RWI is offering journalists in Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda a chance to learn more about the extractive industries in a six-month program on covering oil, gas and mineral sectors.
Semkae Kilonzo of Policy Forum in Tanzania shares five tips for creating an effective advocacy guide.
Tanzania is the latest country to benefit from RWI's media training program.
The national conference focused on Tanzania but drew lessons and experiences from other countries.
Susan al-Saad of the Iraqi parliament recounts how an RWI workshop taught her to tackle problems from a different angle.
The chair of Ghana’s citizen oversight committee joined experts from RWI and Oxfam to discuss the prospects for accountable oil revenue management.
On 1 June in Washington, D.C., distinguished guests joined RWI and Oxfam for a discussion on Ghana's new oil oversight committee.
As the public and the media react to an in-depth report on oil revenues, the government has responded with new disclosures.
The report by Ghana's Public Interest and Accountability Committee heralds a new approach in stronger oversight for the nation's burgeoning oil industry.
RWI consultant Keith Myers reflects on the challenges facing Iraq's parliament in creating a post-dictator oil power structure.
RWI and local partners held a workshop to discuss inputs to three proposed petroleum bills.
Tanzanian advocates for transparency delivered a letter to Denmark's Prime Minister, calling for passage of new EU disclosure rules.
RWI and partners analyzed Uganda's new petroleum bills to provide international context to the debate in parliament and across Uganda.
This video explores how legislators won greater disclosure of contracts and the chance to get a better deal for their countries.
This video tells the story of how Tanzanian citizen groups and parliamentarians overcame mutual distrust to craft a better mining law.
At a Canadian parliamentary hearing, members of the mining industry, civil society and parliament expressed strong support for mandatory disclosure rules.
How intensive advocacy in Sierra Leone spurred the recall of the controversial mining deal and a new appreciation in government for civil society’s role.
In Uganda, collaboration between members of parliament and NGOs led to a turning point in the transparency of mining contracts.
When governments makes deals with companies for their oil and mining resources, citizens stand to gain more if they know the contract terms.
By working directly with civil society, Tanzanian MPs were able to improve their draft mining bill dramatically.
When Tanzania released its mining bill, transparency advocates worked around the clock to analyze it and engage MPs.
Parliamentarians in Tanzania learned to collaborate with civil society to improve mining governance.
Lawmakers from Uganda, Sierra Leone and Tanzania face the serious responsibility of ensuring that resource wealth can translate into public benefit.
After four years of work with legislators on managing oil and minerals, RWI is pleased to announce our new toolkit to help strengthen parliaments.
After years of operating under a decades-old oil law, Uganda's government formally presented its petroleum governance bill.