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. 

Report on EITI Conference in Doha, Qatar, 16th - 18th February 2009 Please click to download this document.

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. The initiative supports countries rich in natural resources to strengthen the governance of the sector. It achieves this through the full publication and verification of company payments and government revenues from oil, gas and mining. 

Reviewing half a decade of EITI implementation in Ghana’s mining sector: achievements, challenges and what can be learned from it Please click [here] to download this document.