Ghana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative

GHEITI to Participate in EITI Global Exhibition/Conference in Paris from 2 – 3 March 2011

A global conference will be held for the first time to feature an EITI National Exhibition in PARIS from the 2nd to the 3rd of March 2011 where representatives from EITI implementing countries will be invited to present and share stories from EITI implementation unique to their respective countries. Ghana will mount a stand at this global exhibition and conference.

Stakeholders Workhop on the Extension of the Extractive Industries Transparency (EITI) to the Forestry Sector

On 30th November 2010 the Ghana EITI Secretariat in collaboration with Publish What You Pay Coalition (PWYP) organized a knowledge sharing and information gathering workshop for stakeholders involved in the Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI) and forestry sector. The workshop was to provide the opportunity for stakeholders to better understand the dynamics of fiscal transparency issues in the forestry sector, particularly with respect to its revenue streams.

GHEITI Dissemination Workshop

Following the launch of the EITI audit reports, the Ghana EITI Secretariat in collaboration with the National Steering Committees is embarking on a series of dissemination workshops with the relevant stakeholders. One of the series is a workshop with Mining Companies and the Municipal/District Assemblies within the mining enclaves. The workshop is to inform the stakeholders on the contents of the 2006, 2007 and 2008 EITI audit reports.

GHEITI/GTZ/SAP Training Workshop on IT Solutions for the GHEITI Process

The Ghana EITI together with GTZ and SAP are underway to implement the IT reporting base software. In this regard, a training workshop was organized for the end users of the software and other relevant stakeholders. The purpose of the training was to give end users a hands on training for the use of the software.

Keynote Address: The Launch of the 2006, 2007 & 2008 Ghana- EITI Audits Reports

Good morning to you all. I deem it a great honour to be here this morning to launch the Ghana - EITI Audit Reports for 2006, 2007 and 2008. As some of you may know the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is a governance tool that seeks to promote the principles of transparency and accountability in the payment and receipts of resources from the extractive sector.
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