History of EITI

2002 October

Tony Blair announces the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) at the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg

2003 June

First EITI Plenary Conference at Lancaster House in London launches the Initiative

2004 February

EITI Paris Implementation Workshop

2004
June

G8 Summit at Sea Island. US endorses EITI for the first time.

2005
March

Second EITI plenary conference, London, forms International Advisory Group (IAG) to decide on the governance and future direction

2006
June

Last IAG meeting establishes an EITI Board and selects Oslo as the location of the International Secretariat

2006
October

Third EITI plenary conference, Oslo

2007
September

International Secretariat opens in Oslo with a 'Transparency Week'.
15 countries welcomed as EITI Candidate Countries

2008
February

Validation methodology agreed by board at meeting in Accra, Ghana.
The EITI welcomes 7 new countries as Candidate Countries.

2008
Ma

Côte d'Ivoire welcomed as the 23rd EITI Candidate Country.
Azerbaijan formally initiates Validation.