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MESSAGE FROM KARIN

This month sees the promise of new political emphasis on aid transparency in the UK, the U.S. and Sweden.

We welcome the launch of the Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation's transparency guarantee and the announcement by Andrew Mitchell, the new UK Minister for International Development, that aid transparency is at the heart of securing his top priority of value for money.

In the U.S. the USAID Administrator, Dr. Shah has said, "You should expect extreme transparency.” Despite being able to comment on the leaked copy of the Presidential Study Directive, the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review remains elusive.

NEWS THIS MONTH

Job Vacancy for Publish What You Fund Communications and Advocacy Manager closes this Friday.

Haiti Reconstruction Platform launched – a great site demonstrating the value of aid transparency.

Data.WorldBank.Org has made a huge amount of development data available online, for free and in ‘mashable’ format.

CONCORD AidWatch report finalised with contributions from all 27 EU Member States. The EU is off track on 2010 targets and the MDGs and member states are still inflating their aid figures.

World Bank working paper analyzes measures for aid quality and donor rankings.

The Aid Transparency Movement by David Sasaki gives a comprehensive overview of the issues and where we are now.

WHO WE RECOMMEND

Tiri is an independent non-governmental organisation that works with governments, business and civil society to find practical solutions to making integrity work.

The Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure at ODI helps to shape and drive the agenda for international development assistance.

The International Budget Partnership has a new website where you can find tools and resources to influence and monitor public budgets and improve government transparency and accountability.

UPCOMING EVENTS

III Ancorage-Net biannual meeting Lisbon, 18^th- 19^th May

GEARC Defense and Foreign Ministers' meeting Brussles, 18^th- 19^th May

OBM Federal spending transparency conference Washington D.C., 20^th May

Oxfam America panel discussion on improving aid results Washington D.C., 21^st May

ONE’s Data Report launch Canada, U.S., Germany, 25^th May

Interaction Forum workshops Washington D.C., 2^nd - 4^th June

AidWatch Report launch 10^th June

IATI partner country meeting Paris, 6^th July

IATI signatories and steering committee meetings Paris, 7^th July

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