In 2011 the Busan Partnership agreement committed providers of development co-operation to implement a common, open standard for the publication of transparent development cooperation. To monitor this commitment it was agreed that a ‘transparency indicator’ would be developed to monitor implementation of the common standard. The Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) was mandated […]
On November 11th our CEO, Rupert Simons, will be speaking at the Open Data for Development Fair in the Hague
The 31st of December 2015 marks the deadline that donors set themselves to make their aid fully transparent. The Road to 2015 campaign was launched over a year ago to push donors to meet their commitment and we are now entering the home straight. But we are not taking our foot off the pedal. To coincide with the […]
Yesterday, France launched its first Open Government Partnership (OGP) action plan in Paris. Publish What You Fund welcomes the plan and is pleased to see that the document contains commitments for France’s development cooperation to become more transparent (see Commitment 3, p.15). France are taking over as an OGP Co-Chair in October and we’re confident […]
LONDON – Publish What You Fund is deeply concerned that the huge opportunity for transformative open data will be missed at the Financing for Development (FfD3) conference next week. Despite its ambitious objective, the current document that is intended to guide the financing of the Sustainable Development Goals, lacks strong, action-oriented new policy and financing […]
This week, governments are meeting in New York for the final drafting session of the Financing for Development (FFD) outcome document. It is still uncertain whether we will have strong commitments on transparency and open data, so in coalition with more than 50 other NGOs, we have written to the negotiators with a call to action. […]
