The document summarizes changes made to the EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) Standard in 2013. The key changes include an emphasis on workplans and objectives for implementation, presenting country context, strengthening EITI reporting, impact assessment, and validation procedures. Countries face validation every 3 years, and must make meaningful progress or risk suspension from the initiative or being delisted. The revised standard aims to ensure greater transparency in the natural resource value chain across countries implementing EITI.

1. Changes to the EITI Standard
EITI International Secretariat
Astana, 9 October 2013
http://eiti.org/document/standard

2. Evolution of the EITI
2003 EITI Principles
2005 EITI Criteria and Sourcebook (non binding guidance)
2008 EITI Validation Guide (binding requirements)
2011 EITI Rules and Validation Guide
2013 EITI Standard

3. A revised EITI Standard now ensures transparency and
accountability in more areas of the natural resource value chain.
A national multi-stakeholder group
(government, companies and civil
society) decides how their EITI
process should work.
This group publishes an EITI
Report where government
revenues and other data are
disclosed and independently
assessed.
The findings are communicated to
create public awareness and
debate about how the country
should better manage their
resources.
Production
data
Transfers to local
government
Transit
payments
(encouraged)
State
Owned
Enterprises
Government
publish
receipts
Companies
publish
payments
Licensing
information
State
ownership
Production
contracts
(encouraged)
Beneficial
ownership
(encouraged)
Company social
and infrastructure
investments

4. Key changes
1. Emphasis on workplans and
objectives for EITI implementation
2. Presenting the context
3. Strengthening EITI reporting
4. Impact and Validation
5. Restructuring and clarifying the
requirements

5. Improved Validation
procedures
• EITI Candidate countries are required to
undertake Validation 2.5 years after obtaining
Candidate status.
• EITI Compliant countries are required to be
revalidated every three years.
• Validation to be procured and financed by the
International Secretariat.
• Kazakhstan’s revalidation will depend on
outcomes of the current Validation.
EITI Requirement 7

6. Validation scenarios:
Compliant : new Validation deadline in three
years.
Meaningful progress: suspension. 12 months
to address corrective actions, followed by a
Secretariat Review.
No progress: delisted

7. 1. Clarifying existing requirements
EITI Rules (2011)
21 Requirements
EITI Standard (2013)
7 Requirements

8. Transition procedures
Next steps for Kazakhstan:
•Agree priorities for implementation and update
the workplan by 31 December 2013.
•produce the 2012 EITI Report in accordance with
the EITI Standard by 31 December 2014.
•Publish the 2013 activity report by 1 July 2014.
•New Validation deadline: TBA.

9. Further information
EITI Standard: http://eiti.org/document/standard
Guidance notes: http://eiti.org/
Contact:
Dyveke Rogan,
Regional Director, EITI International Secretariat
drogan@eiti.org
Sam Bartlett
Technical Director, EITI International Secretariat
sbartlett@eiti.org