EITI Reporting Legislation (PNG0038)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Papua New Guinea Action Plan 2025-2029
Action Plan Cycle: 2025
Status:
Institutions
Lead Institution: Government: EITI Commission CSO: PNGRGC
Support Institution(s): Government: DNPM, DoT, DoF, Customs, DMPGM, NPA, AGO, MRA, IRC, CEPA, DGAJ, FLC, PMNEC CSO: TIPNG, CIMC, INA, CELCOR Other: JICA, Institutions, Private Sectors
Policy Areas
Extractive Industries, Fiscal Openness, Legislation, Participatory Approaches, Private Sector, Public Participation, Publication of Budget/Fiscal InformationIRM Review
IRM Report: Pending IRM Review
Early Results: Pending IRM Review
Design i
Verifiable: Pending IRM Review
Relevant to OGP Values: Pending IRM Review
Ambition (see definition): Pending IRM Review
Implementation i
Completion: Pending IRM Review
Description
Commitment 8.6.2: PNG EIT Reporting Act and Strategic Implementation
This is a new commitment that complements commitment 8.6.2 of the cluster. The PNGEITI Report Bill establishes a reporting framework to enforce transparency and accountability in Papua New Guinea's extractive industries by mandating public disclosure of revenues, contracts aligned with global EITI standards, and compliance with those standards.
Tables 1-4 below provide a summary of the commitment's activities, key milestones, strategies, and indicators.
Table 1: Commitment 8.6.3: Enactment of the EIT Reporting Act and Strategic Implementation
Objective
To enact the EIT Reporting Law and deliver its Strategic Implementation
OGP Global Commitment | MTDP IV DIPS | OGP Commitment | No. | Summary Activities
4 | DIP 7.3 Non-Tax Revenue and Governance | Enactment of the EIT Reporting Law and strategic implementation | 6.2 | Initial draft of the EIT Reporting Law; Regional consultation; Final draft of EIT Reporting Law; Enactment process; Gazettal notice issuance
No | Milestones | Activities | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029
1 | Drafting the Reporting Bill | Consultant procurement to draft the Reporting Bill | Nil | Nil | | |
2 | Nationwide consultation | Awareness & consultation on the Reporting Bill | Nil | Nil | | |
3 | Drafting workshops | Final drafting | Nil | Nil | | |
4 | Legislative Technical Working Group Review | Final review and acceptance of the EIT Reporting Bill | Nil | Nil | | |
| EIT Reporting Bill Enactment Process | Obtain Certificate of Fiscal Compliance | Nil | Nil | ✓ | | ✓
| | Obtain Certificate of Necessity | | Nil | ✓ | ✓ | ✓
5 | Certificate of Legal Correctness/Compliance | | Nil | Nil | | |
| | NEC submission (Parliamentary) process | Nil | Nil | | ✓ | ✓
| | Gazettal | Nil | Nil | ✓ | ✓ | ✓
6 | Launching | Launching and awareness of PNGEIT National Policy, Commission Act, and Reporting Act | Nil | Nil | | |
Table 3: Strategies
No | Implementation Strategy | Policy Reference
1 | Effective coordination and leadership | MTDP IV 2023-2027
2 | Awareness, workshops, and meetings | EITI Policy, NEC Decision 90/2013
3 | Resources mobilisation | EITI Policy, NEC Decision 90/2013, 80/2019
4 | Enactment of the EIT Reporting Law | EITI Policy, NEC Decision 80/2019
Table 4: Indicators
No | Indicator | Source | Baseline (2024) | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029
1 | EIT reporting law enactment and strategic implementation (%) | EITI website | Nil | Nil | 20 | 50 | 100 | 100