Civil society achieves impact: 10 organisations transforming extractive governance
When we announced the Support for Citizen Engagement for Accountability and Transparency in the Extractive Sector project in October 2025, we selected 10 civil society organisations across Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, East Asia and the Pacific, and Europe and Central Asia to leverage the 2023 EITI Standard.
As we reach the end of the project, we have compiled the outcomes and materials produced by the civil society organisations we have worked with over the past year. Their work has advanced national conversations on extractive sector transparency. This progress has been achieved through the coordination of Transparency International’s Accountable Mining Programme, in alliance with the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) and under the Support for Citizen Engagement for Accountability and Transparency in the Extractive Sector (EGPS) project, backed by the World Bank.
Outcomes by country
Guinea - Action Mines Guinée (AMINES)
AMINES worked with communities and local authorities to strengthen civic oversight of extractive revenues and launched a campaign to protect civil society’s right to monitor mining contracts. They brought together civil society, authorities, and companies to document restrictions on civic space and build a shared advocacy platform for more transparent mining governance.
In Guinea, we brought together civil society, authorities, and companies to document restrictions on civic space and build a common advocacy platform for more transparent mining governance.
Learn more about the project outcomes:
primary#Article – Civic space and mining transparency (Guinéeline)
Togo - ONG ACOMB
ONG ACOMB converted EITI data from three reporting cycles into a public digital portal, giving communities in Togo’s extractive communes access to subnational revenue figures and environmental indicators for the first time. The ‘Arbre à Palabre’ citizen portal brings extractive data to the municipal level to strengthen local accountability.
At Yoto 1, ACOMB brought together public authorities, local elected officials, communities, businesses, women, the media, and other stakeholders around the citizen portal ‘Arbre à Palabre’, designed to make extractive data accessible at the municipal level and to strengthen local accountability.
Learn more about the project outcomes:
primary#Arbre à Palabre citizen portal
Mozambique - Centro de Integridade Pública (CIP)
CIP documented conflicts between Mozambique’s domestic fiscal legislation and EITI Requirement 5.3, publishing a policy brief and academic article that reached more than 8,500 views. The work generated formal dialogue with the Tax Authority and Ministry of Mineral Resources. A formal information request produced the first documented evidence that domestic fiscal secrecy law is incompatible with Mozambique’s EITI commitments.
In Mozambique, a formal information request to the Tax Authority produced the first documented evidence that domestic fiscal secrecy law is incompatible with Mozambique’s EITI commitments — turning a refusal into a finding.
Learn more about the project outcomes:
primary#Transparency in Transition (article)
Nigeria - HEDA Resource Centre
Following HEDA’s advocacy, Nigeria’s upstream petroleum regulator publicly disclosed the names of companies flaring gas and the volumes involved — a landmark transparency result that directly benefits communities living near flaring sites. Community town halls drove an average 74% knowledge increase among grassroots stakeholders on EITI standards and oversight.
Our community town halls drove a substantial 74% average knowledge leap, successfully equipping grassroots stakeholders and vulnerable groups to act as proactive watchdogs for extractive sector oversight under EITI standards.
Learn more about the project outcomes:
primary#Review of Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act, EITI Standard & Energy Transition Plan
Colombia - Corporación Transparencia por Colombia (TPC)
TPC secured the formal inclusion of a civic space monitoring mechanism in Colombia’s EITI National Action Plan, making Colombia one of the first countries in the region to embed civil society protection into its EITI governance framework.
Through civil society advocacy, we secured recognition of civic space as a pillar of the EITI at the MGS, including, for the first time, a mechanism for its monitoring in the National Action Plan.
Learn more about the project outcomes:
primary#Policy recommendations on civic space in EITI Colombia
Peru - Grupo Propuesta Ciudadana – CEDEP
Grupo Propuesta Ciudadana submitted two evidence-based reports to Peru’s EITI multi-stakeholder group, including a 25-page beneficial ownership roadmap expected to be incorporated into Peru’s 10th National EITI Report. The project also enabled civil society to obtain a congressional-approved report on how the APCI Law affects CSOs in the extractive sector.
The project enabled civil society to obtain a report on how the APCI Law affects the rights and freedoms of CSOs involved in the extractive sector, which was later approved by Congress.
Learn more about the project outcomes:
primary#APCI Law impacts on extractive sector organisations (article)
primary#Civil society under threat – full report (PDF)
Argentina - Fundación Directorio Legislativo
Fundación Directorio Legislativo produced the first stakeholder mapping and EITI participation guide for Argentina’s extractive sector, laying the groundwork for sub-national EITI adhesion advocacy in Neuquén province. They developed accessible outreach materials to promote greater inclusion of extractive transparency in the public and civic agenda.
In Argentina, we collaborate with key stakeholders to strengthen transparency, develop accessible outreach materials, and promote greater inclusion of these topics in the public and civic agenda.”
Learn more about the project outcomes:
primary#What is EITI? – stakeholder outreach (LinkedIn)
Indonesia - PWYP Indonesia
PWYP Indonesia’s scoping study on GHG reporting gaps in the coal sector prompted the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources to commit to using the findings to develop new GHG reporting guidelines. The EITI Indonesia secretariat incorporated the project into its official workplan.
Our research on GHG reporting in Indonesia’s coal sector secured government engagement, with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources committing to use our findings and collaborate on monitoring and strengthening the development of new reporting guidelines.
Learn more about the project outcomes:
primary#Scoping study: GHG emission reporting gaps
primary#Coal sector GHG emission transparency
primary#Coal emissions transparency and accountability
Kazakhstan - Public Association Echo
Public Association Echo produced a multilingual GHG emissions transparency report covering six major extractive companies, submitted a standardised reporting tool to Kazakhstan’s EITI multi-stakeholder group, and established the NOMAD Minerals Network to sustain civil society climate engagement beyond the project.
Our project for the first time unified EITI financial expertise with local environmental advocates to audit major extractive companies, leading to a national policy brief and the creation of the NOMAD network for sustained regional climate monitoring.
Learn more about the project outcomes:
primary#Climate transparency of extractive industries in Kazakhstan (report)
primary#Full report (Google Drive)
Mongolia - Steps without Borders NGO
Steps Without Borders trained 184 participants across four forums on gender-responsive public consultation standards and submitted four policy recommendations to Mongolia’s EITI multi-stakeholder group. Their work contributed to a new model guideline now being piloted by the EITI secretariat.
Together, we established a new model for public dialogue grounded in transparency and meaningful participation, strengthening the inclusion of local voices in decision-making processes.
CSOs have the power to change the conversation
These 10 organisations demonstrate what civil society can achieve when given the tools, mandate, and support to hold extractive industries to account. From landmark gas flaring disclosures in Nigeria to a first-of-its-kind citizen data portal in Togo, the results show the EITI Standard is most powerful when civil society is at the table and in the room where decisions are made.