Natural Resource Governance Institute

The Natural Resource Governance Institute promotes effective management of oil, gas, and mineral endowments to ensure that citizens of resource-rich countries benefit from the extraction of these resources. At the country level, the institute provides training, technical assistance, and advocacy support to local partners including civil society groups, the media, government ministries, and legislatures and promotes the uptake of global transparency and governance norms and practices. Over the next two years, the institute will focus on government and company disclosure of extractive sector information in a set of priority countries and promote the use of this information by civil society and citizen groups for advocacy.

The Natural Resource Governance Institute promotes more effective and open management of oil, gas, and mineral endowments to ensure that citizens of resource-rich countries benefit from the extraction of their natural resources. At a global level, the Institute’s initiatives include the Resource Governance Index and the Natural Resource Charter. At a country level, it provides training, technical assistance, and organizational support to local partners including civil society groups, the media, government ministries, and legislatures. Over the next two years, the Institute will focus activities in a set of priority countries while continuing to champion improved international norms for natural resource governance.