The International Institute for ICT Journalism (Penplusbytes) in collaboration with the Revenue Watch Institute (RWI) are sponsoring seven Ghanaian journalists to strengthen their knowledge and skills for reporting on the extractive sector in a 10 day workshop which will run from 14th – 25th of May 2012 in Kampala,Uganda. This workshop is a follow up of a similar workshop held earlier this year in Ghana and it forms part Penplusbytes and RWI “Strengthening Media Oversight of the Extractive Sectors in Ghana and Uganda with the aim of promoting good governance and an effective oversight of the oil, gas and mining (extractive) resources and revenues. The workshop will be a combination of knowledge and skills building session and the journalist will be exposed to the intricacies of oil and gas contracts, international legislations, environmental and community interests in the extractive industry. Experts will take the journalists transparency and accountability and share experiences of communities in where the industries are located. The seven Ghanaian journalists who forms the third of journalists to go through this course were drawn from print, radio and TV based on their experience in reporting on the extractive sector and have demonstrated interest and knowledge in the extractive sector and they will join a similar group of journalists from Uganda for this workshop. According to Kwami Ahiabenu, Team Leader of Penplusbytes, “The workshop will focus on taking journalists through the tools of the trade, with sessions on generating and executing story ideas, evidence-based reporting, financial reporting and investigation and analysis of issues in the industry.” The "Strengthening Media Oversight of the Extractive Sectors Pilot Programme" which started in 2011 aims at promoting good governance and an effective oversight of the oil, gas and mining (extractive) resources and revenues. The ultimate objective is to have a knowledgeable and active media which is critical to having an informed and engaged public, civil society and Parliament that can hold government to account.