The Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) was established in October 2002 to set a global standard for transparency in the extractive industries to make natural resources benefit all.
Stakeholders or implementing countries are Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Compliant countries are Albania, Azerbaijan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Yemen, and Zambia.
Candidate countries in the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative are Afghanistan, Chad, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Indonesia, Philippines, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago, and Ukraine.