Prior to his speech, Mr Ibadoglu, on the first day of his visit, on June 12th, met with Mr David Browne, an advisor for the UK Department for International Development (DFID); the two sides held discussions over the forms of co-operation among the Government of Azerbaijan, industry circles and civil society institutions in the implementation of EITI, as well as their respective roles and responsibilities. The same day the conversation got a new lease of life, at the conference with participation of representatives from governmental and business circles. Mr David Browne made his presentation on the topic; after the corresponding comments by Mr Qubad Ibadoglu, the audience held discussions over the issues on agenda.

On the second day of the visit, on June 13th, Mr Qubad Ibadoglu acted in the capacity of the speaker at the seminar on prospects for the implementation of EITI in Indonesia.

The opening speech to seminar participants was given by Mr Todung Mulya Lubis, the chairman of the Supervisory Board of Transparency International Indonesia. Then Mr Frankie Simanjuntak, a researcher for Transparency International Indonesia, provided information on the Initiative in general. Subsequently, the audience heard the presentation by Mr Qubad Ibadoglu on Azerbaijan’s experience in the EITI, thereby raising broad discussions over a number of questions.

The second session of the seminar was devoted to presentations on the results of the assessment of the provisions of the corresponding production-sharing agreements and the calculation of costs related to the implementation of those production-sharing agreements, and the study of the dynamics of petroleum prices.

The third part of the seminar set the audience discussing the topics of EITI implementation on a regional scale, with the focus made on iron ore operations in the southern part of Kalimantan and crude oil production at Jepu.

A press conference summed up the work of the seminar.