This is a report of the findings from a learning focused evaluation of Publish What You Pay’s (PWYP) innovative Data Extractors’ (DE) programme. The programme, supported by the Omidyar Network, the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) and Oxfam Denmark, was a direct response to the
publication of the first mandatory disclosure (‘payments to governments’) reports in Norway, the EU and Canada.
PWYP aimed to develop the capacity of its members to access, analyse and use mandatory disclosure and other data from individual research projects in their campaigns. 23 participants took part in 2 year-long courses involving a combination of face to face workshops and remote mentoring. The programme took a learning by doing approach to enable participants to uncover discrepancies and interesting stories that could then be packaged and communicated in case
studies among other formats. Face to face meetings were intended to develop connections and peer support between participants. They also aimed to encourage collaborative projects between members from the Global North and members in resource rich countries in the Global South. In addition, PWYP had a scaling aim. Programme designers hoped that the Data Extractors would gain sufficient knowledge and skills to take up the training baton, contributing to a small but active data community within the PWYP coalition.
In June 2019 the PWYP Secretariat commissioned independent consultant Brendan O’Donnell to conduct an evaluation of its work in line with its 2016 – 2018 Business Plan. This was to assess Secretariat progress made against the plan and inform the development of the next Secretariat plan. The evaluation was informed by desk research and 26…
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Consolidating progress: defining our shared vision for an accountable and inclusive extractives sector PWYP Trustee's Annual Report and Financial Accounts 2018 for the period ended 31 December 2018 2018 was a pivotal year both for the PWYP Secretariat and for the global PWYP movement. We entered the final year of our 2016-18 business plan, which…
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In light of PWYP’s efforts to promote training, learning, and access to information by citizens, the question arises: To what extent are insights from disclosure reports being shared and understood by communities who host mining, oil, and gas projects in Canada? This project set out to contact journalists at Canadian municipal newspapers with the aim…
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