The Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) completed a successful two-day workshop in Port Moresby city recently, led by the International Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), on the 11th of June 2025.
The Multi-Stakeholder Group members included representatives from PNG Core, ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies, MRDC, KPHL, OK Tedi Mining, Santos, Newmont, Kumul Minerals, K92 Mining Inc., and government departments including Finance, Treasury, National Planning and Monitoring, Petroleum and Energy, MRA, IPA, and others.
Civil society representatives included the Institute of National Affairs, CIMC, Transparency International PNG, CELCOR, and the PNG Resource Governance Coalition, who all participated in full-day sessions this week.
The International EITI stated in its presentation the need to improve extractive sector governance and transparency with promoting efforts and EITI Validation.
A full-day session focused on transparency in licensing, contracts, and beneficial ownership, as well as anti-corruption disclosures, gender considerations, and energy transition reporting.
The day concluded with a plenary session to agree on action points, and a targeted session for the National Secretariat to support the MSG.
ICAC made presentation on its roles and responsibilities in the country and how far investigations have been working effectively and where ICAC can work together with MSG and EITI on corruption issues in extractive sectors in the country.
Participants gained a clear understanding of the roles and functions of EITI in the country, and how the organization can be improved moving forward, since its establishment ten years ago.
The workshop clarified the roles and responsibilities of MSG members, strengthened their unified commitment to closing implementation gaps, and defined a roadmap to ensure PNG is fully prepared for its 2026 EITI Validation.