Sør-Varanger is the first municipality in Norway that has adopted “extended country-by-country reporting” as a public procurement criterion for large purchases and competitive tendering of services. This shows that Sør-Varanger has understood how creative tax evasions take place and knows which
NBIM wants companies to be transparent in the tax area. The expectation is now that the Petroleum Fund must become even better at transparency.
Norges Bank's appointment of Nicolai Tangen must not change the Petroleum Fund's work for transparency in international companies.
TRACE 2014-2015
In 2014-2015, PWYP Norway organized the fourth round of the capacity building programme TRACE (Transparency and Accountability in the Extractive Industries). The TRACE-programme 2014-2015 aimed at increasing the capacity of civil society in four resource rich countries in Latin America: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Guatemala.
TRACE 2013-2014
In 2013-2014, PWYP Norway delivered the third round of its TRACE programme. This round of the programme aimed at increasing the capacity of civil society in six resource-rich countries in Africa, namely Ghana, Liberia, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. The countries were grouped based on geographic and linguistic factors, to allow both for regional network creation and for learning and sharing in a common language.
Module 1 of the programme was held in Oslo, Norway, on 18-28 November 2013.
Module 2 was held Kampala, Uganda, on 7-9 April 2014.
TRACE 2008-2009
In 2008-2009, TRACE was offered in Africa for English speaking participants with 27 civil society representatives from seven countries taking part and forming a vibrant regional network across both countries and different civil society actors (NGOs, workers’ unions and the media).
Countries represented: Ghana, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia
TRACE 2010-2011
The second round of the TRACE programme was concluded in October 2011. 17 participants from three Latin-American countries successfully completed the programme, representing a variety of civil society organisations (NGOs, workers’ unions and the media) working for transparency and accountability in the extractive industries.
