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Recent activities

Love truth, love transparency – Activists gather outside Bis

On 14 February 2012 Publish What You Pay activists from CAFOD, ONE and Tearfund in London gathered outside the Ministry of Business to demonstrate their support for transparency in the extractive sector. Dressed up as miners, activists handed out Valentine themed campaign leaflets (which combined “tips for a healthy relationship” with the importance of transparency in the extractive sector. ) and posed with a giant ‘love truth’ love heart. Read more…

British All-Party Parliamentary Groups host panel on transparency in the extractive industry

On 24 January 2012, the British APPG on International Corporate Responsibility and the APPG on the Great Lakes Region of Africa, with PWYP, hosted a panel on transparency in the extractive industries. Read more about it here.

Coalition members urge UK Government to back strong EU rules

On 5 December 2011 members of PWYP UK wrote to the UK Chancellor and the UK Business Minister with comments and suggestions aimed at strengthening the EU’s legislative proposals and facilitating implementation. PWYP is seeking ongoing dialogue with the UK Government as the legislation is developed.

Coalition welcomes European Commission proposals and highlights need for effective rules

On 25 October 2011 Publish What You Pay coalition members welcomed the European Commission’s amendments to the Transparency and Accounting Directive. These new proposals require oil, gas, mining and logging companies to be more transparent about payments to governments around the world. PWYP also stressed the need for ambitious and effective final rules.

Coalition members ask George Osborne and Vince Cable to support EU Transparency and Accounting Directive rules

On 19 July 2011 the PWYP UK coalition wrote to the UK Chancellor and Secretary of State for Business asking them to support EU rules through both regulatory vehicles of the Transparency and Accounting Directives. This will ensure the broadest possible reach of the rules and so will have the greatest positive impact on improving governance and development and reducing corruption in resource-rich but poor countries across the world.

Coalition members urge Andrew Mitchell to push PWYP rules at the G20

On 24 June 2011 members of PWYP UK wrote to Secretary of State for International Development, the Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, ahead of the G20 Development Working Group meeting in Cape Town on 30 June, asking him that UK representatives at the meeting champion legally binding country-by-country and project-by-project reporting measures for companies engaged in oil, gas and mining activities.

You can read the letter and the response from Andrew Mitchell