Good news for IATI today as The Hewlett Foundation became the second donor to publish to the IATI standard, releasing data on their global development and international population grantmaking. The Foundation’s move to publish their data to IATI is part of a trend of foundations that have expressed interest and support for IATI. As aidinfo […]
The General Court of the European Union ruled on Tuesday that the EU Council must make countries’ positions on the EU’s access to documents reform available to citizens. The case was brought forward by access to information campaign, Access Info Europe. Executive Director of the campaign, Helen Darbishire, said “Public debate is essential before legislation […]
FreeBalance, a Government Resource Planning Enterprise announced on the 15th March that the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste has launched their web-based Transparency Portal. The Timor-Leste Transparency Portal allows citizens to access historical and recent government financial information to monitor state funds’ effectiveness. Detail provided includes amounts allocated expenditure location, and program data. […]
Civil society organisations of the IATI Steering Committee have written to donors congratulating them on developing a common standard for aid information. We look forward to the implementation of IATI in advance of the fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan in November 2011. ADB IATI Implementation letter March 2011 Australia IATI Implementation […]
The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) on the 1st March released their 2011 Multilateral Aid Review (MAR) which included an assessment of the transparency and accountability of multilateral aid agencies. The review “asks whether organisations make comprehensive information about their policies and projects readily available to outsiders. It also asks whether they are accountable […]
On March 1st the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report demonstrating the necessity of interagency coordination, up to date information and federal transparency if taxpayers’ money is to be best spent to best effect. The first annual GAO report was requested by Congress to identify where government programs are overlapping, duplicated or fragmented. The […]
