Zambia EITI Launch of EITI in Zambia Background The global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) was established in 2002. EITI has since become well established and a well recognized broad-based global coalition of resource rich countries, donors, major companies, civil society groups, and investors. Read the Full Story

Validation Process Zambia’s Validation Process Validation is a quality assurance process undertaken at the end of implementation of the various steps of the initiative. In this regard Zambia has published a Work Plan and established a multi-stakeholder working group, the Zambia EITI Council (ZEC) to spearhead the implementation of the EITI process. Read the Full Story

Mining Tax Understanding Tax in Zambia’s Mining Industry The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) as a government agency that administers taxes plays a very important role in the activities of ZEITI. It provides an important input into the ZEITI process by implementing company income tax, mineral royalty, customs duties, excise duty, export duty, carbon emission surtax Read the Full Story

SADC backs EITI SADC CSOs to back EITI THE civil society organisations in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region have resolved to support the implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Zambia. Read the Full Story