Mauritania
Factbox
Mauritania’s predominant natural resources are minerals (iron ore, gypsum, copper phosphate, gold and diamonds) as well as fish and petrol. From 2000 – 2005 iron ore represented 53.4% of its total exports and made up 16.2% of the country’s GDP. Mauritania ranks 15th in the world’s list of iron ore producers, producing 11,000 of tonnes of iron ore in 2010. Oil production started in 2006 and Mauritania’s proven and probable oil reserves have been estimated at around 600 million barrels.
CIA World Factbook, EITI, IMF Guide on Resource Revenue Transparency, USGS
EITI status: Compliant
Visit Mauritania’s EITI page
About the campaign
The coalition in Mauritania was launched in August 2006 and is made up of a central coalition office ; a steering committee and a technical team. It focuses on four specific issues: the implementation of EITI in Mauritania ; influencing national legislation ; promoting social responsibility through transparency in the use of revenues and campaigning for transparency of contracts. Some of its greatest achievements include the training of thematic groups in advocacy techniques and the special dispensation toward extractive cities included in the state’s budget.
Coordinateur Technique
Ba Aliou Coulibaly
+222 46 45 55 04
Recent activities
29 January 2013 – PWYP Mauritania’s technical coordinator published a paper on Mauritania’s progress, or lack of, on EITI
8 – 11 December 2011 – The coalition organised a workshop to train local and regional NGOs to better engage with the EITI. Sessions covered the objectives of the EITI and the role civil society can play in its implementation. Participants also analysed and evaluated the Mauritanian EITI report of 2009 and provided recommendations as to how these reports can be improved in the future.
29 June 2011 – The Mauritanian coalition held an extraordinary Assembly General. The members elected and installed a new coalition board comprised of six members.
Coalition members
Association des femmes chefs de famille
Association mauritanienne des droits de l’homme
Association mauritanienne pour l’auto développement
Association nationale de la presse indépendante
Comité de solidarité pour les victimes des violations des droits humains
Confédération générale des travailleurs de Mauritanie
Confédération libre des travailleurs de Mauritanie
Cyber forum
Editeurs de la presse indépendante
Forum national des organisations des droits humains
Forum national pour la défense des droits de la femme
Groupe d’Etudes et de Recherches sur la Démocratie et le Développement Economique et Social
Ligue mauritanienne des droits de l’homme
Mauritanie 2000
Mer Bleue
Mer Propre
Ordre des Avocats
Réseau Mauritanien pour la Promotion des Droits de la Femme
SOS / Esclaves
Union des syndicats libres de Mauritanie
Union des travailleurs de Mauritanie
Union générale des travailleurs de Mauritanie
Union nationale des travailleurs de Mauritanie
