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The ASPAC Knowledge Hub activities kicked off on May 6-7, 2013, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, with the goal of improving the quality of governance in the extractive sector and to promote more equitable benefits for the citizens of the region.

Under the IKAT-US framework, the role of Indonesian Parliamentary Center (IPC) is to document and share the Indonesian experience that led up to becoming an EITI candidate country in the hopes that it will contribute to effective national advocacy in other Southeast Asian countries.

A November workshop in Jakarta aimed to increase civil society participation in ASEAN by giving civil society groups the ability to develop advocacy strategies toward ASEAN in their home countries.

So far, the government of Cambodia has remained unreceptive to joining the transparency initiative.

More and more, local, regional and provincial governments are directly dealing with oil, gas and mining issues, and are facing challenges managing and governing those resources for their regions’ well-being.

Myanmar’s dynamic civil society is working overtime to educate society and build networks with an eye toward making sure reforms take root and achieve their potential.