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Transparency and accountability in the extractive industry sector is crucial to mitigating the effects of the “resource curse” in countries endowed with natural resources.

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Overview

More than 50 OGP countries depend on oil, gas and minerals as their most important sources of government and export revenues. However, evidence shows that their performance on human development indicators compares unfavorably to less-endowed countries. At the root of this underperformance is the failure by governments to properly address the institutional and policy challenges that come with the governance of natural resources.

Open government approaches can help detect corruption, safeguard community interests, improve the investment climate, and support environmental sustainability. 

Extractive industry commitments are a common area of activity within OGP and they are more frequently impactful and complete than commitments in other policy areas. According to assessments by OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM), more than one in four extractives commitments have the potential to transform the status quo – double the rate of other commitments.

In 2018, OGP and the Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote work across several areas of extractives, including beneficial ownership, state-owned enterprises, contract transparency, gender, and environment.

Oil rig in the yards
Nigeria

Nigeria’s Push for Beneficial Ownership Transparency in Procurement and in the Extractives Sector

Lessons from Reformers: As a resource-rich country that has been plagued by grand corruption, beneficial ownership transparency has emerged as an important tool in Nigeria.

Recommendations

  • Find synergies between Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and OGP: OGP members can improve extractives industries transparency by applying policies like open contracting and beneficial ownership to extractives sector management.
    • In Ghana, reformers have committed to opening up the contract process and publishing information about the beneficial owners of contracts.
    • Armenia is piloting a beneficial ownership registry with national metal mining companies before expanding to all sectors.
  • Require that governments collect and disclose beneficial ownership information: including levels of ownership and any politically exposed people, and link this collection and screening to licensing systems and contract disclosure portals.
    • Nigeria created its first beneficial ownership registry to combat grand corruption, including in the oil industry. The country is also pursuing beneficial ownership through EITI that will require public disclosure of beneficial owners of oil, gas, and mining companies.
    • Ghana committed to opening up the procurement processes, publishing contracts in extractives and providing information on the beneficial owners of contracts.
  • Go beyond the EITI standard in environmental disclosure to consider climate change mitigation and alternative-use analysis. 
    • Georgia committed to publish environmental risks and impacts before and during project planning, consulting with the scientific community and the general public throughout the process.
  • Publicly disclose licenses and publish information on the licensing process.
    • Bulgaria created a public information system to disclose data about extractive resources, including registries of exploration licenses and concessions.
    • Indonesia published data and information regarding oil, gas, and mining activities, including a list of mining business license holders.
  • Publish data on state-owned enterprises (SOEs). 
    • Mexico publishes bidding decisions and contracts entered by the state-owned oil company. 
    • Mongolia requires financial and operational reporting by state-owned enterprises.
  • Ensure Equitable Impacts: Perform gender-responsive analysis in the project planning phase and publish environmental, health, and social impact assessments with gender-differentiated impacts of extractive industries.

Partners

Resources

  1. How to Read and Understand Mining Contracts

    , Outbound Link, Web Page

  2. Seeking Synergy: OGP & EITI

    This paper explores how OGP and EITI members can leverage both platforms to make meaningful reforms in the extractives industry,…

    2019, Documents, Web Page

  3. http://openoil.net/understanding-oil-contracts/

    Despite being one of the key economic areas for Georgia, extractive industries generally lack sufficient levels of transparency and accountability.…

    2020, Stories, Web Page

  4. Environmental Democracy Index (WRI)

    , Outbound Link, Web Page

  5. ONRWG_Closing-Gap[1]

    2019, Document, PDF

  6. Disclosing beneficial ownership information in the natural resource sector (French)

    2017, Document, PDF

  7. Disclosing contracts in the natural resource sector (English)

    2017, Document, PDF

  8. Disclosing environmental information in the natural resource sector (English)

    2019, Document, PDF

  9. FINOGPIssueBriefKDisc_0[1]

    2019, Document, PDF

  10. Disclosing beneficial ownership information in the natural resource sector (English)

    2019, Document, PDF

  11. NRGI Primers: A Series About Resource Governance

    , Outbound Link, Web Page

  12. Guidance Notes on the EITI Standard

    , Outbound Link, Web Page

  13. The EITI Standard

    , Outbound Link, Web Page

  14. https://www.open-contracting.org/data-standard/

    , Outbound Link, Web Page

  15. Resource Governance Index (NRGI)

    , Outbound Link, Web Page

Commitments

  1. Starred commitment Adoption of the Environmental Assessment Code

    GE0057, 2016, Public Service Delivery

  2. Starred commitment Well-Being Duty

    UK0089, 2016, Health

  3. Starred commitment Energy Sector Watch: Transparent, Accessible and Participatory

    CL0032, 2016, Public Service Delivery

  4. Starred commitment Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

    UA0065, 2016, Extractive Industries

  5. Starred commitment National Water Plan

    UY0072, 2016, Public Service Delivery

  6. Starred commitment Commissions for Extractive Industries Transparency

    PE0054, 2015, Extractive Industries

  7. Starred commitment Citizen Participation in Transparency and Royalties

    CO0046, 2015, Extractive Industries

  8. Starred commitment Mandatory Reporting on Extractives

    CA0036, 2014, Extractive Industries

  9. Starred commitment Strengthening Environmental Democracy

    CL0031, 2014, Extractive Industries

  10. Starred commitment Single Treasure Account

    SL0005, 2014, Extractive Industries

  11. Starred commitment Extractive Transparency

    UK0062, 2013, Extractive Industries

  12. Starred commitment Initiate Fiscal Transparency in the Extractive Industry

    PH0027, 2013, Extractive Industries

  13. Starred commitment Implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

    US0037, 2013, Extractive Industries

  14. Starred commitment Royalties and Transparency Initiative Extractive Industries: Eiti

    CO0025, 2012, Extractive Industries

  15. Starred commitment Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

    UA0011, 2012, Extractive Industries

  16. Starred commitment Mining Industry and Underground Resources

    BG0006, 2012, Extractive Industries

  17. Starred commitment Public Information System on Mineral Resources

    BG0008, 2012, Extractive Industries

  18. Making Energy Statistics Available

    NO0055, 2019, Public Service Delivery

  19. Beneficial ownership registry

    SL0025, 2019, Beneficial Ownership

  20. Natural Resource Transparency

    UK0094, 2019, Extractive Industries

  21. Beneficial ownership transparency

    MN0044, 2019, Beneficial Ownership

  22. Contract transparency in extractives

    MN0045, 2019, Open Contracting and Procurement

  23. Implement EITI

    PH0061, 2019, Beneficial Ownership

  24. Implementation of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI)

    SYC0003, 2019, Extractive Industries

  25. Transparency in Extractive Industries

    AR0079, 2019, Extractive Industries

  26. National Energy Efficiency Plan

    UY0130, 2018, Public Service Delivery

  27. Industry, Energy and Mining Data Publication

    UY0131, 2018, Public Service Delivery

  28. Open Data

    HN0062, 2018, Extractive Industries

  29. Transparency in Extractive Industries

    HN0078, 2018, Public Service Delivery

  30. Join EITI

    NL0030, 2018, Extractive Industries

  31. Join EITI

    TN0041, 2018, Public Service Delivery

  32. Open Contracting in Hydrocarbons

    TN0042, 2018, Open Contracting and Procurement

  33. EITI Process

    PNG0007, 2018, Extractive Industries

  34. Participatory Tech in Extractives

    COT0004, 2018, Public Service Delivery

  35. Extractives Data Management

    ID0092, 2018, Beneficial Ownership

  36. Complaint System for Environment

    ID0102, 2018, Public Service Delivery

  37. Beneficial Ownership Register

    AM0037, 2018, Beneficial Ownership

  38. Mining Data Disclosure

    KG0015, 2018, Extractive Industries

  39. Database of Natural Resources

    UA0079, 2018, Extractive Industries

  40. EITI Online Data

    UA0083, 2018, Extractive Industries

  41. Open Data/Citizen Navigation Portal

    LR0036, 2017, Extractive Industries

  42. Promote Access to Information of Public Funds Linked to Extractive Activities in Multilevel Instances

    PE0069, 2017, Extractive Industries

  43. Financial Transparency - EITI Standard

    DE0005, 2017, Extractive Industries

  44. Developing a New Transparency Portal for Madrid City Council

    MAD0002, 2017, Money in Politics

  45. Extractives Sector Transparency

    GH0024, 2017, Extractive Industries

  46. Philippine Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

    PH0052, 2017, Beneficial Ownership

  47. Integrated Mining Information System

    AR0040, 2017, Extractive Industries

  48. Open Contracting

    NG0002, 2017, Open Contracting and Procurement

  49. Extractive Sector Transparency

    NG0003, 2017, Beneficial Ownership

  50. Anti-Corruption Activity Coordination

    NG0009, 2017, Education

  51. Citizen Participation in the Establishment, Implementation and Social Control of the Commitments Made by the Ministry of Mines and Energy and Stakeholders

    CO0062, 2017, Extractive Industries

  52. National Environmental Act (NEA) Amendments

    LK0007, 2016, Public Service Delivery

  53. Publish the Number of Carats of Diamond Exported and Accompanying Kimberly Process Certificates

    CI0001, 2016, Extractive Industries

  54. Create and Operationalize 5 Local Mining Development Committees (CDLM)

    CI0002, 2016, Public Service Delivery

  55. Transparency of Contracts of Public Resource Exploiting

    MN0032, 2016, Water and Sanitation

  56. Information Transparency of the Owners of the Entities with Rights to Use Mineral Resources

    MN0033, 2016, Beneficial Ownership

  57. Make Licenses, Information and Activities of the Companies Transparent and Effective by Government

    MN0034, 2016, Extractive Industries

  58. Increasing Transparency in Extractive Industries

    AZ0046, 2016, Public Service Delivery

  59. Ensuring Private Sector Accountability and Involvement in National Climate Change Action

    MK0120, 2016, Extractive Industries

  60. Natural Resource Transparency

    UK0064, 2016, Extractive Industries

  61. Implement the Extractives Sector Transparency Measures Act

    CA0058, 2016, Extractive Industries

  62. Resilient Communities

    HN0058, 2016, Public Service Delivery

  63. Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI)

    MW0005, 2016, Open Contracting and Procurement

  64. Codelco Transparency Website

    CL0035, 2016, Public Service Delivery

  65. Country-By-Country Reporting

    NO0052, 2016, Extractive Industries

  66. Joining the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative "EITI"

    TN0021, 2016, Public Service Delivery

  67. Geospatial Maritime Data

    GR0042, 2016, Extractive Industries

  68. Marine and Maritime Activity

    GR0044, 2016, Extractive Industries

  69. Environmental Management Information Portal

    ZA0019, 2016, Extractive Industries

  70. Reducing Vulnerability and Risks Associated Variability and Climate Change, Generating, Disseminating and Articulating Date, Affordable, Public and Binding on the Public Decision-Making Information.

    MX0074, 2016, Public Service Delivery

  71. Publish Oil and Gas Contracts

    KE0013, 2016, Extractive Industries

  72. Public Environmental Information and Natural Resources

    PY0030, 2016, Extractive Industries

  73. Extractive Industries Transparency

    AU0003, 2016, Beneficial Ownership

  74. Access to Government Data

    AU0010, 2016, Extractive Industries

  75. Environmental Monitoring Points

    UY0070, 2016, Public Service Delivery

  76. Introduction of Electronic Licensing System in the Field of Natural Resources Application

    GE0044, 2016, Public Service Delivery

  77. Publication of Energy Data

    UY0075, 2016, Public Service Delivery

  78. Extractive Industries' Transparency

    PH0032, 2015, Extractive Industries

  79. Extractive Industries Transparency

    US0083, 2015, Extractive Industries

  80. Transparency in Extractive Industries

    FR0010, 2015, Extractive Industries

  81. Citizen Participation and Accountability in the Extractive Sector

    CO0040, 2015, Extractive Industries

  82. Support Capacity Building for Extractives Transparency

    US0103, 2015, Extractive Industries

  83. Map Investments

    CO0045, 2015, Extractive Industries

  84. Environmental Public Expenditure Management

    CO0049, 2015, Extractive Industries

  85. Public Information on Land and Natural Resource Reform

    LR0010, 2015, Extractive Industries

  86. Publish and Revise 70% of Mining and Agricultural Lease Agreements and Contracts

    SL0009, 2014, Extractive Industries

  87. Open Data Portal for Transparency in Fiscal and Extractive Transactions

    SL0011, 2014, Extractive Industries

  88. Adherence to the Global Compact of the United Nations Organization

    SV0075, 2014, Extractive Industries

  89. Knowing the EITI and Its Results.

    HN0042, 2014, Extractive Industries

  90. Tanzania to Fulfill Its EITI Commitments by June 2016

    TZ0030, 2014, Extractive Industries

  91. To Audit the Accounts of the Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs to International Standards

    TT0011, 2014, Extractive Industries

  92. To Make Publicly Available the Cadastre of Licenses and Contracts for the Exploration and Production of Oil and Gas in Trinidad and Tobago

    TT0012, 2014, Extractive Industries

  93. To Include the Mineral Sector (Starting with National Quarries Company Ltd) in the TTEITI Reporting Mechanism

    TT0013, 2014, Extractive Industries

  94. Development of an "Open Data" Platform Dedicated to Information Dealing with Oil and Mine Sector Investment

    TN0018, 2014, Extractive Industries

  95. Accelerate Open and Good Governance Practices in Natural Resources Management

    ID0039, 2014, Open Contracting and Procurement

  96. Implementation and Monitoring of the EITI Initiative

    GT0021, 2014, Extractive Industries

  97. Digitization and publication of data in the “Republican Geological Fund” SNCO

    AM0016, 2014, Extractive Industries

  98. Promote Transparency and Accountability in the Management of Natural Resources to Ensure That Revenues from Extractive Industries Are Used to Generate Social Welfare.

    GT0028, 2014, Extractive Industries

  99. Ensuring Transparency in Mining

    AM0017, 2014, Extractive Industries

  100. Implementation of the School of Transparency.

    GT0033, 2014, Extractive Industries

  101. Transparency of Underground Resources Act

    BG0033, 2014, Extractive Industries

  102. Compliance with EITI

    UA0040, 2014, Extractive Industries

  103. Develop Central Information Database of Minerals, Oil, and Land Tenure License Owners, Open to the Public.

    MN0004, 2014, Extractive Industries

  104. Ensure Transparency All Agreements on Investment, Stability and Production- Sharing of Public-Owned Resources Such as Water, Minerals, Oil and Land.

    MN0005, 2014, Water and Sanitation

  105. Extractive Industry Revenue Act

    SL0006, 2014, Extractive Industries

  106. Scaling up Extractive Industry Transparency Initiatives

    SL0007, 2014, Extractive Industries

  107. Extractive Sector Revenue Management

    GH0005, 2013, Extractive Industries

  108. Transparency in the Management of Oil and Gas Revenues

    NO0034, 2013, Extractive Industries

  109. Make Fossil Fuel Subsidies More Transparent

    US0038, 2013, Extractive Industries

  110. Forest Management

    ID0019, 2013, Extractive Industries

  111. Transparency and Accountability in Natural Resources Management Activity

    ID0020, 2013, Extractive Industries

  112. Oil, Gas, and Mining Revenue Transparency

    ID0021, 2013, Extractive Industries

  113. Open and Participative Entrepreneurial Background

    MX0048, 2013, Extractive Industries

  114. Oil for the Benefit of All

    MX0059, 2013, Extractive Industries

  115. Mining for Everyone

    MX0060, 2013, Extractive Industries

  116. Mexico Accession to the Transparency Initiative Extractive Industries

    MX0063, 2013, Extractive Industries

  117. Extractive Industries Transparency

    LR0003, 2013, Open Contracting and Procurement

  118. Implementation of the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative

    AZ0031, 2012, Extractive Industries

  119. Disclosure of Income from Extractive Industries

    AZ0032, 2012, Extractive Industries

  120. Disclosure of Annual EITI Reports

    AZ0033, 2012, Extractive Industries

  121. Implementation of the EITI Recommendations

    AL0030, 2012, Extractive Industries

  122. Public Participation in Environmental Matters

    CL0019, 2012, Extractive Industries

  123. Initiating Discussions to Join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).

    JO0033, 2012, Extractive Industries

  124. Country by Country Reporting in the Extractive and Forestry Industries

    DK0022, 2012, Extractive Industries

  125. Law on the Underground Resources

    BG0007, 2012, Extractive Industries

  126. Transparency of Managing Mineral Resources

    BG0009, 2012, Extractive Industries

  127. Streamlining Environmental Assessment Procedures

    ES0011, 2012, Extractive Industries

  128. Environmental Issues Access

    PE0010, 2012, Extractive Industries

  129. EITI Commission

    PE0011, 2012, Extractive Industries

  130. Transparency in the Management of Oil and Gas Revenues / Financial Transparency

    NO0010, 2011, Extractive Industries

  131. Provide Enforcement and Compliance Data Online

    US0004, 2011, Extractive Industries

  132. Implement the EITI

    US0019, 2011, Extractive Industries

  133. Partnership to Build on Recent Progress

    US0020, 2011, Extractive Industries

  134. Corporate Accountability D: Mexico’s Joining the EITI

    MX0007, 2011, Extractive Industries

  135. Environmental Openness

    ID0012, 2011, Extractive Industries

  136. Mining Projects Database

    MX0013, 2011, Extractive Industries

  137. Publish PEMEX Donation Data

    MX0014, 2011, Extractive Industries

  138. Publish PEMEX Contract Data

    MX0016, 2011, Open Contracting and Procurement

  139. Regulatory Search Engines (Energy)

    MX0024, 2011, Extractive Industries

Recent Content

10. SOE
Georgia

Why EITI-OGP Synergy Matters for Georgia

Despite being one of the key economic areas for Georgia, extractive industries generally lack sufficient levels of transparency and accountability. The recently published 2019 OGP Global Report demonstrates that improved transparency leads to better economic results, including increased foreign direct…

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Launching an Evaluation of OGP

Oxford Policy Management will conduct an evaluation to address core questions around the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and impact of the OGP platform and strategies on reform processes in different contexts.

Oil rig in the yards
Nigeria

Nigeria’s Push for Beneficial Ownership Transparency in Procurement and in the Extractives Sector

Lessons from Reformers: As a resource-rich country that has been plagued by grand corruption, beneficial ownership transparency has emerged as an important tool in Nigeria.

An Opportunity to Walk the Talk: Making Gender Disclosure Part of the EITI Standard

By the end of 2019, the Open Government Partnership aims for at least 30% of OGP members  to take concrete gender actions, like more ambitious gender commitments and more inclusive co-creation processes. Later this month, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative…

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