Advocacy

This map shows which governments have published extractive contracts and provides links to them. Countries with a dark blue marker have published all their extractive contracts online. Countries with a light blue marker have only published some contracts, or have legislated to publish contracts but have not yet done so.

This map is still in its early phases, please email apowell@publishwhatyoupay.org if you think that there are any mistakes or omissions.

What is PWYP’s ask?

PWYP calls for greater public scrutiny of the deals that are signed between governments and extractive industry companies. The contracting process itself should be fully open, from tendering to award. The content of the contract, lease or concession agreement should be accessible to the citizenry. PWYP pushes for the adoption of open competitive bidding rounds as a best practice and a preferable option to the closed-door negotiated deal types that some countries use.

What are contracts?

EITI Strategy Working Group and the future of the EITI global standard

At its meeting in Amsterdam on 9th June 2011, the EITI international board set up a new Strategy Working Group (SWG) to facilitate discussion on the future strategic direction of the EITI in the next 3-5 years. This was an important moment in the history of the EITI because it presents an opportunity to begin discussion over potentially widening the scope of the initiative beyond its current focus on revenue flows.

What international institutions, other than international financial institutions, does PWYP focus on?

United Nations

The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on “Strengthening transparency in industries” on September 11. It emphasises that transparency and accountability should be embraced and promoted by all its member states and notes the efforts of countries participating in the EITI.

What are regional economic communities?

Regional economic communities (RECs) are intergovernmental organizations set up by groups of countries to foster stronger economic ties and cooperation. Well known examples include the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

Why does PWYP focus on regional economic communities?

The subject of transparency in the extractive industry has been almost completely absent from the agenda of the RECs.

What is PWYP’s ask?

Publish What You Pay (PWYP) calls for export credit agencies (ECAs) to require the public disclosure of all payments (taxes, fees, royalties and other transactions) as a condition of their support to extractive industry companies seeking loans, guarantees and risk insurance. PWYP also calls for the public disclosure of associated foreign investment contracts which establish the terms of these payments (e.g., Production Sharing Agreements, Host Government Agreements).

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What is PWYP’s ask?

Publish What You Pay (PWYP) calls for international financial institutions (IFIs) to require public disclosure of revenues and contracts for all extractive industry investment projects, development policy lending, and technical assistance programmes. In addition, PWYP requests IFIs to ensure the development, implementation and monitoring of the transparency program includes meaningful civil society participation.

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What is PWYP’s ask?

Publish What You Pay (PWYP) calls on investors to support the development of regulations that would require companies to report their payments to governments on a country-by-country basis and by payment type. This would create the conditions needed for investors to better judge the risks of company exposure in different country contexts.

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What is PWYP’s ask?

Host governments

Host (or producer) governments refer to the governments of those countries where companies extract oil, gas and minerals and pay revenues to the state.

Publish What You Pay (PWYP) calls on these governments to:

• Remove any legal and extra-legal obstacles to the full disclosure of revenue payments made by extractive companies to the government, and the full disclosure of the receipts of such payments by the government.

What is PWYP’s ask?

PWYP calls on multi-national, private and state-owned extractive companies to disclose all types of payments (royalties, taxes, bonuses etc) made to governments for every country of operation in their annual financial accounts, and to disclose to which level of government the payments are made.

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