F.A.Q

The Global Strategy aims to identify areas where there is value in national coalitions working together across borders. There will be areas of alignment/overlap between the Global Strategy and national PWYP priorities.

The Global Strategy has identified priorities for collective learning that will support engagement at the community level – understanding the costs and benefits of extraction and the impact of sub-national benefit sharing mechanisms. The Global principles (people’s right to know and right to participate in decisions that affect them) are relevant at the community level.

If you think there are areas where PWYP should be coordinating action across multiple countries then please feed these back as part of the consultation process.

February 2017: PWYP Global Council and Board initiated the strategic planning process and formed a Sub-Committee to guide its development. The process has been facilitated by an independent consultant, supported by the PWYP Secretariat.

March/April 2017: The consultant conducted initial stakeholder interviews and national coalitions and members were informed about the launch of the strategy process. Explanatory papers were prepared and videos were recorded.

April 2017 - Global Council and Board Meeting: The Global Council and Board set the scope of the strategy process and considered global trends, PWYP’s strengths and weaknesses and priority areas for collective action.

Mid July to September 2017 – Member survey: An on-line consultation survey gathered feedback from over 170 PWYP members from 49 countries.

July 2017 – PWYP Africa Conference: A consultation session asked members to identify areas where they would want to work together across their sub-regions.

September 2017 – PWYP Eurasia Conference: Participants spent a day discussing the strategy and considering potential global priority areas.

October 2017 – Global Council and Board Meeting: The Global Council and Board reviewed the findings of the process so far and discussed potential priority areas for collective action.

March 2018 – Webinar on Decision to Extract and Future of Extraction: A think piece was developed and a discussion involving PWYP members from across the globe took place online.

April 2018 – Webinar on Tax Justice and Extractives: Tax Justice Network Africa prepared a think piece to stimulate discussions around tax and extractives.

May 2018 - Global Council and Board Meeting: The Global Council and Board discussed a draft strategy and provided feedback on the document. This was further refined by the consultant and the secretariat working with the Sub-Committee.

July 2018 – The member consultation on the new Strategy is launched.

July 2018 – September 2018 Consultation period – Members are encouraged to respond to the questions in the consultation survey. Where possible, national coalitions are encouraged to discuss the draft Global Strategy in a face-to-face meeting if possible.

October 2018 – The feedback on the Global Strategy will be compiled and analysed. The consultant working with the Secretariat and the Sub Committee will develop a revised version of the strategy in response to the feedback.

November 2018 Global Council[JR3] and Africa Steering Committee Meeting - At this meeting the Global Council and the Africa Steering Committee will agree a revised final version of the Global Strategy.

November and December 2018: National Coalitions will be invited to endorse the Global Strategy.

January 2019 PWYP Global Assembly: If National Coalitions have endorsed the Strategy then it will be adopted and the Global Goals and Priorities will guide global collective action from 2020 – 2025.

Once the Global Strategy has been adopted then the PWYP Secretariat will begin work on an operational[JR4] plan that will set out how the strategy will be implemented and resourced from 2020 – 2025.

The Global Strategy will shape the Secretariat’s annual workplan and the Global Council will drive strategic implementation. By endorsing the Global Strategy, national coalitions are committing to working on areas in the Global Strategy that are relevant to their national context. The Secretariat will develop appropriate tools and resources to support national coalitions to identify where their priorities align with the Global Strategy.

The operational plan will identify how the Secretariat will coordinate global collective action and what support will be available for national coalitions and members to strengthen their capacity and share their learning. A five-year budget and fundraising strategy for the Global Strategy will also be developed.

National coalitions will be encouraged to align their strategies with the Global Goals and Priorities in order to maximise PWYP’s collective impact and to benefit from Secretariat support.

The Global Goals and Priorities were identified through the consultation process involving members and the Global Council and Board.

The key criteria for prioritisation has been whether PWYP has relevant knowledge and experience in this area and whether there is potential and value in global coordinated action or learning.

There are priority areas that have been identified for global collective action (payment disclosure, contract disclosure and beneficial ownership disclosure) because these are areas that have a strong transnational element and where PWYP can play a decisive role in promoting global norms.

In addition, there are priority areas that have been identified for collective learning (the costs and benefits of extraction, sub-national benefit sharing mechanisms) as these are relevant for members across many countries and collective learning will strengthen our effectiveness.

The explicit setting of Global Goals and Priorities is new.

The Strategy and prioritisation process is, in part, about being more transparent and accountable about where collective resources and effort will be focused. With Vision 2020, it isn’t clear which aspects of the Chain for Change were being prioritised by the Global Council (and therefore by the international Secretariat).

The strategy also recognises that there are benefits to belonging to PWYP beyond working together on payment disclosure or other global advocacy priorities.These include opportunities for learn from each other and to mobilise in solidarity when others are under threat.

There are four important shifts in the new PWYP Global Strategy are:

• The explicit focus on the importance of citizen participation, civic space and people’s right and ability to be involved in natural resource governance and decisions that affect them. This focus on accountability complements the continued efforts of PWYP to promote transparency and disclosure of information.
• The identification of key priority areas where PWYP will coordinate action and share learning and effectiveness. This provides greater focus and clarity to balance the breadth and comprehensive nature of the Chain for Change which guides PWYP work at the national and local level. It will help us to articulate our collective impact and the value of being part of PWYP for members.
• The recognition that new global climate-related commitments may reduce reliance on fossil fuels as a source of energy in the coming years, and that this trend will impact on the economic viability of extraction.
• The acknowledgement that at the community level there are significant environmental and social impacts that are not counter-balanced by funding/revenues from extraction.

This is addressed in priority 4.3. The Global Strategy covers the period to 2025. It is likely that there will be new opportunities that will emerge before 2025 and PWYP may want to respond to them.

Responding to new opportunities and taking up new issues will have resource implications. Any significant change in areas of collective action and learning will need to be reflected in an update to the strategy endorsed by the Global Council to ensure that a full discussion about prioritisation and resourcing has taken place.