Contracts & licenses
The Maputo Declaration - Moving from Transparency to Accountability
Eastern and Southern Africa Meeting
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8 – 11 May. Maputo, Mozambique.
We, as coalition members of Publish What You Pay from 12 Eastern and Southern African countries, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, met under the auspices of Publish What You Pay (PWYP), on the theme of moving from transparency to accountability.
PWYP Coalition Spotlight: DR Congo
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Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo might be one of the world’s richest countries in natural resources, but its population ranks among the poorest with four out of five citizens living on less than 30 cents a day.
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….”
"Stealth" Oil Agreements Threaten Azerbaijan's Reputation and Policy Progress
For the first time in the history of modern Azerbaijan, the State Oil Company has signed two oil development deals “in the dark,” without public notice of its negotiations with the foreign companies involved, and without the traditional public contract signing ceremony.
The Azerbaijan NGO Coalition is alarmed by this backwards step in the country’s excellent tradition of oil contract transparency. This incident may demonstrate the beginning of a dangerous trend in the preparation and signing of extractive industry contracts.
PWYP campaigner receives prestigious environmental prize
London: Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Gabon Coordinator Marc Ona Essangui has won the prestigious international Goldman Environmental Prize, which is often awarded to individuals who take significant personal risks to protect the environment and local communities.
Africa Steering Committee - N'Djamena Declaration March 2012
This declaration summarises the outcomes of the Africa Steering Committe’s second meeting, in N’Djamena on 5-7 March 2012. You can also view this declaration in its original PDF format.
N’Djamena Declaration
On 5-7 March, the PWYP Africa Steering Committee held its second meeting in N’Djamena (Chad).
World Map - Who has published contracts?
This map shows which governments have published extractive contracts and provides links to them. Countries with a dark blue marker have published all their extractive contracts online. Countries with a light blue marker have only published some contracts, or have legislated to publish contracts but have not yet done so.
This map is still in its early phases, please email apowell@publishwhatyoupay.org if you think that there are any mistakes or omissions.
Towards a Time Bound Legislative Agenda for Effective Oil Governance and Avoiding the Oil Curse (Uganda)
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Communiqué Issued at the Closing of the High Level Policy Dialogue on Oil Governance in Uganda
1. The High Level Policy Dialogue on Oil Governance in Uganda took place in Jinja, Uganda on November 30 –December 1, 2011.
Contract Transparency
What is PWYP’s ask?
PWYP calls for greater public scrutiny of the deals that are signed between governments and extractive industry companies. The contracting process itself should be fully open, from tendering to award. The content of the contract, lease or concession agreement should be accessible to the citizenry. PWYP pushes for the adoption of open competitive bidding rounds as a best practice and a preferable option to the closed-door negotiated deal types that some countries use.
What are contracts?
Uganda: Oil Fuels Political Controversy in Country
Uganda’s oil may still be underground, but tensions are already bubbling to the surface as government, MP’s and civil society clash over allegations of million-dollar oil bribes, lawsuits and accountability demands.
Many Ugandans were positively surprised when Uganda’s parliament passed a resolution in early October demanding an end to all oil deals until proper transparency and accountability laws are put in place. There were also calls for an independent investigation into the alleged million-dollar bribes ministers had accepted from western oil companies.
“I could not believe it.
