Zambia | PWYP

Publish What You Pay – Zambia (PWYP-Zambia)

Related Resources

EITI events in Washington DC and new EITI Candidate countries
15 May 2009
PWYP International
PWYP communique issued at the 2008 PWYP Africa regional meeting, Nigeria
10 Sep 2008
Publish What You Pay International

Country of operation:: Zambia
Country EITI status:: Candidate
Media Contact:: Fuvya Nyirongo
Caritas Zambia, national coordinator
Tel. + 260 211 260980
Country information:: Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative country page
PWYP Advocacies:: Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI); Accounting standards regulations; Governments; Investors; International Financial Institutions; Parliamentarians; Regional economic communities; Other international institutions
PWYP Objectives:: Transparency of company payments and government revenues; Transparency of government expenditure; Transparency of contracts and licensing procedures
Supporting partner institutions:: Fredriech Ebert Stiftung-Zambia
Norwegian Church Aid (possibly 2009)

Recent activities

Zambia was accepted as an EITI Candidate country on 15 May 2009.

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).

Coalition Members:

Members of the Steering Committee

Caritas Zambia
Churches Council of Zambia
Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia
Mineworkers Union of Zambia
Development Education Community Project
MISA-Zambia
Zambia Congress of Trade Union