Transparency Initiative (EITI)

102 Annex I: EITI Requirement 7 – Outcomes and Impact
7.1 PUBLIC DEBATE
The following Requirement 7 is reprinted from the EITI Standard
2013/2016 for purposes of finding references.
The multi-stakeholder group must ensure that the EITI Report
is comprehensible, actively promoted, publicly accessible
and contributes to public debate. Key audiences should
include government, parliamentarians, civil society, companies
and the media. The multi-stakeholder group is required
to:
a. Produce paper copies of the EITI Report, and ensure
that they are widely distributed. Where the report contains
extensive data, e.g. voluminous files, the multistakeholder
group is encouraged to make this available
online.
b. Agree a clear policy on the access, release and re-use of
EITI data. Implementing countries are encouraged publish
EITI under an open license, and to make users aware
that information can be reused without prior consent.
c. Make the EITI Report available in an open data format
(xlsx or csv) online and publicise its availability.
d. Ensure that the EITI Report is comprehensible, including
by ensuring that it is written in a clear, accessible
style and in appropriate languages.
e. Ensure that outreach events, whether organised by government,
civil society or companies, are undertaken to
spread awareness of and facilitate dia-logue about the
EITI Report across the country.
Overview: Regular disclosure of extractive industry data is of little
practical use without public awareness, understanding of what the
figures mean, and public debate about how resource revenues can be
used effectively. The EITI Requirements related to outcomes and impact
seek to ensure that stakeholders are engaged in dialogue about
natural resource revenue management. EITI Reports lead to the fulfilment
of the EITI Principles by contributing to wider public debate.
It is also vital that lessons learnt during implementation are acted
upon, that discrepancies identified in EITI Reports are explained and,
if necessary, addressed, and that EITI implemenstation is on a stable,
sustainable footing.
7.2 DATA ACCESSIBILITY
The multi-stakeholder group is encouraged to make EITI
Reports machine readable, and to code or tag EITI Reports
and data files so that the information can be compared with
other publicly available data by adopting Board-approved
EITI data standards. As per Requirement 5.1(b), the multistakeholder
group is encour-aged to reference national revenue
classification systems, and international standards
such as the IMF Government Finance Statistics Manual. The
multi-stakeholder group is encouraged to:
a. Produce brief summary reports, with clear and balanced
analysis of the information, ensuring that the authorship
of different elements of the EITI Report is clearly
stated.