Welcome Address by Nana Juaben-Boaten Siriboe, Chief Director, Ministry Of Finance And Economic Planning (MOFEP) at The Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI) at Civil Society Workshop at Georgia Hotel, Kumasi
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Welcome address by Nana Juaben-Boaten Siriboe, Chief Director, Ministry Of Finance And Economic Planning (MoFEP), at
The Media Sensitization Workshop on the Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (Gheiti)
Airport West Hotel,Accra
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Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr Kwabena Duffuor has expressed concern about the inability of mining companies to increase the quantum of royalties paid to Ghanaians even though the international price of gold and other metals have increased tremendously in the past three years......
Posted on: Monday, May 18, 2009 | Viewed: 237 times
Welcome addresses of the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning and the Chief Director (MOFEP) at the Pre-Validation Workshop. Click [here] to download.
Posted on: Monday, May 18, 2009 | Viewed: 235 times
INTERNATIONAL aid agency Oxfam America and Ghana-based development organisation Integrated Social Development Centre (ISDOEC) have commended Ghana's President John Evans Atta Mills for committing to increased transparency and public participation in the oil sector.
Posted on: Friday, May 15, 2009 | Viewed: 232 times
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is aimed at reducing poverty by improving transparency in the receipts and payment of mineral revenues from the country’s extractive industries...
Posted on: Friday, May 15, 2009 | Viewed: 284 times
The basic concept of EITI is for the extractive industries making payments, Government receiving revenues and for Civil Society playing a watchdog role to ensure sanity in revenue - flow streams...
Posted on: Friday, May 15, 2009 | Viewed: 198 times
Once again the Chamber is happy to publish below payments made by the mining industry in 2007. This publication is part of the Chamber’s pursuit of transparency in the payments and receipts in the mining sector in Ghana.
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Posted on: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 | Viewed: 185 times
Ghana’s diamond production the first half of 2008 was 395,236 carats, marking a fall of 22 per cent from production of 504,363 carats in the first half of 2007.
According to a Ghana Chamber of Mines statistics, the revenue generated from this production also fell by over a fifth at 21 per cent......
Posted on: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 | Viewed: 179 times
The 4th EITI Board meeting was held in Accra from February 21- 22, 2008. It was attended by forty-four representatives of EITI implementing countries, extractive industry companies, Civil Society Organisations and observers......
Posted on: Friday, March 28, 2008 | Viewed: 284 times
A group of EITI Board members and supporters visited a gold mine that Newmont operates in Ahafo in northern Ghana. They also met with the Ahafo District Assembly.......
Posted on: Thursday, March 13, 2008 | Viewed: 309 times
The meeting was attended by about 40 participants and observers. Participants included implementing countries, mining companies, and Civil Society representatives......
Posted on: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 | Viewed: 281 times
The Ghana EITI review session was organized to enable members of the National Steering Committee brainstorm on various issues still outstanding on the EITI calendar. On discussion on the agenda were, revised work plan, detailed discussion of the EITI 2004 Audit findings/ recommendations, financing EITI the role of DPs and other stakeholders, and Ghana EITI and The International Validation Process.
Posted on: Thursday, October 25, 2007 | Viewed: 292 times
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning is organizing a round table discussion on the first Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Audit Report on the 3rd April, 2007.........
Posted on: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 | Viewed: 298 times
The National Steering Committee met Prof. Eigen at the La Badi Beach Hotel to give him a briefing on the status of the implementation of EITI in Ghana........
Posted on: Friday, January 12, 2007 | Viewed: 333 times
Since the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative’s (EITI) launch in Ghana in 2003, a coalition of the Government of Ghana, companies, civil society groups and investors have worked together to develop a system through which Ghana can ensure her natural resources are managed effectively........
Posted on: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 | Viewed: 617 times
Five major sensitization programs were undertaken in Tarkwa, Koforidua, Obuasi Kumasi and Sunyani involving major stakeholders namely, District Chief Executives, Presiding Members of District Assemblies, Community Chiefs and Civil Society Groups...........
Posted on: Friday, August 18, 2006 | Viewed: 309 times