Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)

Training and capacity development building change agents' knowledge and creating networks of reform-minded individuals is one of the linchpins of nrgi's work. As online offerings became the only way to conduct certain types of capacity building, nrgi built on past online successes. At the global level, we transformed nrgi's advanced Resource Governance course, usually held in person in a single location, into a fully online course combining live lectures, question-and-answer sessions, multimedia content, forum discussions and group work. Our in-country programming also pivoted to virtual offerings.

Researchnrgi published cross-country analyses of government responses to the fiscal challenges posed by the coronavirus and related swings in commodity prices. To facilitate this work, we continued to draw on our national oil company database as an analytical tool. These quick analyses often led to action-in ghana, nrgi was able to support and work alongside civil society in preventing risky government pandemic response proposals, including the controversial agyapa gold royalty deal.

International advocacyon the global level, we supported significant improvements to global standards for commodity trading guidelines and reporting requirements at the extractive industries transparency initiative (eiti). We used our expertise to influence standards of the eiti, global reporting initiative (gri), and the organization for economic co-operation and development (oecd) to bring energy transition issues to the fore of these norm-setting bodies. Nrgi also worked alongside these partners to facilitate stronger standards and focus on anti-corruption issues. In the private sector, nrgi shared recommendations and facilitated dialogue on strategies to lessen corruption risks when doing business with state-owned enterprises.