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Our money is our responsibility
This blog is written by Lenneke Kono-Tange, Programme Officer Africa, Business Unit Extractives at Cordaid, and was originally posted on the Cordaid website. Ten years ago no average citizen had an idea about the public budget in Chad, due to the work of our partner organization GRAMPTC, this situation has changed. For the past ten […]
The EITI Process in Iraq: How do we move from transparency to accountability?
Iraq’s oil reserves are some of the highest in the world and the main sources of revenue for the Iraqi government. The country’s oil export policy has also been critical in defining international oil supply and pricing. By becoming an EITI compliant country in 2012, Iraq took steps in the right direction to ensure good […]
Of Corruption, the Constitution and (lack of) Consultation: the state of transparency in Niger
On Saturday June 6, 2015, members of the Réseau des Organisations de la Société Civile pour la Transparence et l’Analyse Budgetaire (ROTAB), or Publish What You Pay Niger, and thousands of Nigerien citizens took to the streets of Niamey to express their dissatisfaction with recent developments in the country. High prices at the pump and […]
PWYP Nigeria pushes President for reform in extractives
A new campaign by PWYP Nigeria, together with wider civil society in Nigeria, is urging new President Buhari to push through the long awaited Petroleum Industry Bill within his first 100 days in office. Despite being a resource rich country, Nigeria hasn’t benefited from a well-governed oil and gas sector but instead has been plagued […]
Fresh Out of the Oven: Fresh EITI Law Adopted in Ukraine
On 16 June 2015, the Parliament of Ukraine adopted the law “On amendments to some legislative acts of Ukraine on increasing transparency in the extractive industries in Ukraine” (Reg. № 2591 from 04.07.2015). This is a big step forward for transparency and accountability in the sector in Ukraine and the result of years of campaigning […]
German Bundestag strengthens commodity transparency
This is an English version of a blog written by Andreas Hübers, Policy Advisor at ONE Germany, and originally posted on the ONE Germany website in German. Recently the German radio station, Deutschlandradio Kultur, had a feature called “The resource curse – Why so many countries remain poor despite abundant natural resources“, during which I […]
Open Data: it’s about the people, not just apps
These days we all hear a lot about the data avalanche and how civil society across the world is using and getting prepared to use this data. Of course this is a very exciting prospect that in some places is actually already taking place today while the bigger transparency revolution awaits us in 2016 and […]
Exploring the reality of the oil and gas sector in Lebanon
On May 30, the Order of Engineers in Lebanon, Tripoli chapter, hosted its first oil and gas conference entitled “Oil and Gas in Lebanon: Between reality and Dream”. The conference comes at a time when Lebanon’s nascent extractive industry sector is in limbo waiting for two important decrees to be issued that will kick-start the […]
Jacques Saham
It was in September 2014, during the 10th anniversary of Chad’s Publish What You Pay coalition that my organisation, Action de Partenaires pour l’Appui au Développement – APAD decided to join this movement. Although APAD (in English: Partnership Action for the Support of Development), of which I am the coordinator, is a new member, we […]
Canada moves to increase transparency in the extractive industries globally
On Monday June 1st, 2015, the Government of Canada announced that the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act (ESTMA) has come into force, a move that was welcomed by members of the Publish What You Pay coalition around the world.
Latin American contributions to the EITI: environment and social engagement
On May 19, 20 and 21, the XI Forum on the Extractive Industries of the Latin American Network on the Extractive Industries (RLIE) was held in Quito, comprising 12 Latin American organizations and, since more than a year ago, Publish What You Pay (PWYP). Moreover, since its creation in 2009, this network has maintained a […]
Azerbaijan – Authorities raid civil society offices in continued crackdown on NGOS
Today, in an attempt to further gag independent civil society in Azerbaijan, the office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan sent a unit of investigators to raid the offices of the Economic Research Center. Based in Baku, this well-reputed think-tank has also been hosting the NGO Coalition for Improving Transparency in Extractive […]