Advisory Centre Sample Clauses

Advisory Centre. The Advisory Centre provides focused technical assistance and capacity building to developing country government institutions responsible for governance of the extractive sectors at national and regional levels. Technical assistance provided by the Centre will address governance issues related to the impact of in-country and international legal systems for acquiring and securing legal rights, negotiation and drafting of resource extraction agreements, due diligence and risk assessment (environmental and social), resource revenue management, anti-corruption legislation, policies and compliance and enforcement requirements, corporate social responsibility programs, codes of conduct, best practices and normative guidelines. Coalition Members and strategic partners have established relationships and are ready to engage in projects that relate to Institute programming areas for strengthening resource governance in developing countries. It is anticipated that activities within the Advisory Centre comprise a range of integrated, capacity-building initiatives including resource databases, the development of online technical assistance tools, assessments of global standards, and engagement with governments and parliamentarians. These projects will initiate from priority areas and needs identified from the other Activity Centres, strategic partners and directed requests received from developing countries. The Centre will undertake the activities listed below in support of its mandate to provide technical assistance to government institutions and stakeholders with roles and responsibilities in the extractive sectors of developing countries.
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