Justine Greening, U.K. Secretary of State for International Development, today launched DfID’s new Open Aid Information platform at the Open Up! conference in London. The platform will provide detailed information on specific DfID projects in developing countries as well as activities by DfID partners, such as multilateral development banks and private sector contractors. DfID is the highest […]
Belgium has become the latest donor to sign the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), taking the total number of signatories up to 35. Belgium has shown leadership in the field of transparency, particularly in its support of the Busan common standard. Now by signing up to IATI, Belgium is demonstrating its continued commitment to the agenda. Through use of […]
The Canadian International Development Agency (Agence canadienne de développement international) has begun publishing their aid data to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). Canada signed up to IATI at the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness at Busan. CIDA’s publication – including important results information – is the first of its kind from a […]
Data covering five years of spending by United Nations organizations has now been made available on UNOPS new open information hub. Alongside the $56 billion worth of UN-wide procurement data, the data.unops.org site presents detailed information related to the 1,000+ projects UNOPS supports, in an interactive and accessible format. UNOPS is a central resource for […]
World Bank contracts will be available online as part of a global initiative to fight corruption and get governments to disclose their deals with private companies. In Johannesburg this week for the first Open contracting initiative meeting, Sanjay Pradhan, vice-president of the World Bank Institute said the organisation would “walk the talk”, ensuring its own contracts are disclosed […]
Dutch NGO HIVOS is the first major development organisation outside of the UK to publish their data to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). Releasing its entire project related information in accordance to the internationally agreed standard, the publication of ‘open data’ enables others to verify and compare activities of development organizations, governments and multilateral institutions. HIVOS, a […]
