Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Standard (2023)
EITI: Oversight by the Multi-Stakeholder Group (Section 1)

Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Standard (2023) EITI-Req.1.2_1.3: Company and civil society engagement (EITI Requirements 1.2 and 1.3)

Requirement 1.2 (Company engagement): companies operating in the extractive sector must be fully + actively engaged in the EITI process, with the ability to participate in the design + monitoring + evaluation of the EITI implementation through autonomous + non-coerced participation in the MSG. Requirement 1.3 (Civil society engagement): an enabling environment for civil society representatives to engage in the EITI process must be in place + sustained, including: civil society representatives are able to engage in the EITI process; freedom of expression + freedom of association are respected; freedom of media to report on EITI implementation + extractive sector issues; civil society representatives are able to communicate with their constituencies + the public; civil society representatives are not subject to harassment + retaliation + violence + criminalisation for their EITI participation. Civil society engagement is the EITI's most contested + most critical requirement - and the most common source of validation findings.

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