Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)

=EITI Compliance= Countries seeking to achieve EITI Candidate status must meet five sign-up requirements, and for a country to achieve EITI Compliance, it has two and a half years to be validated as a Compliant country. Once a country is Compliant, the country must undergo Validation at least every 5 years, or upon the request from the EITI International Board.

As of January 2013 18 countries were "EITI compliant", namely: Azerbaijan, Ghana, Iraq, Kyrgyz Republic, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, Peru, Timor-Leste, Zambia, Central African Republic, Liberia, Mali, Mongolia, Niger, Norway, Tanzania and Yemen. There were a further 18 "Candidate Countries": Afghanistan, Cameroon, Chad, the Democratice Republic of Congo, Guineau, Sao Tome and Principe, the Solomon Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Albania, Burkhina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guatemala, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Congo, Sierra Leone and Togo. Madagascar was temporarily suspended at the time.

Sign-Up
The EITI rules state that a country applying for Candidate status must meet the following sign-up requirements:

EITI Criteria
=EITI Implementation by country=

Iraq
"Main article: EITI in Iraq"

Niger
"Main article: EITI in Niger"

=External Links=

Official Website: www.eiti.org

=References=