The extractive industries include oil, gas, and mining. These high-value industries are often prone to significant corruption, environmental damage, and security challenges. Consequently, many countries that depend primarily on these resources for international trade face major economic and governance challenges.
Governments can take numerous open government approaches to mitigate the worst effects of extraction. These include improving legal and regulatory standards and strengthening accountability for governments as well as private and state-owned companies along the supply chain. Reforms should also support public understanding of natural resource management as well as public dialogue and oversight to ensure that the proceeds and benefits from natural resources go back to the public, including affected communities, while mitigating the harms of extractive activities.
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Learn more about this policy area in the “Extractive Industries” chapter of the Open Gov Guide.
As part of the Open Gov Challenge, the OGP Support Unit would like to recognize some of the most inspiring commitments made by participants to date. Read more about these exciting reforms on extractive industries reform below.
For a full list of Challenge commitments submitted by members, visit our Open Gov Challenge Commitment Tracker.
Improve the Accessibility of Beneficial Ownership Data
Building on past beneficial ownership data reforms, Nigeria committed to improving how this data is shared across government agencies and accessed by civil society to monitor fraud and corruption, including in the extractive industries. It also aims to standardize data from the Treasury in an open format. Through these improvements, the government can better link procurement records and financial transactions to the real people behind trusts, companies, and other legal entities.
Establish a Climate Assembly
Plateau State (Nigeria) is dependent on mining, which compounds negative environmental impacts stemming from climate change. The government committed to creating a climate assembly to discuss emerging climate change issues through an inclusive and participatory decision-making process. The state will also undertake a large-scale tree-planting campaign and launch the Plateau State Extractive Transparency Forum to monitor extractive activities.
Explore all extractive industries commitments from OGP members.
The following list reflects commitments submitted through national or local action plans. For more details, visit OGP’s Data Dashboard.
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| Country/Locality | Year | Commitment Title | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 2026 | Improving Transparency and Accountability in the Extractive Industries | + |
| Nigeria | 2026 | Promoting the Implementation of Extractive Reforms | + |
| Papua New Guinea | 2025 | EITI Reporting Legislation | + |
| Papua New Guinea | 2025 | Production and Publication of the Annual EITI Reports | + |
| Ecuador | 2025 | Fortalecimiento de la Transparencia Pesquera – FiTI Ecuador | + |
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The commitment performance metrics (e.g. ambitious, complete) are derived directly from IRM reports. See the terms below for details. The Year field shows the year in which the commitment was first submitted. Icons in the Featured field indicate that a story is available on the OGP website.
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