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E xt ract i ve i ndust ri es: t he gl obal ci vi l soci et y agenda A n i nt ernat i onal coal i t i on w orki ng f or a w orl d w here ci t i zens benef i t f rom t hei r nat ural resources, t oday and t om orrow 1 OUR


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E xt ract i ve i ndust ri es: t he gl obal ci vi l soci et y agenda

A n i nt ernat i onal coal i t i on w

  • rki ng f or a

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here ci t i zens benef i t f rom t hei r nat ural resources, t oday and t om

  • rrow

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OUR PRIORITIES

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Corruption still rampant…

Extractive Sector

One of the most corrupt industries

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Four of the extractive companies publishing payments to governments under UK law

More transparency

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1318

publicly traded mining companies and

231

publicly traded oil and gas companies will have to disclose in accordance with ESTMA

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The reasons we love it

Take the ferry to Staten Island for a culture change and experience how they live, Check

  • ut the amazing art galleries that the city

has to offer. Spend a day meandering in Central Park to get the full effect of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir.

What to do?

ESTMA report

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Data revolution

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  • Open contracts
  • Beneficial ownership
  • Social and environmental

disclosure

  • Commodity trading

NEW FRONTIERS OF TRANSPARENCY

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Are we ready to harness the data revolution?

  • Democratise access to

data + user-centric approach

  • Build a data-culture:

training of transparency activists

  • Data-based advocacy

(e.g Uganda)

  • Partner with new allies
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HAS TRANSPARENCY LEAD TO ACCOUNTABILITY? Has transparency in the extractive sector allowed men and women to claim fair benefits from natural resource extraction and improve their lives?

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  • 86% of world population live

in countries restricting civic space

  • 185 natural resource justice

activists killed in 2015

  • Honduras – most dangerous

country to be an activist

  • Rise of authoritarianism

and populism

  • Post truth and alternative

facts

  • Capture of the state by

extractives interests

Closing Civic Space

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WHAT’S NEXT?

Continue to build international campaign for transparent and responsible extractive sector Address linkages between transparency, human rights and climate & environmental justice agendas Foster resilience of the movement in light of set backs

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