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To mark the release of a new NDI publication, EITI Guide for Legislators: How to Support and Strengthen Resource Transparency, NDI Vice President Shari Bryan participated in an executive session at the 4th Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Global Conference, on Feb. 18, in Doha, Qatar. The panel, titled “The Role of Legislators in the EITI Process,” [3] focused on the critical role lawmakers can play in promoting greater transparency and accountability in their countries’ management of oil and mineral revenues. The EITI process – a global standard for reconciling and publishing company payments and government receipts from oil, gas and mining – is one important tool for legislators to carry out this role through their oversight, lawmaking and representation functions.

The panel was moderated by Cobus de Swardt, Managing Director of Transparency International and included Members of Parliament from Yemen and Kyrgyzstan as well as the Cameroonian Minister of Finance and the chairman of the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC).

The guide, produced in partnership with Revenue Watch Institute (RWI) and with funding from the EITI Secretariat and USAID, provides practical examples and suggestions for legislators to strengthen transparency and accountability in their country’s extractive industries through the EITI process.

• Read the EITI Guide for Legislators | English [4] | Arabic [5] | French » [6]

• Press release: “Guide for Legislators Provides Tools for Promoting Extractive Industry Transparency” | Read the press release » [7]

• Related: “NDI Supports East African MPs’ Efforts to Improve Mining Sector Oversight,” March 12, 2009 | Read article » [8]

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Updated on March 12, 2009