"Azerbaijan downgraded to candidate country", 15 April 2015

Azerbaijan’s EITI status was…downgraded from ‘compliant’ to ‘candidate’…The Board had called for an early validation following deep concern for the ability of civil society to engage critically in the EITI process in Azerbaijan. Clare Short, Chair of the EITI, said: “There has been some progress in addressing our concerns, but further work is needed to ensure that civil society in Azerbaijan can participate in the EITI in a meaningful way…”