The report assesses whether national multi-stakeholder groups—the driving force of EITI—are operated and governed effectively. It comes at a timely moment for EITI, as countries prepare for validation under the EITI Standard in 2015...The report finds that while several countries have adopted some innovative governance practices, there are significant shortcomings of multi-stakeholder governance in most countries. A striking finding is that none of the countries assessed met all the governance requirements of EITI’s new rules, the EITI Standard.