Good governance requires that citizens have a voice in oil, gas and mining sector decisions and the ability to monitor the actions of public officials and companies. Grant-making is RWI's primary tool for engaging civil society in resource rich countries. It is an important means to support and build grassroots movements that create sustained demand for revenue and expenditure transparency.

RWI devotes around one quarter of its budget to grants that help civil society groups in more than 25 countries. Grantees receive training and networking support to build technical capacity and develop their monitoring, research and advocacy.

At the international level, Revenue Watch organizes and sponsors a limited number of conferences and workshops to foster broader public engagement in budget monitoring and fiscal transparency. At the country level, RWI places special emphasis on providing support to local partners to form coalitions and conduct analysis and advocacy on revenue transparency issues.

RWI also provides support to local and international partners around broader revenue transparency work. Major focuses include oil, gas and mining revenue monitoring; accounting standards; oil revenue management laws and taxation regulations; licensing and contracts policies; IFI and donor lending policies; participatory budgeting and expenditure tracking; study tours for NGOs; capacity building for sub-national governments and parliamentarians; and civil society-company monitoring partnerships and dialogues.