The Chair, Dr. Maung Maung Thein, welcomed the MSG members and outlined the aims and objectives of the meeting. He highlighted the significant progress made so far on the development of the MSG Terms of Reference (TOR) and the Workplan, and informed members that work is underway to produce Myanmar’s EITI candidacy application. He then also highlighted the important of submitting the application as soon as possible, for review by the EITI International Board at their next meeting.