Azerbaijan offers rules for EITI countries

According to Trend, some countries present extracts from the reports of the state statistics committees of their countries and present them to as reports on transparency initiative. At present a procedure confirming the implementation of the initiative by a country is under designing. It will implemented by independent experts.

Sharifov noted that the meeting on 5 April focused on a packet of proposals on EITI, as well as issue on the preparation for the third meeting on EITI due in Oslo, Norway.

A report on the transparency initiative on the first half-year will be submitted April 15, 2006. It will be presented to an independent auditor. A report on the result of the last year will be submitted August 15.

However, the participants in the project should define the quotations on payment of auditor services. The auditor services comprise no more than $30,000 and firstly BP paid them. At present the companies are to coordinate the scale and size of the payment.