Review of PWYP mission, membership and priorities
Presentation of “Publishing What We Learned” report – historical perspective on PWYP
Henry Parham, The Elders
Presentation given by Szymon Radziszewicz, IFAC Senior Technical Manager, during a seminar on the IFAC and the accountancy profession at the Philippines Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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Is there any overlap between Corporate Governance and Public Reporting?James AH Campbell
Is there any overlap between Corporate Governance and Public Reporting?
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Presentation given by Szymon Radziszewicz, IFAC Senior Technical Manager, during a seminar on the IFAC and the accountancy profession at the Philippines Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Stakeholder management seminar the petroleum industry bill as focusBolaji Okusaga
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Is there any overlap between Corporate Governance and Public Reporting?James AH Campbell
Is there any overlap between Corporate Governance and Public Reporting?
Presentation to the Geological Society of South Africa's 'ESG Inquisition' on 10 August 2021 by James AH Campbell
Presentation by Vincent Tophoff, Senior Technical Manager, IFAC, at the Contribution of the Comptroller General of Chile to Good Governance in the Public Sector, in Santiago,Chile, January 2015.
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- Private Sector operations have specific data gathering advantage/disadvantage based on their business model
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Review of PWYP mission, membership and priorities
Presentation of findings from PWYP membership survey
Joseph Williams, Publish What You Pay International
Consultative Session on the Natural Resource Charter
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Methodologies for mandatory disclosure initiatives
Home country legislation: Bill C-300 on holding Canadian companies accountable for overseas operations
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Security of civil society activists and response mechanisms
PWYP Africa regional approach and lessons learned
Marie-Ange Kalenga, PWYP Africa Coordinator
Presentation by Vincent Tophoff, Senior Technical Manager, IFAC, at the Contribution of the Comptroller General of Chile to Good Governance in the Public Sector, in Santiago,Chile, January 2015.
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- Private Sector operations have specific data gathering advantage/disadvantage based on their business model
- M&E systems should adopt to the business practices to be effective and efficient
- M&E can influence learning, quality of work and outcome
Beyond Aid and the Future of Development FinanceQueena Li
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My slides for a course on Strategic Doing for the Economic Development Institute. I teach the fundamentals of strategic doing in an advanced strategy lab.
Review of PWYP mission, membership and priorities
Presentation of findings from PWYP membership survey
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Methodologies for mandatory disclosure initiatives
Home country legislation: Bill C-300 on holding Canadian companies accountable for overseas operations
Ian Thompson, Kairos, Canada
Security of civil society activists and response mechanisms
PWYP Africa regional approach and lessons learned
Marie-Ange Kalenga, PWYP Africa Coordinator
Experiences in Establishing a National PWYP Coalition or Campaign
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Marie-Ange Kalenga, PWYP Africa Coordinator
On 24 May 2011 Rees Warne of Catholic Relief Services gave this presentation in the session, "Initiatives in the International Context: Linkages and Impacts on Africa".
Jim Bennett (consultant for GIZ) made this presentation during the parallel session hosted by the German International
Cooperation (Deutsche gesellschaft für internationale zusammenarbeit) , "Evaluating EITI Impact in Africa"
Canadian companies abroad: perspective from Papua New Guinea
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ULOs: 2010 and beyond conference -- Cambridgeshire ULORich Watts
On 12 March 2010, the Department of Health hosted a conference on User-Led Organisations, called "ULOs: 2010 and beyond".
In this presentation, colleagues from the Cambridgeshire ULO, Cambridgeshire CC and ECDP talk about the lessons learnt from setting up a new ULO.
Learning Objectives:
Political campaigns and especially election campaign operations was always a farfetched and very specialized knowhow. Nowadays, elections campaigns are opening up to project management methods, which can be a tool to empower independents in running their limited source campaigns. In our context of political groups in Lebanon, this tool was used to plan and operate the “Kelna Beirut” campaign. In this session you will be exposed to the basic ingredients of an election campaign from a management point of view with an overview on the political background and challenges that influenced “Kelna Beirut” and its results.
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Ideas, insights and inspiration on the topic of how to develop a strong and successful anti-corruption Collective Action initiative. The ideas arise from the 2020 Integrity Partners Workshop Series, hosted by the Basel Institute on Governance in August 2020 with the support of the Siemens Integrity Initiative.
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Working with complexity: Six steps to enhance researchODI_Webmaster
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Ce document a illustré les chaines de resultats dans la session organisé par la GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), intitulée Evaluation de l’impact de l’ITIE
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"La Transparence des Industries Extractives en R du Congo : réussites, défis et perspectives d'avenir"
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Methodologies for mandatory disclosure initiatives
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Experiences in Establishing a National PWYP Coalition or Campaign
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Gubad Ibadoglu, Azerbaijan NGO Coalition for "Increasing Transparency in Extractive Industries"
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3. Who we are Mabel van Oranje Director of OSI Brussels (1997-2003) OSI International Advocacy Director (2003-2008) Involved in setting up the coalition Member of management committee
4. Who we are Henry Parham International Coordinator of PWYP from 2002 until 2007
5. Who we are Co-authors of the report “Publishing What We Learned” Both now work for The Elders Mabel, CEO Henry, Policy Officer www.theElders.org Not here in Montreal representing The Elders – participating in a personal capacity
6. What am I going to do Launch “Publishing What We Learned” Provide an historical perspective on PWYP’s development – success factors and challenges Summarise main lessons learned from our assessment of PWYP between 2002-2007 in terms of: Policy and advocacy initiatives Operations Potentially going to tell you things you already know!
7. What I am not going to do Not going to give you the whole history of PWYP Not going to focus on EITI Not going to discuss any one country Not going to tell you which companies or governments were good guys / bad guys Not going to give you recommendations on PWYP’s current advocacy initiatives and operations
11. Why we wrote this report Establishment and evolution of PWYP an interesting story Assessment of PWYP’s achievements and progress at the international level Determine what factors contributed to successful foundation and expansion of PWYP Critical analysis of failures and weaknesses – and how we overcame challenges Provide tool for other civil society movements Nothing like this had been done before within the international NGO community
12. Why we did not write this report Tell history of EITI – NO Assess PWYP at the country level – NO Boast about PWYP’s achievements – NO Give publicity for any one person or coalition member – NO Tell personal stories – NO Answer every question you might have about the foundation and expansion of PWYP – NO
13. How we did it Interviewed more than 40 individuals – in person, over the phone and by e-mail: PWYP coalition members (north and south) Extractive company representatives Investors Government officials Consulted PWYP members on drafts Independent editor reviewed text OSI provided financial and technical support PWYP London office provided practical support Authors responsible for content and opinions – not PWYP or OSI
20. Success factors – policy & advocacy (continued) Extractive Industries Review, Kimberley Process, etc. provided a wider context about impact of natural resources PWYP members successfully positioned themselves at core of EITI from the start Developed good working relationships with companies, governments, investors, etc. External stakeholders also gave revenue transparency a push
21. Challenges – policy and advocacy Large investment of time and resources on EITI Lost momentum on mandatory campaign? Tangible results? Not enough information internally/externally on: Strategy to achieve mandatory mechanisms Difference between PWYP and EITI Overlooked contract transparency, banks and export credit agencies for long time Little in-house expertise on technical issues (accounting standards, regulation, etc.) Focused too much on oil companies – less on mining Too nice to companies? Co-opted?
22. Lessons learned – policy and advocacy Use limited human and financial resources on advocacy initiatives where there is greatest scope for change Don’t take no for an answer from governments and companies! Persistence pays off in taking on mandatory disclosure campaign despite technical, complex nature Training and capacity building for members on advocacy activities is crucial Campaign plans should be developed from the bottom up to the greatest possible extent
33. Challenges – operational issues (continued) Too many e-mails Generally too reliant on English to communicate among members Too few resources at the centre to support media and communications Little thought to how to resolve/prevent disputes within membership Inadequate protection of PWYP ‘brand’ Some members not active at all or for specific periods of time Threats to partners
34. Lessons learned – operational issues Successes should be shared Build on and embrace each other’s strengths Define roles and functions clearly Organise around delivering results Rules and structures should be introduced when necessary – and so long as they are adding value Formal organisational structures should be given time and space to develop – and should be regularly reviewed
35. Lessons learned – operational issues (continued) Develop procedures to prevent competition for money and power struggles among members Sustainable coalition growth is reliant on sufficient human and financial resources Do not rely on one or too few donors Develop clear strategy for dealing with threats to civil society partners