Transparency Initiative (EITI)

76 Case Study: Mozambique
A small Mozambican EITI Secretariat was established in
early 2009 and is currently hosted in the World Bank’s Mining
and Gas Technical Assistance Project (MAGTAP) offices
in Maputo. The Secretariat has four staff members, comprising
an Executive Secretary (National Coordinator), a
Manager of Institutional Relations and Procurement, an accountant,
and a driver.
The M-EITI multi-stakeholder group (MSG) consists of 14
members and 11 alternates with representatives from the
government, i.e. the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy
(MIREME), Ministry of Economy and Finance, Ministry
of Land, Environment and Rural Development (MITA-
DE), four private sector companies from both the mining
and petroleum sectors, four civil society organizations
(CSOs) nominated from the CSO platform on extractive industries,
and two observers, one from the Geological Mining
Association of Mozambique and another from the National
Syndicate of Journalists. The MSG does not comprise
any members from the Mozambican Parliament. The M-EI-
TI MSG meets on a quarterly basis and is currently chaired
by the Advisor to the Minister of Mineral Resources and
Energy.
2. Improve accountability mechanisms for public and private
companies in the extractive sector.
3. Clarify and disseminate the allocation of receipts’
mechanisms for the development of affected communities.
4. Strengthen the role and intervention of the M-EITI’s
MSG in monitoring and access to information with a
view to effective public participation in extractive industry
good governance.
5. Improve transparency in the license granting process.
6. Contribute to improvement of the business environment
in the extractive sector.
Work plan implementation: EITI implementation in Mozambique
is guided by the M-EITI work plan, which seeks
to deal with the new challenging requirements defined by
the EITI Standard. Previous work plans did not set out specific
objectives, but the current three-year plan is significantly
more elaborate in that country specific objectives
have been clearly defined, presenting to the public what the
initiative aims to achieve in terms of good governance of
the extractive sectors between 2016 and 2018 and how it intends
to attain these objectives. More specifically, the new
work plan for M-EITI includes clear objectives, rationales
behind these, activities that will help achieve the stated objectives,
expected results, responsible parties, timeframe,
cost, and funding source. The 2016-2018 work plan was developed
by the MSG during a 2.5-day participatory workshop
facilitated by the GIZ and the International EITI Secretariat.
It is the intention that the work plan will be revised
on an annual basis. However, in terms of focusing on results,
the work plan does not distinguish between outputs,
outcomes, and impacts and no indicators have yet been
identified for monitoring the progress of EITI implementation
on an annual basis. These aspects have now been captured
in the proposed M-EITI results model.
THE WORK PLAN IDENTIFIES SIX OBJECTIVES TO BE
ACHIEVED BY M-EITI OVER THE PERIOD 2016-2018:
1. Ensure access to information, with a view to an effective
and informed public participation in public debate
on extractive resources governance.