Depuis sa création en 2002, la coalition « Publiez ce que vous payez » a réussi à mettre sur le devant de la scène la nécessité d’une gestion plus claire des revenus issus des industries minières, pétrolières ou gazière dans les pays en développement. Des avancées ont été réalisées mais sur le terrain, la bataille est loin d‘être gagnée.

It is a critical time to ensure that there are clear and enforceable standards to steer implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. This is essential so that the EITI becomes a truly effective and credible model for measuring the governance of oil, gas and mining revenues in countries around the world that allows citizens of resource-rich developing countries to hold their government accountable.

The PWYP coalition, with a worldwide membership of over 260 NGOs, has supported the development of the EITI since its inception.

In the 2008 Report on Revenue Transparency of Oil and Gas Companies, Transparency International (TI) evaluates 42 leading oil and gas companies on their current policies, management systems and performance in areas relevant to revenue transparency in their upstream operations.

Launched at the Sorbonne on 19th June, 2003, on the initiative of Eva Joly and co-signed by 25 other reknown anti-corruption figures, the Paris Declaration against international financial corruption is set to become a major focus for campaigners against corruption across the globe.

Tomorrow (17 June) UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will unveil a British-led action plan to improve
the transparency of oil, mining and gas revenues worldwide.

A French probe into alleged possession of misappropriated assets by several African Presidents has been shut down, despite uncovering tens of millions of dollars worth of luxury properties and cars, and dozens of bank accounts belonging to the rulers, their family members and close associates.

London/Berlin – A majority of leading oil and gas companies are far from transparent when it comes to the payments they make to resource-rich countries, leaving the door open to corruption and hampering efforts to fight poverty, according to a report published today by Transparency International (TI).

London – In the wake of a recent report published by Transparency International [1], showing that leading oil and gas companies should be doing more to fight corruption and poverty in resource-rich countries, Publish What You Pay [2] calls on companies to publicly disclose how much money they pay to governments for the right to extract.