Alex Wang and Bayanzul Davaasuren // March 31st 2014
Over the past week our working groups have analyzed sections of the 2011 Mongolia EITI Reconciliation document. While a dense and data extensive document, a few key points emerged as critical questions everyone in Mongolia should be asking about mining and transparency as reported in EITI efforts.
1. Who are the participants and stakeholders of the EITI report and what sort of working relationship do they have with each other?
2. How many exploitation licenses were issued/revoked and where were they located?
3. How much and in which ways does the government receive payments from companies in exploitation industry?
4. How do extractive companies function and complete a mandated responsibility of environmental protection and reclamation？
5. How many revenue discrepancies are found in a single fiscal year and how does accounting work to adjust for these differences?
6. Which paths exist for local Mongolians exist to influence the implementation of EITI report and multi-stakeholder working group? At Sum Level? Sub Council Level?
7. Why should citizens care about the EITI report and how they can benefit from and use it?
8. What is performance of local administrations and companies in reporting? Did they really treat EITI report seriously？
9. What recommendations and implementations were given in previous EITI reports and which recommendations are still difficult to execute?
10. Which kind of the mechanism(legal or otherwise) already exists to encourage EITI participation of companies and local administrations in Mongolia?