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Azerbaijan – EITI Board should sanction government for civil society crackdown
280 groups from 35 countries urge the EITI Board to protect free and independent civic participation in the initiative. In a letter submitted today to the international Board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), more than 280 civil society groups from 35 countries urged the initiative’s leadership to take “the strongest action possible” in […]
Niger & Areva – missing contracts and presidential planes
Six months ago, the Nigerien government announced it had signed a new contract with AREVA over the country’s uranium production. The contract itself was ten months overdue and the negotiation process had been both difficult and drawn out as the government sought to rebalance their relationship with AREVA and obtain a fair deal for their […]
Rahma Bin Youssef
I work on reversing the resource curse that has changed the province I live in, Gabes, from the paradise oasis it once was to the impoverished area with poor infrastructure it is today. There is also high air and water pollution due to the exploration and extraction activities of several national and international oil companies. […]
Rachel Etter
I’ve grown up in Malawi and I have a deep concern that the way we use our natural resources doesn’t involve or benefit all Malawians. In the mid 2000s, Malawi’s largest mining project was launched amid many voices, those of excitement and those with concerns about the project and about mining in general for the […]
Ba Aliou Coulibali
There isn’t a moment where I am not affected by what is happening in the extractive sector. Especially as my country, Mauritania, is a mining country. We have been exploiting iron and copper for over a half century. Two foreign companies are currently exploiting gold and produce about 15 tonnes of gold a year. With […]
Tuya Choijil
When Mongolia became a capitalist society extraction increased tremendously, especially with the government’s ‘gold program’. But this increase was too widespread and the benefits not clear. I saw the negative impact on the environment but decided to get involved so that local communities who were hurt by extraction could be heard – especially in order […]
Maryati Abdullah
I’m interested in transparency and accountability issues because it is very important to endorse good governance. There are lots of anti-corruption initiatives, but we also need more groundwork on the sectoral issue. I became interested in extractive transparency when I learned (for the first time) how the revenues of petroleum and mining were flowing from […]
Cielo Magno
Before joining Bantay Kita-PWYP Philippines, I worked on issues of taxation and corruption. I have been working on strengthening governance to improve transparency and accountability. I studied conflict situations in the Philippines and I knew that resource extraction is one area that breeds conflict with communities. I grabbed the opportunity I was given to join […]
Napoleon Sangawan jr.
I like to help communities. The communities don’t have a bridge to the government, but they can talk to us and tell us their needs and sentiments and we can help them have a dialogue or make petitions to be given to the government. It’s hard work, but when you are with the community and […]
ARTICLE 19, CIVICUS and Publish What You Pay submit letter to OGP on Azerbaijan
ARTICLE 19, CIVICUS and Publish What You Pay have submitted a joint letter to the steering committee of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) calling on them to ensure that civil society organisations can participate in and influence Azerbaijan’s OGP action plan. Azerbaijan is a member of the OGP – a multilateral initiative that promotes open […]