ to voice their opinions to parliamentarians, […]
The UK joins EITI – a second chance to get it right?
Last week, the UK was accepted as a candidate country to EITI – in 18 months, British citizens should have a report that details how much money the government received from the extractive sector and how much companies paid. It’s a shame that the EITI wasn’t born in the 1970s before the oil revenues started […]
PWYP statement of support for Azerbaijan’s civil society
23 October 2014 The issue of Azerbaijan was high on the agenda of last week’s Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) International Board meeting in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, as the government’s repressions place the country’s EITI status in doubt. The civil society constituency on the EITI board was united in calling for Azerbaijan’s suspension from the initiative, […]
Claire Spoors
We need to deal with the systemic causes of poverty and inequality and the extractives sector is the obvious place to start. The extractives sector needs to be accountable, not just in terms of the use of its revenues but also regarding its impacts on human rights, the environment and society for instance. Transparency is […]
PWYP and OSIWA call for the immediate release of arrested activists in Niger
Update – All arrested activists were freed on Friday evening, but they will be summoned by a judge this week. We remain vigilant. The Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) and Publish What You Pay (PWYP) calls on the Nigerien authorities to immediately release ROTAB activists currently under detention and to cease the harassment […]
Arrest of PWYP Activist Ali Idrissa in Niger on day of President Hollande’s visit
Update 21/7 – All arrested activists were freed on Friday evening,but will be summoned by a judge this week. PWYP remains vigilant. Update 14:35 18/07 – Mr. Ali Idrissa was released earlier today, but he has been told that once Hollande’s visit is over, the authorities will come to pick him up and take him […]