The EITI Blog

The EITI Blog gathers together ideas about the role of transparency and natural resources in creating economic growth and fighting poverty and corruption. The blog is authored by members of the EITI Secretariat and key stakeholders.

Decisive period for the first wave of countries implementing the EITI

March 17th 2010 - 1:19PM ... Peter Eigen

The EITI crossed an important milestone last week: 9 March was the deadline for the first 22 countries that became EITI Candidates in 2008 to complete an independent EITI Validation, the EITI’s quality assurance mechanism. EITI Validation is an opportunity for countries to prove to their citizens and to the world that they have lived up to their pledges in fulfilling the EITI standards. Only two countries – Azerbaijan and Liberia - met the deadline.

Validation deadlines: questions and answers

March 5th 2010 - 10:10AM ... Jonas Moberg

Many are watching the EITI these days as 19 of the 32 EITI implementing countries have to complete EITI Validation by 9 March. Two countries (Azerbaijan and Liberia) have already achieved Compliant status. We at the EITI International Secretariat have here assembled answers to some of the most frequently asked questions related to Validation and this deadline.

China and the EITI

February 19th 2010 - 11:32AM ... Francisco Paris

By Francisco Paris, Regional Director at the EITI International Secretariat

Climate change and the EITI

December 9th 2009 - 10:56AM ... Jonas Moberg

Looking out through my office window here in Oslo, I see the security measures going up around the Nobel Peace Centre and the Town Hall ahead of the ceremonies honouring President Obama. Just opposite the City Hall, Greenpeace has moored one of their ships, getting ready for some campaigning and with a reminder on one of their banners to the President that the next stop is Copenhagen.

The Natural Resource Charter and the EITI

November 24th 2009 - 5:08PM ... Paul Collier

Historically, the natural resources of the poorest countries have often been plundered. The few have expropriated the many, and the present has expropriated the future. Harnessing natural resources for the sustained benefit of ordinary citizens requires that an entire chain of decisions, from the discovery process through to the use of revenues, be got right not just once but repeatedly.