Katie Welford

Focus on transparency in UK government’s development spending reviews welcomed by Development Initiatives and Publish What You Fund

By Katie Welford | Dec 1, 2016 | News

Development Initiatives and Publish What You Fund welcome the strong emphasis on increased transparency in the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID)’s long-awaited Bilateral Development Review and Multilateral Development Review, both published today. DFID has been a leading player in global efforts to improve transparency for many years and in these latest reviews we see […]

Event: Transparency in development cooperation – Much done, much left to do

By Katie Welford | Nov 22, 2016 | Events

Publish What You Fund will take part in an event at the High Level Meeting in Nairobi as part of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC). The event is being co-hosted by the African Development Bank, UNDP, World Food Programme and IATI. It will run from 7.45 – 9.00am in the Lenana Room […]

An assessment of U.S aid transparency – two reports launched today

By Katie Welford | Oct 21, 2016 | News

Two reports are launched today in Washington DC at an event organised by the Board of Friends of Publish What You Fund and Oxfam America. The reports outline the gains made to date on aid transparency in the U.S. and provide recommendations to the next Administration on how to maintain and indeed improve progress. Featuring data […]

Event: How can data revolutionize development?

By Katie Welford | Oct 13, 2016 | Events

The Board of Friends of Publish What You Fund and Oxfam America are holding an event to launch two reports reviewing the state of aid transparency in the U.S. and making recommendations to the next Administration. Where National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC When Friday October 21, 2016 9.00 – 11.00 AM […]

Event: Joined-up Data Standards and OpenAg projects at IODC 2016

By Katie Welford | Sep 29, 2016 | Events

The International Open Data Conference will take place in Madrid from 6-7th October 2016. Two of Publish What You Fund’s projects will be running sessions and welcome participation from those attending the conference. The OpenAg Funding project is running the session Open agricultural funding: Breaking down the silos 11.00 – 12.00, Friday 7th October, Room F. […]

Why joined-up data is a political, not technical, challenge

By Katie Welford | Sep 29, 2016 | Events

Tom Orrell, Senior Advocacy Officer for the Joined-up Data project, presented a lunchtime lecture at the Open Data Institute tackling the theme of ‘Why joined-up data is a political, not technical, challenge’. You can watch his presentation below. The Joined-up Data project is a partnerhsip between Publish What You Fund and Development Initiatives.

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