Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (Senegal)

Senegal is not dependent on extractive industries, with extractive revenues accounting for less 2% of government revenues. However Senegal it is a leading producer of phosphates, with an annual production of 2.6 million tonnes in 2017. In parallel Senegal produces a modest, but growing, quantity of gold, natural gas, and construction materials. It holds important reserves of gold, iron ore and marble. Social tensions have arisen around community relations, subnational revenue transfers and environmental protection.

In addition to the national EITI multi-stakeholder group, Parliamentarians  established a Parliamentary Network on Transparency in 2014 to use EITI to improve transparency and public understanding of the management of natural resources.