This is the two-day workshop held on 26 and 27 February at Dawei Hotel, Dawei, Thaninthayi region. There are altogether 72 participants in Day 1 and 60 participants in Day 2 attended the workshop respectively, and the attendees include the relevant regional minister, speaker of the regional parliament, regional MPs, the government officials from the concerned departments, the representatives from the invited CSO, private companies, the donor representatives, and invited media.

The objectives of the workshop are: To have awareness about EITI process and its implications in Myanmar; To increase awareness and exchange of information among participants about extractive governance challenges in the area; To have understanding about SNU – Role, ToR and functions of Sub- national Committees; and Sub-national coordination committee is formed in Thaninthayi region. The two day workshop encompass introduction about EITI and its implementation in Myanmar, introduction to EITI Standard, sharing of challenges and findings on first EITI report reconciliation process and implementing of recommendation from the first EITI report, potential challenges and opportunities for implementation of EITI in the sub/national level, sharing of SNU ToR, formation of SNU in Thaninthayi region and discussion on next steps of SNU.

The workshop was jointly facilitated by the responsible individuals from NCS, from MEITI-MOBD and representatives from MSG.