Project profile — Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in Tanzania

• Tanzania (100.00%)

• Government And Civil Society, General: Anti-corruption organisations and institutions (15113) (50.00%)
• Mineral Resources And Mining: Mineral/mining policy and administrative management (32210) (50.00%)

• Gender equality (not targeted)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (principal objective)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This project aims to increase transparency and accountability in the mining, oil, and gas sector by helping the Government of Tanzania meet the global standards set by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The EITI requires that extractive companies disclose the tax and royalty payments they make to the government and that the government disclose the revenues it collects from these companies. The reconciliation of the payments must be independently verified and the reports widely distributed. The project activities include setting up systems for reporting and reconciling payments, establishing a legal framework to support the implementation of the EITI, providing training and advice to the Tanzania EITI multi-stakeholder group (made up of civil society, private sector, and government representatives), and educating the Tanzanian people and parliamentarians about the EITI and the extractive sector. The main partner is the Tanzania EITI Secretariat within the Ministry of Energy and Minerals. Other development partners supporting this project include the World Bank and the African Development Bank. As with all budget support projects, Canada is working in close cooperation with other donors and the Government of Tanzania to promote effective, transparent, and accountable country systems; to increase donor coordination; and to strengthen mutual accountability. This project is continuously monitored and evaluated in coordination with other donors.

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Results achieved at the end of the project include: (1)The second TEITI Reconciliation Report covering the period from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 was produced, and widely discussed and debated with civil society, media, parliament and citizens. This report has improved the transparency of revenue collection, which is expected, in turn, to contribute to reduced corruption, misunderstanding and conflict; (2) As part of the process to enact an EITI law in Tanzania, stakeholder consultations on TEITI draft legislation were held in October 2012, and in November. As a result, draft TEITI legislation and stakeholder inputs were submitted to the Attorney General’s Chambers; (3) A total of 23 extractive companies representing more than 99% of the total revenue collected by the Tanzanian Revenue Authority (TRA) reported on their extractive revenues; (4) Tanzania was declared compliant with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) standards on December 12, 2012. These results contributed to increased transparency and accountability in the mining, oil, and gas sector by helping the Government of Tanzania meet the global standards set by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.

• Proactive disclosure