Baku hosts international EITI events

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Fourth meeting of the International Advisory Group to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative was held on April 5, 2006 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Delivering speech to the opening session the US, British, French and Norwegian Ambassadors appreciated Azerbaijan?s successful implementation of EITI. The US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mr. Reno Harnish said that Azerbaijan was the leader for the activities on the EITI implementation.

After the opening session the IAG members (see: list) convened under the Chairman, Mr. Peter Eigen started discussions, which included current status of the EITI implementation in different countries and future management of EITI.

IAG members took the preparation up for the third internaitonal EITI Conference to be held in October, 2006 in Oslo. Senior representatives of the IAG member countries including, the US, the UK, Norway, France, Nigeria, and also the representatives of World Bank, IMF, BP, Anglo American, Chevron and non-governmental organizations, including Open Society Institute and Global Witness participated at the meeting.

Papers for the April meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan

• Agenda

• The Future Management of EITI: Third Technical Paper

• The Future Management of EITI: Dispute Resolution

• The Future Management of EITI: Transition Strategy

• The Future Management of EITI: Support to Initiation & Implementation of EITI in Countries

• Subnational Implementation of EITI

• EITI and the Role of the Emerging Economies

• Final Report of the IAG: Process and Contents

Last correction date of the file: 26/12/2009 - 14:54:8