Extractive Industries Fact Sheet
A look at global progress and member-level examples of applying open government principles to the extractive industries
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.
OGP and the Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) work together to promote openness across the extractives sector, including in areas like beneficial ownership transparency, state-owned enterprises, contract transparency, gender and environment. OGP amplified the effectiveness of EITI by adding visibility to EITI commitments echoed in OGP action plans. The paper Seeking Synergy: OGP and EITI provides recommendations on how to leverage both initiatives to make meaningful reforms in extractive governance.
Leading the Way For a More Transparent and Sustainable Fishing Economy
With the future of the world’s fisheries facing serious threats due to overfishing, Seychelles is the first nation to publish its report in Partnership with the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI). This small island nation is working to protect the future of this sector, upon which its people and economy are massively dependent.
OGP as a Key Partner to Implement the Escazu Agreement
OGP como socio clave en la implementación del Acuerdo de Escazú
We have a unique opportunity. OGP is an excellent, established platform that can be used to implement the principles and obligations in the Escazú Agreement, especially ...
" Las herramientas, mecanismos, instrumentos y plataformas de transparencia, participación y colaboración que constituyen el proceso de co-creación de planes de acción de gobierno abierto contribuyen a la implementación del Acuerdo de Escazú. Del mismo modo, el Acuerdo de Escazú…
- 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.
- 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.
- Publish data on state-owned enterprises (SOEs).
- 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.
Resources
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How to Read and Understand Mining Contracts
This resource from NRGI and EITI highlights strong contract clauses and explore how others could be improved.
2014, Outbound Link, Web Page
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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, Research Product, Web Page
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Oil Contracts: How to Read and Understand Them
In late October 2012, OpenOil gathered a group of world class oil experts and professionals to jointly write a book…
2012, Outbound Link, Web Page
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Environmental Democracy Index (WRI)
This is an archived site that was created in 2015 through the research of WRI and its partners to show…
2015, Outbound Link, Web Page
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Closing the Gap: Strengthening the Development and Implementation of Natural Resource Commitments in OGP
This report focuses on the implementation of natural resource commitments for better development and open government outcomes.
2019, Document, PDF
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Disclosing Contracts in the Natural Resource Sector (English)
This issue brief is a product of collaboration between the OGP Openness in Natural Resources Working Group and its co-anchors:…
2017, Document, PDF
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Disclosing Environmental Information in the Natural Resource Sector (English)
This issue brief is a product of collaboration between the OGP Openness in Natural Resources Working Group and its co-anchors:…
2019, Document, PDF
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Disclosing Beneficial Ownership Information in the Natural Resource Sector (English)
, Outbound Link, Web Page
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NRGI Primers: A Series About Resource Governance
The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) has created a series of short, illustrated overviews of key topics in their portfolio…
2015, Outbound Link, Web Page
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Guidance Notes on the EITI Standard
The following guidance notes, standard terms of reference and templates have been issued by the EITI International Secretariat to provide…
2018, Outbound Link, Web Page
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The EITI Standard
Explore the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative's (EITI) guide to implementing the EITI Standard.
, Outbound Link, Web Page
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The Open Contracting Data Standard
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS), is a free, non-proprietary open data standard for public contracting, implemented by over 30…
, Outbound Link, Web Page
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Resource Governance Index (NRGI)
The 2017 Resource Governance Index, gathered by the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), measures the quality of governance in the…
2017, Outbound Link, Web Page
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Disclosing Beneficial Ownership Information in the Natural Resource Sector (French)
This issue brief is a product of collaboration between the OGP Openness in Natural Resources Working Group and its co-anchors:…
2017, Document, PDF
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Transparency International's Accountable Mining Resources
Transparency International’s Accountable Mining programme is developing a series of ‘maps’ to demystify the licensing process in countries around the…
2020, Outbound Link, Web Page
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Using the EITI Standard to Combat Corruption: Lessons From Transparency International's Mining Research in Five Countries
The oil, gas and mining sectors are some of the world’s most corruption-prone industries. The renewed focus on combatting corruption…
2020, Outbound Link, Web Page
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Gender and Extractive Governance: Lessons from Existing Legal and Policy Frameworks
Women and gender minorities often face disproportionate harms from oil, gas and mineral extraction and are likely to access economic…
2021, Outbound Link, Web Page
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Extractive Industries Fact Sheet
A look at global progress and member-level examples of applying open government principles to the extractive industries
2021, Document, PDF
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