January 2022 News and Analysis from NRGI

News from NRGI
29 January 2022

Highlights

Anticorruption Guidance for Partners of State-Owned Enterprises
Corruption risks run high in some contexts where international oil and mining companies work with state-owned enterprises. This week NRGI published new guidance to help both types of parties minimize risks, with the aim of better outcomes for citizens in producing countries. Explore the guidance microsite, watch the launch event (or read the thread), or watch a video summary:

Step by Step: Closing the Implementation Gap in Senegal's Petroleum Licensing Process
Despite major progress, Senegal has significant room for improvement in the transparency of its oil and gas licensing process. (Also available in French.)

NRGI in 2022: Facing the Future
NRGI president and CEO Suneeta Kaimal outlines the organization's ambitions against the backdrop of the hastening energy transition and ongoing pandemic.

Gilbert Houngbo Named Chair of Natural Resource Governance Institute Board
NRGI’s governing board announced Gilbert F. Houngbo as its new chair. Houngbo is currently president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and has also served as prime minister of Togo.

Blog posts

For Every Law, a Plan: Overcoming Implementation Gaps to Realize Gender Equality in the Extractive Sector
NRGI and World Resources Institute research has found that while some countries boast extractive governance documents that are gender-responsive or could lead to gender-transformative change, in most cases that change has yet to occur.

Publications

2021 Resource Governance Index Report: New Translations
NRGI has released the cross-country 2021 Resource Governance Index analysis in three more languages: Arabic, French and Spanish. The analysis follows the release of assessments of the oil, gas and mining sectors in 17 countries.

Videos

Women and Mining in Mongolia: Participation, Inclusion and Leadership

While Mongolia’s mining sector plays a significant role in the country’s economy, accounting for 40 percent of its gross domestic product, women are under-represented in the sector’s workforce. To increase women’s participation in the sector, a gender policy for the mining sector was introduced in 2019. This video explores the implementation of the policy, and highlights some of the women who have been instrumental in advancing gender equality in Mongolia.

National Oil Companies and Climate Change: Insights for Advocates
Recordings of the NRGI, Global Gas & Oil Network and International Institute for Sustainable Development event on how climate advocates can more effectively engage with national oil companies.