EITI Chair

EITI Chair Peter Eigen visits Rwanda, DRC and Mozambique

January 27th 2010 - 10:39AM ... Anders Tunold Kråkenes

Peter Eigen, Chair of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), joined the new German Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, Dirk Niebel on an official visit to Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kivu) and Mozambique on 7-14 January 2010.

Liberia designated EITI Compliant by the EITI Board

October 15th 2009 - 7:26AM ... Anders Tunold Kråkenes

BAKU, 15 OCTOBER 2009  The Board of the EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) held its 10th meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan on 14-15 October 2009. During the meeting the Board designated Liberia as EITI Compliant, stating: “The Board congratulates the Government of Liberia and all the other stakeholders on the impressive progress made implementing the EITI. “

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EITI Chairman congratulates Liberia on progress

October 8th 2009 - 10:04AM ... Anders Tunold Kråkenes

MONROVIA, 8 OCTOBER 2009 - Liberia has taken giant steps towards complying with the global standard for transparent management of revenues from its extractive industries under the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). In Monrovia, the Chairman of the EITI, Peter Eigen, congratulated the Government, the private sector in the extractive industries, and activists of civil society, who have together accomplished what he described as an incredible job in implementing the EITI standard.

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2009-10-08 Press Release - Liberia.pdf