Implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) at local level was in the focus of discussion at the seminar held by DiXi Group in Kyiv on 19-20 September. During the two-day seminar, the attendees – members of the Energy Transparency Association, civil servants and representatives of the extractive sector – discussed key topics of MSG, analyzed major challenges to EITI implementation at local level, and devised the ways of overcoming them.
DiXi Group representatives took part in strategic session of EnergoTransparency Association, which took place in Kyiv on 15-16 July.
DiXi Group President Olena Pavlenko joined efforts with the Interagency Commission for Production Sharing Agreements (PSA) as an external expert to evaluate applications for PSA tenders. The external expert’s duties included evaluation of bidder applications along with Interagency Commission members and participation in the review of applications to determine potential winners.
Increasing dependence on external supply of petroleum products, primarily from the Customs Union countries, necessitates accelerating the work on the creation of the minimum oil and petroleum products stocks in Ukraine, as provided for by EU Directive 2009/119/EC.
The National Agency on Corruption Prevention has approved the Anti-Corruption Program of the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine for 2018-2020. The corresponding decision of the department refers to it.
DiXi Group think tank welcomes the Government’s decision to update the Action Plan implementing the Concept for Development of Ukraine’s Gas Production Industry by 2020.
From now on, the national Reports of Ukraine within the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative are available in the format of open data. This information was published by the Ministry of Energy and Coal Mining on the website data.gov.ua.
Тhe President of the DiXi Group Analytical Center Olena Pavlenko participated in a meeting with Edward Chow, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
On 18 September, the Law "On Ensuring Transparency in the Extractive Industries" was adopted at the morning session of the Verkhovna Rada in the second reading. 244 MPs voted for the Law, 0 – against, abstained – 3.
President of DiXi Group Think Tank Olena Pavlenko joined the discussion on the methodology for monitoring and evaluating the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in Ukraine (EITI). The event was held for members of the Multilateral Stakeholder Group (MSG) and the EITI Secretariat, with the support of GIZ in Ukraine.
Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry, State Service for Geology and Subsoil, as well as the State Fiscal Service supported the reporting of extractive companies for each project (special permit).
President of the DiXi Group analytical center Olena Pavlenko joined the Ukrainian delegation to participate in the EITI Board meeting (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative), which took place in Berlin on June 28-29.