{"id":2403,"date":"2015-02-04T11:31:58","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T10:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilnewskenya.com\/?p=2403"},"modified":"2015-09-07T12:42:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T12:42:58","slug":"burundi-commits-to-implement-the-eiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/burundi-commits-to-implement-the-eiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Burundi commits to implement the EITI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Government of the Republic of Burundi formally committed to implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, EITI Standard in a declaration\u00a0published by Come Manirakiza, Minister of Energy and Mine on 20 January 2015 in Bujumbura.<\/p>\n<p>According to Manirakiza, Burundi hopes that this will increase transparency in the management of natural resources in the East Africa Community country. Natural resources, primarily\u00a0artisanal mining, are expected to account for 30% of the country\u2019s GDP according to the government\u00a0Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (2012-2015).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to implement the EITI, as it is in line with our policy to promote transparency and accountability\u00a0in the management of our natural resources\u201d, said Manirakiza.<\/p>\n<p>Already Burundi with support from the World Bank and GIZ has carried out a scoping study to identify potential barriers to EITI implementation and that will prepare it for a candidature application.<\/p>\n<p>The commitment follows the\u00a0declaration\u00a0of Heads of States of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), in which the President Pierre Nkurunziza, along with 11 other Heads of States in the region encouraged each other to accede to the EITI as a tool to mitigate illegal exploitation of their countries\u2019 natural resources.<\/p>\n<p>Three East African countries including <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/It0zX%20\">Seychelles<\/a>\u00a0Tanzania and Ethiopia are members of the EITI although the latteris yet to comply\u00a0with the requirements by the initiative.<a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/It0zX%20\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[twitter-follow screen_name=&#8217;oilnewskenya&#8217;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government of the Republic of Burundi formally committed to implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, EITI Standard in a declaration\u00a0published by Come Manirakiza, Minister of Energy and Mine on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/burundi-commits-to-implement-the-eiti\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[363,369,489,672,712,853,1040,1574,1588,1704,2038],"class_list":["post-2403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-bujumbura","tag-burundi","tag-come-manirakiza","tag-east-africa-community","tag-eiti","tag-extractive-industries-transparency-initiative","tag-great-lakes-region","tag-mining","tag-ministry-of-energy-and-mines","tag-natural-resources","tag-pierre-nkurunziza","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/burundi.jpg?fit=225%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-CL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1569,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/seychelles-accepted-as-extractive-industries-transparency-initiative-candidate\/","url_meta":{"origin":2403,"position":0},"title":"Seychelles accepted as Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Candidate","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"August 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Seychelles has been accepted by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Board as a\u00a0Candidate country\u00a0to the EITI, the global transparency\u00a0standard. 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