77766 Democratic Republic of Congo Updated Economic Governance Matrix May 3, 2013 N° Actions Deadline Responsable Agency Remarks A- Strengthen transparency and governance in the extractive industries 1. Adoption of competitive, transparent and open End December 2013 Ministry of Mining New measure. procedures for the sales of mining assets of State’s Mining Cadaster (CAMI) portfolio, and for the establishment of joint ventures. Ministry of Portfolio Prime Minister’s Office 2. Publication within 60 days of all information related to Continuous Ministry of Mining Existing measure (i) assets sales in State’s portfolio, (ii) joint ventures Ministry of Portfolio (Old measure 1). established and (iii) investments projects already Prime Minister’s Office initiated by mining SOEs; and publication of procedures used to the sale each asset. 3. Publication of statistics on production and exports (by Twice a year and Ministry of Mining New measure. quantity and value) for (i) total export data for the annually mining sector, and (ii) export data for mining SOEs. (July; January) 4. Preparation by Government and submission to Annually Prime Minister’s Office New measure. Parliament of the annual report on the sale of assets (Mars) Ministry of Mining and joint ventures carried out by mining SOEs. B- Enhance transparency and governance in the management of State Owned Enterprises 5. Preparation and publication of opening balances for key June 2014 Ministry of Portfolio New measure. SOEs. The first perimeter includes: RVA (National Airways Management Agency), SCTP (Transport and Port Company, former ONATRA) and SCPT (National Post and Telecom Company). 6. Preparation and publication of audited financial End December 2014 Ministry of Portfolio New measure. statements of SOEs, which have already their opening accounts approved by the Board. The first perimeter 1 includes: Gecamines (mining sector), SNCC (Railway), REGIDESO (Water) and SNEL (electricity). 7. Adoption and publication of performance contracts Annually Ministry of Portfolio New measure. signed between the State and SOEs recently (March 2014 1) transformed to commercial enterprises. 8. Publication of technical and operational audit reports Annually Ministry of Portfolio New measure. for each performance contract signed between the (March 2015 2) State and SOEs recently transformed to commercial enterprises. C- Strengthen governance and biodiversity in the forestry sector and prepare DRC for financing on REDD+ program 9. Completion of the legal review process of forestry licenses, and fight against illegal exploitation a) Publication of signed forest concession Twice a year Ministry of Environment Existing measure contracts and the key documentation including (July; January) (Old measure 10b) the management and business plan, and the social responsibility clauses. b) Publication of (i) the updated list of forestry Twice a year Ministry of Environment Existing measure rights holders, (ii) the list of forestry right (July; January) Ministry of Finance (DGRAD) (Old measure 12,13 and holders including logging permits that have 14) overdue payment on all types of forestry taxes, and (iii) information on enforcement measures to collect those taxes. 10. Improved transparency in the forestry and biodiversity sector a) Publication of the Independent Observer of Twice a year Ministry of Environment New measure. Forest Law Enforcement reports(OI-FLEG) 3 (July; January) 1 The adoption and publication of performance contracts will be done in 2 phases: the first phase will include 7 SOEs (SCTP, RVA, CVM, GECAMINES; SOKIMO, SONAS and COHYDRO) for which the publication is due by March 2014, and the second phase for the remaining SOEs by December 2014. 2 The publication of technical and operational audit reports will be made by March 2015 for the 7 SOEs covered by the first phase, and by December 2015 for SOEs of the second phase. 3 The Lecture Committee of OI-FLEG reports will be revised to include forest operators and civil society representatives. 2 b) Publication of the report of the Control Program Twice a year Ministry of Environment New measure. for Production and Marketing of Wood (PCPCB) (July; January) with a focus on the priorities zones. 11. Implementation of the REDD+ program a) Publication of progress made on preparation of Twice a year Ministry of Environment New measure. “Readiness Package.� (July; January) b) Adoption of a national land management plan December 2015 Ministry of Environment New measure in line with the national REDD+ strategy. Twice a year Ministry of Mines To be implemented with (July; January) Ministry of Hydrocarbon Norwegian funding Ministry of Infrastructure however not yet finalized. c) Selection of key land reforms for the December 2015 Ministry of Land Affairs New measure establishment of economic development zones, Twice a year To be implemented with and implementation of pilot REDD+ initiatives. (July; January) Norwegian funding however not yet finalized. d) Adoption of REDD+ norms for investments in December 2015 Ministry of Environment New measure the mining and hydrocarbon sectors in specific Twice a year Ministry of Mines To be implemented with forestry zones. (July; January) Ministry of Hydrocarbon Norwegian funding however not yet finalized. e) Implementation of National Funding for REDD+ September 2013 Ministry of Finances New measure. program by mobilizing external resources. Ministry of Environment D- Enhance transparency and accountability in the management of extractive industries 12. Adoption by the National EITI Executive Committee and July 2014 Ministry of Planning New measure. publication on the international (www.itie.org) and Ministry of Mining national EITI websites of the 4th National EITI report for Ministry of Hydrocarbon 2011, covering mining and petroleum revenues. National EITI Secretariat 13. Establishment of a participatory monitoring and December 2013 Ministry of Mining (CTCPM, Existing measure. dialogue platform including all the stakeholders PROMINES) (Old measure 26) (Government, Civil Society, public and private Ministry of Environment enterprises) in charge of the management of natural Ministry of Hydrocarbon 3 resources. E- Strengthen Public Financial Management 14. Establishment of Public Procurement Management Units: a) In SOEs recently transformed to commercial December 2013 Ministry of Portfolio Existing measure. enterprises. Ministry of Budget (Old Measure 34) ARMP b) Public procurement institutions, regulatory December 2014 Provincial Government Existing measure. and control units in all provinces. Ministry of Budget (Old measure 36, 37) ARMP c) Adoption and dissemination of the December 2013 Provincial Government Existing measure. provincial laws in the remaining provinces. Ministry of Budget (Old measure 37) ARMP 15. Preparation of annual review of public procurement Annually ARMP Existing measure. system. (June) (Old measure 43) F- Improve transparency and efficiency in public financial management 16. Improved budget preparation at the national level a) Respect of budget calendar in line with the Continuous Ministry of Budget New measure. Financial Law. Ministry of Finance Sectoral Ministries b) Submission to Parliament of a three-year sector Annually Ministry of Budget New measure. (n, n+1, n+2) expenditure budget planning (starting with the 2015 Ministry of Finance This measure will build together with the draft budget law of the year draft budget law) on the recommendations “n�, based on the PEMFAR recommendations. of the PEMFAR to be delivered in 2014. 17. Publication on Ministry of Finance’s website of State Quarterly Ministry of Finance Existing measure. revenues in the extractive industries. (April; July, October, (DGI and DGRAD) (Old measure 24) January) 18. Publication of budget execution reports on transfers Quarterly Ministry of Finance New measure. from the central government to the provincial (April; July, October, Ministry of Budget government. January) 4 19. Publication of budget execution reports on budget Quarterly Ministry of Budget New measure. allocation to social sectors ( pro-poor spending). (April; July, October, January) 20. Submission of the Budget execution report « Loi de Annually Ministry of Finance New measure. reglement » to Parliament and the General Auditor (May) Ministry of Budget (Cour des Comptes) for review. 21. Publication on ARMP’s website of the audit report on Annually ARMP Existing measure. public procurement upon approval by the ARMP Board. (June) (Old measure 44) G- Strengthen the legal and regulatory framework in the petroleum sector 22. Publication of the legal and regulatory framework as well as oil agreements and the mapping of blocks: a) Publication and dissemination of the new December 2013 Ministry of Hydrocarbon Existing measure. hydrocarbon law on the Ministry of (Old measure 17b, 17 d) Hydrocarbon website. b) Publication within 60 days following approval, Continuous Ministry of Hydrocarbon Existing measure. of all oil agreements as well as exploration and (Old measure 17c) development permits; and publication of all existing oil agreements. c) Publication on the Ministry of Hydrocarbon December 2013 Ministry of Hydrocarbon Existing measure. website of the map of oil blocks, granted or (Old measure 17e) open, including the holders of the exploration and exploitation rights as well as the expiration dates of those rights. 5