Prof. Philip Daniel, CEPMLP, University of Dundee;
Mr. Warden Wuadom Edwin, Country Officer, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) for Southeast Asia/Pacific and Anglophone West Africa; and
Mr. Ayebare Rukundo, Manager, Economic and Financial Analysis, Petroleum Authority of Uganda.
Fiscal transparency including allocation of resource rights, fiscal administration of both tax collection and revenue, and report plus accountability issues.
How can we ensure stakeholder and political commitment to the best practices of transparency and accountability?
How can emerging economies be supported in the adoption of transparency and Accountability as a key proponent for governance of their extractive industries?
Post-COVID-19 recovery, the relevant frontiers of transparent extractives sector governance. In particular, the EITI’s work on:
beneficial ownership disclosure, systematic disclosure, contract transparency, State Owned Enterprises governance, and subnational reporting;
how these tools have/can are relevant for mobilising much needed domestic revenues by strengthening institutions; and
improving trust by providing a platform for EITI multi-stakeholder group governance in the time of shrinking civic space and inadequate consultation.
