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Everyone knows that implementation of commitments is at the core of the Open Government Partnership (OGP)’s mission for transformational reforms. However, more than a third of commitments reviewed to date by the Independent Reporting Mechanism have not been implemented. For natural resource commitments, this is an especially relevant issue. A new report by the Openness in Natural Resource Working Group (ONRWG), …See More

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) Openness in Natural Resources Working Group (ONRWG), co-chaired by the governments of Indonesia and Mexico, NRGI and the World Resources Institute (WRI), is a thematic member-driven community that fosters the creation and implementation of concrete and impactful natural resource-related commitments. The ONRWG takes a focused…See More

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) Openness in Natural Resources Working Group (ONRWG), co-chaired by the governments of Indonesia and Mexico, NRGI and the World Resources Institute (WRI), is a thematic member-driven community that fosters the creation and implementation of concrete and impactful natural resource-related commitments. The ONRWG takes a focused…See More

While natural resources have the potential to bring development to the poorest countries in the world, realizing that potential is often a challenge. Opaque allocation of rights to extract oil, gas or minerals; secrecy around who really owns the companies doing the extraction; and non-disclosure of contracts often conspire to prevent average citizens from benefiting from their country’s resources.In the…See More

While the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has successfully increased transparency in the extractive sector over the last ten years, data from its reports are often underutilized by global and in-country actors. If this challenge is overcome, EITI reports could inform much more to policymaking and public debate, and thereby contribute to better governance and accountability in the oil, gas and mining sector.One major barrier to…See More

While the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has successfully increased transparency in the extractive sector over the last ten years, data from its reports are often underutilized by global and in-country actors. If this challenge is overcome, EITI reports could inform much more to policymaking and public debate, and thereby contribute to better governance and accountability in the oil, gas and mining sector.One major barrier to…See More

Country Manager, Democratic Republic of Congo, NRGI The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), formerly the Revenue Watch Institute, is a non-profit policy institute that promotes responsible management of oil, gas and mineral resources for the public good. NRGI provides knowledge on extractive industries to governments, parliamentarians, civil society and the media through training, research, and policy analysis. NRGI also provides funding and facilitation of multi-stakeholder…See More

The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), formerly the Revenue Watch Institute, is a non-profit policy institute that promotes responsible management of oil, gas and mineral resources for the public good. NRGI provides knowledge on extractive industries to governments, parliamentarians, civil society and the media through training, research, and policy analysis. NRGI also provides funding and facilitation of multi-stakeholder engagements in policy process so as to help countries realize…See More

The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), formerly the Revenue Watch Institute, is a non-profit policy institute that promotes responsible management of oil, gas and mineral resources for the public good. NRGI provides knowledge on extractive industries to governments, parliamentarians, civil society and the media through training, research, and policy analysis. NRGI also provides funding and facilitation of multi-stakeholder engagements in policy process so as to help countries realize…See More

Project SummaryThe consultant will collect and analyze data from existing reports published under the auspices of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). To date, 35 countries have published a total of 205 EITI reports. The reports vary significantly in the degree to which they advance EITI’s overall aims of improving transparency and accountability in resource rich countries. They are also underutilized by global and in-country actors, due to the unavailability of electronic…See More

Just over a year ago, we broke new ground with the Resource Governance Index, or RGI, which measures transparency and accountability in the oil, gas and mining sectors of 58 countries. Since then, it has become one of the Natural Resource Governance Institute’s (NRGI) signature offerings; raised global awareness around the governance challenges in the extractive industries; and prompted reform…See More

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Everyone knows that implementation of commitments is at the core of the Open Government Partnership (OGP)’s mission for transformational reforms. However, more than a third of commitments reviewed to date by the Independent Reporting Mechanism have not been implemented. For natural resource commitments, this is an especially relevant issue. A new report by the Openness in Natural Resource Working Group (ONRWG), …

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) Openness in Natural Resources Working Group (ONRWG), co-chaired by the governments of Indonesia and Mexico, NRGI and the World Resources Institute (WRI), is a thematic member-driven community that fosters the creation and implementation of concrete and impactful natural resource-related commitments. The ONRWG…

While natural resources have the potential to bring development to the poorest countries in the world, realizing that potential is often a challenge. Opaque allocation of rights to extract oil, gas or minerals; secrecy around who really owns the companies doing the extraction; and non-disclosure of contracts often conspire to prevent average citizens from benefiting from their country’s resources.