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European Commission proposals for oil, gas and mining transparency laws welcomed by Publish What You Pay
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LONDON/STRASBOURG – Publish What You Pay, the global coalition of civil society groups, welcomes the European Commission’s proposals for EU laws that will require oil, gas, mining and logging companies to be more transparent about the payments they make to governments around the world.
"Follow the money": new animated short
Oxfam America has just launched a new animated video showing how so little of the profits from extractive industries reach local communities. In the US the video is intended to encourage people to take action and contact their member of Congress regarding the Energy Security Through Transparency Act – a crucial piece of legislation that would require any company registered with the US authorities (Securities and Exchange Commission) to disclose their payments in every country of operation.
PWYP Welcomes Adoption of Transparency Act in Liberia
London: Publish What You Pay (PWYP)* welcomes the news that Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has signed a new transparency law which increases accountability over the management of the country’s natural resources.
Approved on 10 July 2009, the LEITI Act seeks to ensure that the benefits due to the government and people of Liberia from the exploitation of natural resources are “verifiably paid or provided; duly accounted for; and prudently utilized for the benefits of all Liberians….”
Revenues from oil, gas and mining must benefit all Cambodians, new coalition urges
Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Cambodians for Resource Revenue Transparency (CRRT), a new coalition of civil society organizations was launched today and urged the Royal Government of Cambodia, donors, private businesses, and other stakeholders to promote transparency in the management of revenues from oil, gas and mining to ensure that they benefit every citizen of Cambodia.
As Cambodia is expected to experience a sudden resource windfall, careful planning is needed to ensure that a sudden increase in revenues and expenditures are properly managed in a socially transparent and accountable manner that especially reaches the poorest Cambodians.
PWYP Indonesia members conduct training for sub-national stakeholders on revenue sharing calculation and EITI
On November 8 2011, PWYP-Indonesia members PATTIRO and LPAW Blora conducted a training event for local stakeholders in Bllora district, central Java, on oil and gas revenue sharing (DBH=dana bagi hasil) calculations and projections.
Black gold in Virunga, curse or saviour?
GOMA – A sign in Kinshasa’s international airport reads ‘Tourism: the future of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).’ It is ironic given the current state of play. For instead of a warm welcome, visitors arriving at the N’Djili aerodrome are more likely to be greeted with interrogation, extortion and possible deportation, helping to drive tourist flows to more tranquil destinations.
Meanwhile, the government of President Joseph Kabila is hamstrung by lack of capital, holding back badly needed development in the impoverished Central African country.
Key oil governance issues in Uganda that need urgent attention of parliament
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We members of the Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO), National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE), Global Rights Alert (GRA) and other members
Under the umbrella coalitions of:
The Oil Watch Network (OWN) and Publish What You Pay (PWYP) that are promoting good governance, transparency and accountability in Uganda’s oil sector hereby bring to the attention of parlia
Uganda: Civil Society Backs MPs On Oil Deals Resolutions
Civil society yesterday backed efforts by independent minded MPs to demand for accountability in the oil sector despite what they called a conspiracy by a faction of the ruling party to reverse the parliamentary position.
The group also demanded that Parliament stands bold on its resolutions passed two weeks ago as they threatened to sue government for its failure to safeguard what they called the independence of Parliament.
The Civil Society Coalition on oil, Publish What You Pay and the Oil Watch Network, in a joint press conference held in Kampala criticised manoeuvres by the Preside
Budge up Bono and Bob - Bill's the Big New Activist for This G20
While Bono and Bob Geldof have long been banging away, pressing world leaders for progress to help the poorest with debt cancellation, more money and better policies to fight hunger and disease, there is a tough new activist in town: Seattle’s finest, Bill Gates Jnr.
In a remarkable twist of political theatre, the billionaire philanthropist – who’s foundation gives away $2.5bn a year – has been asked by President Sarkozy to present his vision on how to finance the fight against poverty to the mixed bag of G20 leaders when they meet next week in Cannes.
To those who don’t know him, it wil
Lettre de ROTAB au ministre des finances
La coalition ROTAB/PCQVP a écrit au ministre des finances demandant le payement des 15% des revenus miniers et pétroliers aux communes d’exploitation. En effet la distribution de ces 15% sont prévus dans la loi minière de 2006, mais à ce jour les communes concernées n’ont pas encore reçues les revenus de 2009 ou 2010.
