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"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.
Congo Brazzaville: Oil gotten gains
An excellent film produced by Andrew Weir and Christopher Walker for Al Jazeera's People and Power series which looks at how revenues from Congo Brazzaville's natural resources have been spent on luxuries by the president's family despite most of the population living on less than a dollar a day. The film features PWYP campaigners Christian Mounzeo from Congo-based Rencontre pour la Paix et les Droits de l'Homme and Gavin Hayman from Global Witness.
EITI Video - Making resources work for people
During the 2009 EITI Global Conference in Doha a video was screened called EITI - Making resources work for people. It gives a good overview of EITI from the perspective of all stakeholders in the process.
PWYP and EITI songs - EVEIL choir at opening ceremony of ARM 2011
On 24 May 2011 the PWYP Africa Regional Meeting was launched in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The EVEIL choir performed two songs during the opening ceremony, about Publish What You Pay and EITI. Below are videos of the performances:
Publish What You Pay
Helsinki Commission Energy Transparency video
U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission), and Co-Chairman Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) have just released a video promoting transparency in the energy sector. The video includes U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a member of the U.S.
