Sophia Harding, Programme Officer, Publish What You Pay

Kinshasa, May 2011

LOOKING EAST: INNOVATIONS IN EI CAMPAIGNING IN ASIA

WOUTLINE

• Global overview: PWYP in the regions• Regional highlights:

- Central Asia and Caucasus- Middle East- Asia-Pacific

• Snapshot: - Timor-Leste: talking transparency with communities- Advocating EITI in ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations)

PUBLISH WHAT YOU PAY IN THE REGIONS

Belgium, Denmark, France, Spain, UK

AustraliaBangladesh

Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea,

The Philippines, Timor Leste, Vietnam

Canada,USA

Algeria, Iraq, Yemen

Europe

Sub-Saharan Africa

Asia-Pacific Middle East, North Africa

Latin America

Central Asia, Caucuses

North America

PWYP Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad,

Congo, DRC, Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea,

Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali,

Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, Niger, Sierra Leone,

Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Bolivia,Ecuador,Mexico,Peru

Afghanistan, Azerbaijan,Kazakhstan,

Kyrgyz RepublicMongolia

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REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

• CENTRAL ASIA and CAUCASUS Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz. Republic and Mongolia (plus Albania, Georgia, Tajikistan, Ukraine?) – “Eurasia” regional network

• MIDDLE EASTIraq, Yemen

• ASIA-PACIFIC Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Timor-Leste (plus Burma, Vietnam, South Korea?)

SNAPSHOT: TIMOR-LESTE

SNAPSHOT: TIMOR-LESTE

Background:

• Timor-Leste gained independence in 2002• 1.2 million population (approx.)• 41% of population living below the poverty line

(UNDP Human Development Report, May 2011)

• > 90% of government revenues from oil and gas.• The third country to become EITI “compliant” (1

July 2010)

SNAPSHOT: TIMOR-LESTE EITI innovations:• An advanced system established for monitoring

and receiving petroleum revenues: – National Petroleum Regime (Petroleum Tax Law, Petroleum Fund Law, Model PSCs for TL Exclusive Area / Joint Development Production Area)– ‘Sustainable Income Benchmark’ (for withdrawals from the Petroleum Fund)– Ongoing efforts to improve accountability and sustainable use of funds

SNAPSHOT: TIMOR-LESTE

SNAPSHOT: TIMOR-LESTE EITI innovations: • Taking transparency to all communities

– 404 villages, 13 districts– >16 languages

SNAPSHOT: TIMOR-LESTE

SNAPSHOT: TIMOR-LESTE

Talking transparency: Luta Hamutuk

• National-level advocacy– Oil transparency (engagement with EITI, monitoring TL Petroleum Fund system)

– Budget monitoring (planning, allocation and execution of state budget)

• Community Networking Initiative- District focal points- Community briefings- Multi-stakeholder monitoring committees

• Local – National synergies

SNAPSHOT: ADVOCATING EI TRANSPARENCY IN ASEAN

ASEAN at a glance :

• 10 nations in South East Asia, 580 million people• GNP of about US $312 billion and per capita of US

$496• Economic development: HDI (2004): Rank 25/133,

GDP (2006): $208 to $29,499• Diversity of political systems (and power

dynamics)

SNAPSHOT: ADVOCATING EI TRANSPARENCY IN ASEAN

Increasing integration of ASEAN:

1976: Bali Concord I – formally adopted political co-operation as part of ASEAN regular activities

1992: ASEAN Free Trade Agreement1997/98: Economic crisis – acceleration of economic

integration initiatives – ASEAN Vision 20202003: Bali Concord II – agreement to launch ‘ASEAN

Community’ by 2020 (incl. a single market for ASEAN)2005: Launch of ASEAN Charter process2006/07: Decision to establish ASEAN Community by

20152008: Ratification of ASEAN Charter

SNAPSHOT: ADVOCATING EI TRANSPARENCY IN ASEAN

SNAPSHOT: ADVOCATING EI TRANSPARENCY IN ASEAN

ASEAN EI TRANSPARENCY CAMPAIGN:

• WHAT: i) ASEAN to endorse the EITI; ii) ASEAN to adopt a comprehensive Framework for Extractive Industry Transparency, which serves as the basis for the harmonization of policies and practices of oil, gas, and minerals in all ASEAN member states.

• WHO: CSO representatives from Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam (plus Timor-Leste)

• WHEN: By 2015• HOW: National level campaigns complemented by

engagement with regional ASEAN mechanisms (e.g. AICHR)

SNAPSHOT: ADVOCATING EI TRANSPARENCY IN ASEAN

Opportunities:

• Indonesia Chairmanship of ASEAN (2011) • Indicators of interest in the Philippines and

Vietnam? • Stock market listings Campaigns (Europe, US,

South Korea)• Australia pilots the EITI

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