New EITI chair


Issue 316 - 28 Jan 2016 | 1 minute read

The board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has nominated former Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to replace Clare Short as head of the Oslo-based organisation. Short, a former UK development secretary, was elected as EITI chair in March 2011 and her term comes to an end at the EITI Global Conference in Lima in February. The EITI is a coalition of stakeholders from government, civil society, oil, gas and mining companies and investors, working together to promote open and accountable management of natural resources.

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