Projects

Revenue Watch promotes transparent, accountable and effective management of natural resource wealth to help countries avoid the "resource curse." We take a comprehensive approach to improving governance and development across the entire value chain, from the organization of extractive production, revenue generation, and revenue management, and through to the expenditure processes and development outcomes in these resource rich countries.

We have played a central role in nurturing and building the capacity of the transparency and accountability movement in producing countries for the past five years, as a leader in the ongoing promotion and internationalization of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI); through support for a growing body of research on best practices in revenue management; and through local partnerships to create savings and expenditure strategies for natural resource windfalls, among many other initiatives.

General

African Center for Economic Transformation: Technical Assistance Facility

Dodd-Frank: Adding Transparency to U.S. and EU Stock Exchange Requirements

Ecuador: Improving Transparency

Georgia Revenue Watch (GRW) and the Coalition "For Transparency of Public Finances" (TPF)

Promoting the Revenue Transparency Index

Publish What You Pay

Publish What You Pay Africa Regional Coordinator

PWYP Africa Regional Workshop and Strategy Meetings

PWYP Angola Strategy Meeting

Strengthening Revenue and Contract Transparency of IFIs in the Caucasus and Central Asia

Technical Assistance in Mongolia

Transparency of Oil Revenues and Public Finance in Azerbaijan

Advocacy

Advocacy Strategies for the Shwe Gas Project

Contract and Revenue Transparency Reform Among Export Credit Agencies

Global Television Debate on Mineral Resources and Transparency in Africa

Legal Defense Funding for Civil Society Activists

Monitoring Mining Revenues in Katanga

PWYP Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop

Research on Extractive Industries in Colombia

Support for the Export Credit & Mining Research & Policy Officer Position

US Legislation: The "Practice What You Preach" Bill

Civil Society

Mainstreaming Social Accountability in the Governance of Extractive Industries

Monitoring the Oil and Gas Sectors and the Petroleum Fund of Timor Leste

Promoting a Transparent, and Socially and Environmentally Responsible PEMEX

Promoting Monitoring and Participation in the Oil and Mining Sectors in Ecuador

Raising EITI Awareness Among CSOs in Iraq’s Northern Kurdish Area

Raising Stakeholder Awareness of Uganda’s Oil Sector

Strengthening Tanzanian Civil Society's Role in Natural Resource Governance

Strengthening the EITI Campaign in Southeast Asia

Strengthening the Oil, Gas, and Mining Industries Civil Society Network in Latin America

Contracts

Contract Monitoring and Enforcement Research Project

EITI

2010 EITI Regional Conference

Building Comprehensive Local Awareness of EITI

Building Sub-National Capacity for EI Monitoring and Revenue Management in Indonesia

Capacity Building for EITI for Civil Society Organizations in Yemen

Dissemination and Discussion of DRC's 2007 EITI Report

Drilling Down: EITI Audit and Accounting Guide for Civil Society

Enhancing Civil Society Engagement in Mozambique’s EITI Implementation

Francophone Africa Regional Workshop on EITI

Improving EITI Implementation in Azerbaijan

Peru: Strengthening Civil Society Participation in the EITI Process

Public Awareness Campaign on the New Mining Act of 2010 and the EITI

Raising Media Awareness of EITI in Indonesia

Raising Stakeholder Awareness on the Importance of Implementing the EITI in Ukraine

Seventh Annual Eurasia Regional EITI Conference

Strengthening the Oversight Role of Iraqi Parliamentarians in the Oil and Gas Sectors

Study: Innovations in EITI Implementation

The Chinese Experience in EITI

Expert Advice

Technical Assistance in Sierra Leone

Fellowships

Capacity Advancement Fellowships

Grants

Access to Resources Project

Azerbaijan: National Budget Group U.S. Study Tour

Center for Energy and Security Studies in the MENA Region

Conference: Natural Resources, Democracy and Development in Latin America

Congo-Brazzaville: Legal Defense Funding for PWYP Activists

Media Training

Investigative Journalism School in Eurasia

Media Capacity Building in Ghana and Uganda

Training of Journalists on MDBs and EBRD

Parliaments

Building NGO Capacity to Provide Technical Assistance to MPs in Indonesia

Building Parliamentary Capacity in Mining Laws and Contracts in Zimbabwe

Enhancing Parliamentary Oversight of the Oil and Gas Sectors in Iraq

Monitoring and Oversight of the Hydrocarbons Sector in Bolivia

Parliamentary Oversight of Mineral Revenues

Parliaments (cont'd)

Strengthening Parliamentary and Civil Society Oversight of Oil, Gas and Mining Revenues in Ghana

Publish What You Pay

Global Investors for Transparency – the Oslo Dialogue Meeting

Publish What You Pay: US Director Position

PWYP Transparency Campaign in Tanzania

Strengthening Civil Society in Burkina Faso’s EITI Implementation

Utilizing Liberia’s EITI Report to Demand Accountability

Regional Hubs

Anglophone Africa Regional Knowledge Hub for the Oil, Gas and Mining Industries

Establishment of a Regional Knowledge Hub on Extractive Industries in Central Asia/Caucasus

Francophone Africa Extractive Industries Knowledge Hub

Research

Advocating for Transparency in the Mining Industry in the Philippines

Asian National Oil Company (NOC) Investments Abroad

Azerbaijan: Transparency of Oil Revenues and Public Finance Program

Building Civil Society’s Knowledge on EI Management Problems at the Sub-national Level

Contract Transparency Campaign

Developing a Post-Crisis Approach to Sovereign Wealth Funds in the Caspian Basin

Drilling Down: EITI Audit and Accounting Guide for Civil Society

Efficiency of Public Spending: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia

Enhancing Civil Society Advocacy Strategies on Oil Issues in Uganda

Enhancing Economic and Development Benefits of Natural Resource Wealth

Facilitating Discussion on Exploring for Hydrocarbons in Protected Parkland in Peru

Good Governance of the National Petroleum Sector

Green Advocates: Holistic Revenue Tracking in Liberia

Kazakhstan Revenue Watch and Budget Transparency and Public Administration Programs

Oxford Commodity Windfalls Study

Peru: Monitoring Extractive Industry Rents

Promoting Transparency and Public Engagement in the Mining Industry Sector in Vietnam

Public Procurement System in Azerbaijan

PWYP Cameroon

Research on China's Energy Policy and Activities in Africa

Research on Post Mining Closure Policy in Indonesia

Review of Recent Changes in Petroleum Fiscal Systems

Russia: Energy in the Regions

Social Control and Public Debate on Petrobras, Vale and Pre Sal

Study: Innovations in EITI Implementation

Support for Mining and Development in Mongolia

Revenue Management

Strengthening Civil Society Transparency Advocacy in Zimbabwe

Subnational

Convert Mining Royalties into Local Development in Cameroon

Documentation and Communications for Budget Transparency Effort in the Niger Delta

Improving Budget Transparency in the Niger Delta

Improving Oil and Mining Revenue Management in Peru

Improving Subnational Revenue Management and Budget Planning in Indonesia

Workshop on Extractive Industries and Territorial Development in Piura Region

Training

Azerbaijan: National Budget Group U.S. Study Tour

Burma: Improving Revenue Transparency and Civil Society Capacity

Center for Energy and Security Studies in the MENA Region

Civil Society Monitoring of the Mining Industry in Afghanistan

Conference: Natural Resources, Democracy and Development in Latin America

DRC: Strengthening Civil Society Capacity in the EITI Process

Economic Journalism Training for Angolan Media

EITI Public Awareness and Capacity Building in Tanzania

EITI Study Tour for Yemeni Civil Society

Empowering Local Communities to Advocate for EI Transparency in Uganda

Ghana: Strengthening Civil Society Capacity in the EITI Process

Guinea: Strengthening Civil Society Capacity in the EITI Process

Mauritania: Strengthening Civil Society Capacity in the EITI Process

Promoting a Strong PWYP Coalition in Gabon

PWYP Liberia Study Tour to Sierra Leone

Raising Public Awareness and Understanding of EITI in Cote d'Ivoire

RWI Summer School: Technical Training Course and Policy Lab on Governance and Natural Resource Revenues

Sierra Leone: Strengthening Civil Society Capacity in the EITI Process

Small Grant Facilities: World Bank and Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Strengthening Civil Society Support Mechanisms in the Hydrocarbons Sector in Trinidad and Tobago

Sub-National Project: Helping Local Leaders and Communities Manage Resource Revenues

Supporting Natural Resource Transparency and EITI in DRC

Workshop: The Role of Civil Society in Corporate Social Responsibility in Ecuador