Report urges Canada to join IATI
A major Canadian report, ‘A Time to Act: Implementing the ODA Accountability Act, A Canadian CSO Agenda for Aid Reform’ was launched today, 26th May 2010 by The Canadian Council for International Cooperation (CICC).
The report urges Canada to join the ‘International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) [which] sets out donor commitments to principles and practices that meet high and comparable standards in aid transparency and accountability.’ This important recommendation to join the 18 current signatories of IATI is set within an agenda for improving the effectiveness of Canadian aid in accordance with the Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) Accountability Act.
Read ‘A Time To Act’.