Update (4th April): We’ve received replies to eight letters already. Read the replies here.
On 9th February, a meeting of the International Aid Transparency Initiative Steering Committee in Paris will agree the final details of the global standard for publishing aid information. In advance of this meeting, 35 civil society organisations from around the world have urged aid donors to ensure that the agreement reached on 9th February “fully addresses the priority issues identified by partner countries”.
These include:
- the provision of up-to-date information on current and future aid flows; and
- ensuring that published information uses common definitions and formats that are compatible with partner countries’ budgets and systems.”
Read the letters below:
- Asian Development Bank IATI letter February 2011 (PDF, 625KB)
- Australia IATI letter February 2011 (PDF, 640KB)
- Denmark IATI letter February 2011 (PDF, 622KB)
- Europe IATI letter February 2011 (PDF, 622KB)
- Finland IATI letter February 2011 (PDF, 610KB)
- France IATI letter February 2011 (PDF, 612KB)
- GAVI IATI letter February 2011 (PDF, 622KB)
- Germany IATI letter February 2011 (PDF, 614KB)
- Hewlett IATI letter February 2011 (PDF, 623KB)
- Ireland IATI letter February 2011 (PDF, 623KB)
- Netherlands IATI letter February 2011 (PDF, 611KB)
- New Zealand IATI letter February 2011 (PDF, 609KB)
- Norway IATI letter February 2011 (PDF, 624KB)
- Spain IATI letter February 2011 (PDF, 611KB)
- Sweden IATI letter February 2011 (PDF, 608KB)
- Switzerland IATI letter February 2011 (PDF, 609KB)
- UK IATI letter February 2011 (PDF, 652KB)
- UNDP IATI letter February 2011 (PDF, 622KB)
- U.S. IATI letter February 2011 (PDF, 736KB)
- World Bank IATI letter February 2011 (PDF, 639KB)
IATI members need to agree an aid transparency standard that fully addresses the priority issues identified by partner countries. These include:
the provision of up-to-date information on current and future aid flows; and
ensuring that published information uses common definitions and formats that are compatible with partner countries’ budgets and systems.
the provision of up-to-date information on current and future aid flows; and
ensuring that published information uses common definitions and formats that are compatible with partner countries’ budgets and systems.



