Monitoring of Contracts

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Comment by CHENG Kimheng on October 25, 2012 at 6:23

Cambodia,

Oil, gas and mining are new to this nation. Since, Chevron have started its exploration stage in downstream of Cambodia's sea during 1990s, and have just conducted it's EIA report for inter-ministry consultation. To this, there are many challenges regrading lacking of petroleum legal framework, poor public consultation with concerned communities also civil society organisation, and the significant challenges for both government and NGOs are the limitation of human resource to work/deal with expertise petroleum companies such Chevron, CNOOC, JOGMEC..

As Cambodian citizen, and also a member of coalition in Cambodia which work closely with community, government and also companies to demanding and ensuring accountability, transparency and also equal/fairness benefit sharing amongst those stakeholders. I would strongly commit to have a chance to gain a scholarship to upgraded and acknowledge more about the field of petroleum development in order to help and contribute to Cambodia's development too. So, i would ask each GOXI's member for your recommendation and suggestion on how to find and get a scholarship.

Working together toward the clean and fair world!

Thanks for your high consideration.

Best form Cheng Kimheng

Comment by Norma Garza on July 12, 2011 at 19:42

This Thursday, July 14 from 12-2pm (Washington, DC time) Oxfam America and the World Bank Institute are co-sponsoring the event Shining a Light on Petroleum Agreements – Disclosure and Monitoring in Action.

This event will focus on new momentum for the disclosure of extractive industry contracts between companies and host governments. Disclosure, though, is only a first step. As a case study, they will look at the release of petroleum agreements in Ghana, how civil society groups are using this new information and what kinds of technical support outside groups can provide to help analyze and monitor these agreements.

The event will be available via webcast on the following link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/shining-a-light-on-petroleum-agreements

 

The event will have the participation of:

· Mohammed Amin Adam, Convener – Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas, Ghana
· Lance Crist – Global Head, Oil and Gas, IFC
· Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky, Associate, Baker Hostetler, New York
· Michael Jarvis – Team Leader - Governance for Extractive Industries, World Bank Institute
· Clive Armstrong – Senior Economist, IFC
· Stephen T. Olson, Associate, Baker Hostetler, New York / Houston
 Moderator: Ian Gary, Senior Policy Manager – Extractive Industries, Oxfam America

 

GOXI will be reporting on the event.

Comment by Michael Jarvis on June 2, 2011 at 9:17

We are in the midst of launching a similar contract monitoring process in East Africa, including focus on mining in Tanzania and Zambia and forthcoming oil production in Uganda.  Lots of debate at the kick off meeting in Kampala.  We will share overviews of the draft action plans once available.

Comment by Kathrin Frauscher on February 28, 2011 at 18:48

Draft Report from Liberia Meeting

 

Hello all.

 

We have a draft of the summary report from Liberia. Please see attached.

 

This is a draft. If you have feedback, comments, suggestions, please send them to us. We want to make sure that the report captured what happend in Liberia. Please send us your comments by Wednesday, March 9. We will then consolidate them and share a final version.

 

Thanks,

 

Kathrin

Comment by Chibuzo Chiemela Ekwekwuo on December 8, 2010 at 15:05

Hi Everyone. I am Chibuzo and i work for Public & Private Development Centre a Nigerian citizen sector organization working in the area of contract monitoring, see us at www.procurementmonitoring.org, glad to join

Comment by Lauren Kunis on December 8, 2010 at 0:16

West Africa Contract.pdf

West Africa Contract Monitoring.pdf

Comment by Lauren Kunis on December 8, 2010 at 0:15

And some more here....

Daily Observer- West Africa Contract and monitoring Conference Ends...

PPCC Bypassed.pdf

Comment by Lauren Kunis on December 8, 2010 at 0:12

Hi everyone! Please see below for some media coverage of last week's event. Looking forward to building on the momentum and creating even more of a positive buzz soon!

Global News NetworkWest African Contract Monitoring Meeting Opens in Monrovia Today
http://gnnliberia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article...

All Africa.comOil and Gas Workshop Ends in Monrovia
http://allafrica.com/stories/201012030715.html

Awoko (Sierra Leone)World Bank Institute Commence Contract Monitoring Conference in Liberia
http://www.awoko.org/2010/12/03/world-bank-institute-commence-contr...

Comment by GOXI on December 3, 2010 at 8:21

@Ahmed - We hope to get some of the participants in Liberia to give feedback on their experience so hopefully you'll have your answer soon.

Comment by Ahmed Finoh on December 1, 2010 at 21:30

Is this group from the media world?
I would expect so since building capacity in governmental entities to monitoring contracts implementation would require legislative instruments to empower civil servants to regulate the industry. Monitoring any ( powerful) industry can be a tricky business. Only a vibrant press has some leverage in that area to make meaningful impacts.
Waiting to see what emerges out of this conference in terms of actionable suggestions. Good luck to all the participants and safe stay and returns to your home countries.