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Engaging Communications Experts for EITI Implementation

This project aims to enhance transparency and open governance in the extractive sector by improving stakeholder engagement, expanding access to EITI data, and promoting its use in decision-making processes. The main objectives include strengthening institutional coordination, fostering collaboration among stakeholders, and ensuring that policymakers, businesses, and civil society actively use EITI data. Target groups include government agencies, extractive companies, civil society organizations, and local communities affected by resource extraction but lacking adequate representation or participation in decision-making.

Термін реалізації:
01.04.2025 - 31.03.2026
Engaging Communications Experts for EITI Implementation
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At the core of the project is the development of a comprehensive communications strategy that will provide a structured, inclusive, and sustainable approach to stakeholder engagement in EITI implementation. The strategy will aim not only to raise awareness among extractive companies about their reporting obligations but also to disseminate information to civil society, promote cooperation between businesses and local communities, and ensure the integration of transparency tools into public governance processes. The strategy will be developed through a participatory process involving all key stakeholders via a multilateral workshop designed to identify communication gaps, define key messages, and create a coordinated roadmap to improve the dissemination and use of EITI-related information.

Additional components include:

  • Developing a communications strategy within the framework of the 2025–2026 EITI Work Plan, covering institutional development, digitalization, data management, and stakeholder engagement;
  • Engaging a communications expert to create and implement a clear public outreach plan for EITI — to make its work visible, accessible, and understandable to the public, businesses, and authorities;
  • Establishing effective channels for information exchange between government bodies, businesses, and civil society to strengthen cross-sectoral coordination;
  • Coordinating cooperation with national and international partners, including business associations, think tanks, and environmental initiatives;
  • Actively promoting the potential of the Ukrainian EITI Extractive Industries Data Portal as a decision-making tool and a means of ensuring transparency in the recovery of the extractive sector and the energy transition in Ukraine.

Expected Results:

  • A comprehensive EITI communications strategy developed;
  • Strengthened inter-institutional and cross-sectoral cooperation;
  • Increased awareness among key stakeholders;
  • More active use of EITI data in decision-making;
  • Increased trust in public policy in the extractive sector.

Relevance:
Ukraine joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in 2013 and has been regularly publishing reports since 2015 that disclose tax revenues, corporate transparency, and openness. Since 2018, reporting has been mandatory under the Law of Ukraine “On Ensuring Transparency in Extractive Industries.” However, without clear and consistent communication, even the best tools risk going unnoticed. Without an effective communications strategy, EITI may be perceived as a formal requirement rather than a true instrument for accountability, transparency, and anti-corruption.

This project is designed to change that — to make EITI more visible, understandable, and in demand among all stakeholders: from government bodies to investors and the public.

The project is led by the EITI team in partnership with the Ministry of Energy and implemented by the NGO NOVA Energiia. It is funded by the European Union through the Road4EaP programme, which is implemented by the Open Government Partnership (OGP).

Note:
The OGP Program for the Eastern Partnership is an EU-supported initiative that provides resources and support to reformers in governments and civil society across the region. It is aimed at deepening reforms and introducing bold new approaches in accountable governance, anti-corruption, public participation, civic space expansion, and improving citizens’ quality of life.

This material was developed as part of the project “Engaging a communications experts to EITI implementation” The project is led by the EITI team in partnership with the Ministry of Energy and implemented by the NGO NOVA Energiia. It is funded by the European Union through the Road4EaP programme, which is implemented by the Open Government Partnership (OGP).

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