C’est avec une grande inquiétude que la coalition nationale Publiez Ce Que Vous Payez Guinée (PCQVP) a appris, le 18 décembre 2008, la suspension pour un an, de la Guinée du processus de l’Initiative de Transparence des Industries Extractives (ITIE) par le Secrétariat International de ladite initiative.
On Friday, April 17th 2009, ECOWAS Ministers of Mines and Industries met in Abuja to adopt the Draft ECOWAS Mining Directive after a two-day meeting of experts from Member States.
The West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF), which includes numerous members of the Publish What You Pay coalition put out the following press statement.
Publish What You Pay (PWYP), the global civil society coalition campaigning for transparency in the extractive industries, welcomes the World Bank’s effort to extend transparency in this sector beyond revenues through its new EITI++ initiative. EITI++ includes disclosure along the spectrum, from the licensing of concessions all the way to government spending.
WASHINGTON, DC — The Revenue Watch Institute welcomes today’s World Bank announcement of a new comprehensive approach to helping resource-rich countries harness the current boom in oil and commodities prices for development.
Washington, DC: Transparency International (TI) welcomes the World Bank’s launch of the EITI++, an expansion of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) into a broader scheme to ensure that natural resources produce long-term development benefits for resource-rich yet poor nations.
“Extractive resources need to provide real benefits for the peoples of the countries where these minerals are located,” said Huguette Labelle, Chair of the Board of Directors of Transparency International on welcoming the EITI++ initiative announced here by World Bank President Robert B.
Washington, DC and London: Publish What You Pay (PWYP), the global civil society coalition campaigning for transparency in the extractive industries, welcomes the World Bank’s effort to extend transparency in this sector beyond revenues through its new EITI++ initiative. EITI++ includes disclosure along the spectrum, from the licensing of concessions all the way to government spending.