Recent activities

South Africa Resource Watch organized a seminar in Zambia in the first week of April to discuss Zambia’s experience with revenue transparency and EITI. It was attended by civil society, government and development agencies. The main outcome of the seminar included the establishment of a national PWYP coalition to be coordinated by the Centre for Policy Dialogue, with the priority goal of starting a dialogue with the government and mining companies on signing up to EITI.

Since then, the CPD has been nominated by other CSOs to sit on the Zambia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Council (ZEC), which is working towards become a candidate country.

Coalition Members:

Caritas Zambia
Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
Citizens for a Better Environment (CBE)
Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR)
Civil Society Trade Network (CSTN)
Consumer Alliance (CA)
Decop
Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ)
Federation of Free Trade Unions of Zambia (FFTUZ)
Gemstones and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (GAWUZ)
Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR)
Media Institute for Southern Africa-Zambia (MISA-Zambia)
Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ)
National Union of Miners and Allied Workers (NUMAW)
National Women’s Lobby Group (NWLG)
Non-governmental Organisation Coordinating Committee (NGOCC)
Press Association of Zambia (PAZA)
Transparency International-Zambia (TIZ)
Women in Mining (WIM)
Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and Zambia Land Alliance (ZLA).