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This article originally appeared on the website of the EITI International Secretariat (eiti.org) The international Board of the EITI, the global standard for natural resource governance, is taking place in Oslo, Norway on 1 and 2 June. The Board meeting is chaired by Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish Prime Minister from 2006-2014. The Board will...

Do you have a project or an idea to develop a project related to the Extractive Industries in Albania? Good governance and transparency of our natural resources? These industries impact on the environment or the development of local economies? Apply to EITI Albania and for the...

According to the National Program for work practice and the Decision of Prime Minister No. 395 date 29.04.2015, about the “Approval of National Program for Work Practice in the State Administration and other Public Institutions”, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative National Secretariat (EITI Albania) publishes...

Tomorrow on May 06, 2016 at 11:00 in the premises of the Ministry of Energy and Industry, the Multi Stakeholders Group of EITI Albania will meet to discuss several important issues as: Terms of Reference for the preparation of EITI Report 2015; EITI Report 2015 is...

Mining Shared Value, an Engineers Without Borders Canada venture and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) with the support of EITI Albania Secretariat, on May 3, 2016 in "Rogner Hotel Tirana" held an informal meeting, to present a project on the "establishment of a...

Photo via ThinkStock STORY HIGHLIGHTS A World Bank report aims to improve the standardization, classification and accessibility of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) data Boosting consistency and accessibility of EITI data increases awareness about the extractives industries and enhances its contribution to sustainable development An impressive amount of data...

Anna Herbert de la Portbarré This article originally appeared on the website of the EITI International Secretariat (eiti.org) The National Coordinators from the EITI countries met in Lima last week. ‘A couple of months ago there was great opposition to beneficial ownership, but now the Government of Afghanistan has...

This article originally appeared on the website of the EITI International Secretariat (eiti.org) Fredrik Reinfeldt, new EITI chair, thanks the EITI community for the confidence placed in him. On becoming the EITI chair, Fredrik Reinfeldt expressed gratitude for being given the trust to chair the EITI. He...

This article originally appeared on the website of the EITI International Secretariat (eiti.org) Tuesday 23 February - The EITI Board today approved the 2016 EITI Standard, coming into immediate effect.  “This 2016 EITI Standard encourages countries to make use of existing reporting systems for EITI data collection and...