Date: December 5, 2012 3:00pm – 04:00pm
Location: Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 940

The Government of Timor-Leste invited the Earth Institute and CCSI to advise on the sustainable management and use of  oil resources, in order to achieve higher living standards and sustainable development. One component of the project included the preparation of a sector study that assesses whether the Government can rely on agriculture, tourism and the petrochemical… read more

CCSI developed a background paper for a second workshop on Contract Negotiation Support for Developing Host Countries held at Columbia University in July 2012. The paper spelled out, for the purpose of guiding discussions, the nature and scope of developing countries’ needs for support, the existing sources of support, the missing elements and challenges to address to fully meet these needs, and some possible options for delivering additional support.

Guided by the belief that transparency is essential for governments, communities, civil society and investors, the VCC published a paper on the Business Case for Transparency presenting its findings.

Date: May 10, 2012 12:00pm – 02:00pm
Location: Jerome Greene Hall, Room 546

In June 2011, CCSI released a consultative draft report on Resource-Based Sustainable Development in the Lower Zambezi Basin, the result of a year-long inquiry into how the vast resource deposits in Tete province, combined with other major investments along the Nacala and Beira corridors, can be the basis for sustainable, equitable and inclusive growth in the Lower Zambezi Basin…. read more

Date: May 2, 2011 4:00pm
Location: JGH 940

The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has been working to write rules for the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act for several months now. Of particular interest to CCSI is section 1504, which would require oil, gas and mining companies to report payments made to governments for those natural resources. The law takes… read more

Date: October 27, 2010 9:30am – October 28, 2010 5:30pm
Location: Faculty House, Columbia University, New York

Date: October 6, 2010 10:00am – 11:30am
Location: World Bank Group Annual Meetings, Washington D.C.