It has been a momentous day for open government data. This morning the UK government announced its release of all data on central government spending above £25 000 – totalling around £80bn of the annual £670bn spend. At the launch, which Publish What You Fund attended, Francis Maude said “We are moving from need to […]
Publish What You Fund will be launching the first global Aid Transparency Assessment in Washington, DC in December. December 8th at the World Bank 14:00 – 16:00 pm, MC2-800, 1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC. With: Karin Christiansen, Publish What You Fund, and Senior Bank staff – speakers to be confirmed. December 9th at Brookings […]
Today Publish What You Fund and 49 other civil society organisations, agencies and networks, urged EU development leaders to fulfill commitments made at the Accra High Level Forum, and to define a common European position on mutual accountability and transparency. The letters were sent to Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis […]
“Transparent Aid” by Karin Christiansen, Director of Publish What You Fund, features in the November edition of Interaction’s Monday Development’s Magazine. The article discusses the potential role for greater aid transparency in U.S. Global Development Policy. Outlining the current reporting framework and habits of the many U.S. aid-giving agencies, Christiansen describes a system which has […]
The Bangkok Call for Action is a set of recommendations which have been developed at the Asia-Pacific Climate Change Finance and Aid Effectiveness dialogue held on 19th-20th October 2010 in Bangkok. The meeting focussed on the necessity of climate funding being used effectively, and as such transparency in funds was highlighted as a prerequisite. The […]
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has this month released its Business Plan for 2011–2015. Central to the plan is a commitment to ensuring aid transparency within DFID to deliver value for money to the taxpayer, government accountability, and improved aid effectiveness: “DFID regards transparency as fundamental to improving its accountability to UK citizens […]
