ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on three points to facilitate progress: agree on general rules of the game—consensus, but not necessarily voting; don't get hung up on the legislative process and whether it should be a voluntary or mandatory initiative; and perhaps most importantly, accept power imbalances. Facilitating capacity building and mutual learning is a critical part of a governance entrepreneur's job. It might include anything from staff exchanges and peer learning to more formal training and guidance materials, or board and other stakeholder missions to implementing countries. Most of the academic literature on collective governance advises that time is taken first to simply establish trust. While national governments are ultimately responsible for implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), the co-operation and support of companies has been important in maintaining momentum and defining scope. No issue in the history of the EITI has created more debate than its role in relation to civil society.
