Preparation of Thematic DIP Mining and Environmental Sector in NTB Province: Innovation of Government Openness Policies

Since the implementation of regional autonomy in 2001, efforts to improve governance have been ongoing with all kinds of innovations that have been…

Becoming an Activist, a Story of a Former Illegal Miner

Novi, not her real name, was an illegal miner. Now, she is surprisingly interested in participating in overseeing mining activities around where she…

Newsletter – Open Contracting – December 2019

Assessing Opportunities for Mining Contract and Licenses Transparency in West Nusa Tenggara from Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Indonesia

Improving People’s Live Around Mining Areas: Open Up Access to Information & Participation

The government of West Nusa Tenggara Province issued a Local Government Regulation on Mining Governance in September 2019. In this newly-issued…

Improvement of Community Capacity in Mining Monitoring in West Nusa Tenggara Province

Community involvement and active participation is very much needed in the supervision of mining activities, bearing in mind that mining activities…

Accessing Mining License Information: Inspiring Others by One’s Action

Written by: Abdurrahman Wahid, Knowledge Manager SOMASI NTB “The mining industry has been destroying the environment,” explained Jamhur about West…

The Role and Public Participation on Mining Regulation in West Nusa Tenggara Province

West Nusa Tenggara Province (NTB) in September 2019 has enacted Local Regulation Number 9 of 2019 on Management of Mineral and Coal Mining. It…

Improving Transparency and Accountability of Mining Governance in NTB

Transparency and accountability are critical preconditions in mining governance. Those two principles are keys of meaningful public participation in…

Paris EITI Global Conference: What’s New in the EITI Standard

Ahead of summer of 2019, around 1000 participants attended the 8th EITI Global Conference which held in OECD Conference Center, last June 17th-19th…