Enhancing Transparency of the Energy Sector through the EITI Implementation: Success Stories of Ukraine and Germany

The document aimed at EITI countries facing difficulties in voluntary EITI implementation and can serve as a best practice example for countries of strong civil society engagement.
Ukraine joined EITI in 2013, the first Report was presented in 2015 and was mainly focused on oil and gas sector. Only after a long way of relevant legislation amendments and the special EITI Law adoption the reporting became regular and ordered.

This publication was made possible by a fruitful cooperation of an international consortium of civil society organizations comprising Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland (Berlin, Germany), DiXi Group (Kyiv, Ukraine), and Forum Okologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft/Green Budget Germany (Berlin, Germany) within the framework of the project “MAP – EITI”.

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Ukraine will fully disclose extraction contracts according to the EITI Standard

Olha Polunina

Manager for Sustainable Development at DiXi Group

Ukraine will fully disclose extraction contracts according to the EITI Standard

The major achievement of the adopted amendments is the legislative requirement to fully disclose all contracts between extractive companies and the government

Disclosure of resource extraction contracts is important for Ukraine’s compliance with international environmental conventions

Olha Polunina

Manager for Sustainable Development

Disclosure of resource extraction contracts is important for Ukraine’s compliance with international environmental conventions

Ukraine has time until July 2022 to submit a plan of action, including a time schedule, and until October 2023 to provide a detailed progress report.

Ukraine Follows a Fossil Fuel Recovery Pathway

Yuliia Oharenko

expert of the DiXi Group project “Promoting Ukraine's Participation in the European Green Deal in the fields of energy and environment”

Ukraine Follows a Fossil Fuel Recovery Pathway

Despite multiple political statements supporting the European Green Deal and announced plans for the development of a joint with the EU Roadmap, Ukraine is moving in an opposite direction. These are the results of Energy Policy Tracker

The “Augean stables” of the extractive sector: is there any progress?

The practice of procuring special extraction permits and then sitting idle on them for decades is unacceptable from the viewpoint of Ukraine’s energy independence and national security, raising budget revenues and the country’s investment attractiveness.

Ukraine improves its ranking under the EITI Standard

Olha Polunina

Manager for Sustainable Development at DiXi Group

Ukraine improves its ranking under the EITI Standard

The EITI Board acknowledged Ukraine’s efforts concerning disclosure of beneficial ownership information, creation of an online EITI reporting portal, and the launch of EITI implementation monitoring and assessment at national level.

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Enhancing Transparency of the Energy Sector through the EITI Implementation: Success Stories of Ukraine and Germany

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Olha Polunina

Ukraine will fully disclose extraction contracts according to the EITI Standard

Olha Polunina

Disclosure of resource extraction contracts is important for Ukraine’s compliance with international environmental conventions

Yuliia Oharenko

Ukraine Follows a Fossil Fuel Recovery Pathway

The “Augean stables” of the extractive sector: is there any progress?

Olha Polunina

Ukraine improves its ranking under the EITI Standard

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