All are welcome at this event, which will be chaired by Matthew Ray, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Chair of the EITI Multi-Stakeholder Group, and take place at The Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4B.
Please circulate widely among your networks.
Details, map and registration at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transparency-in-the-worlds-oil-gas-mining-industries-the-uks-role-tickets-56641405970
The UK and other countries have achieved good progress in promoting natural resource transparency over the last 15 years, through both reporting under the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which 51 governments have signed up to implement, and mandatory reporting rules.
However, more work is needed to progress from transparency to accountability; gaps remain in the scope and coverage of extractive companies’ disclosures of payments to governments and in the clarity and accessibility of the disclosed data; and the complementary opening up of contract and beneficial ownership information is also needed.
This session will cover the current state and future actions for natural resource transparency from a UK perspective, providing an overview from the UK government, civil society, and private sector representatives.
Agenda:
10:30 - 11:30 presentations:
Miles Litvinoff – PWYP UK
Joe Williams - NRGI
Dominic Eagleton - Global Witness
Sophie Durham - Kosmos Energy
Rhona Birchall - Department for International Development
11:40 - 13:00 discussion and Q&A
Chair: Matthew Ray, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Chair of the EITI Multi-Stakeholder Group
