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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
How can we ensure stronger civil society voices? Lessons from the PWYP coalition in Senegal
With the support of the FORD Foundation, PWYP’s regional coordinator in Francophone West Africa, Demba Seydi, has been working with members in Senegal to facilitate awareness and build the capacity of civil society to ensure they can participate in the EITI implementation process in a more effective and qualitative way. The project came at a […]
Civil society leader and leading human rights activist attacked in Equatorial Guinea
Plain-clothed security officers in Equatorial Guinea have reportedly severely beaten and stabbed Alfredo Okenve, a leading civil society activist and Vice-president of the Center for Development Studies and Initiatives (CEID). Okenve said the men forced him out of his car at gunpoint on 27 October and carried out a prolonged attack, before abandoning him on […]
Niger: Civil Society activists released after 4 months in prison, but challenges continue
On Tuesday 24 July, fifteen members of civil society were released following their arrest and imprisonment four months ago for protesting against a new Finance Law in Niger. Of these fifteen, Ali Idrissa (Coordinator of PWYP Niger, Board member of Publish What You Pay, and Coordinator of the Niamey-based civil society organisation ROTAB), Moussa Tchangari […]
EITI Guide: Leveraging the EITI for reform in oil, gas and mining governance
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) stands or falls on the strength of its civil society component. Only with well-coordinated, inclusive and influential civil society participation will EITI reports inform public debate and lead to improved governance in the extractive sector. Civil society input underpins success throughout the EITI process, from consulting communities affected by […]
PWYP Africa Steering Committee to African Union: For the fight against corruption to be won, threats to civic space must be condemned
25 March to 25 June 2018: Civil Society leaders in Niger are still imprisoned for having mobilised against a tax law that is deemed unfair and encourages corruption The 31st Summit of the African Union (AU) will start on 25 June 2018 in Nouakchott, Islamic Republic of Mauritania. The theme of the Summit is the […]
Niger: 25 May marks two months since 26 activists and civil society members have been detained
10 organisations call on authorities in Niger to stop prosecution of activists and civil society members and release those detained Two months after 26 civil society activists were arrested in the capital, Niamey, at peaceful demonstrations against a new finance law, Oxfam and Amnesty International alongside eight other NGOs are calling on the authorities of […]
How can we ensure stronger civil society voices?
Lessons from the PWYP coalition in Senegal With the support of the FORD Foundation, the PWYP Secretariat, has been working with members in Senegal to facilitate awareness and build the capacity of civil society to ensure they can participate in the EITI implementation process in a more effective and qualitative way. The project came at […]
Urgent: Free our colleague Ali Idrissa, jailed for doing his job
Our colleague and friend, Ali Idrissa, is in jail. By using spurious charges against him for the third time, the government of Niger pursue their disgraceful harassment of the anti-corruption movement. I urge them to see sense and free Ali and his fellow campaigners immediately. One of the world’s largest exporters of uranium, Niger has […]