The Chair welcomed the MSG members and made some opening remarks. Chair opened the meeting, stressing the importance ofbeing a fully-fledged EITI member. He noted the tight timeframe for publication of the first MEITI report and asked members to prioritise and focus on the target

The objectives the meeting is to make discussion between MSG representatives regarding the next steps of MEITI implementation, to review on tasks carried by sub-committees and to make decision on the tasks and discussion on the points requested by CSO representatives.