How can data help end hunger?
Senior Advocacy Officer James Coe and partners at the OpenAg Funding Initiative created this presentation for the GODAN Summit, outlining the aims of the project.
Potholes and development goals: A dispatch from Kenya’s Silicon Savannah
This blog was originally posted by the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data’s on their website on 22nd August 2016. I first came to Kenya in 2000 as a student teacher. Hardly anyone had a mobile phone and outside Nairobi, there were just one TV and one radio station. We bought computers for the school […]
As local as possible and as international as necessary: Bringing an open development philosophy to humanitarian aid
This is a guest blog post by Roderick Besseling, Digital Strategist at Cordaid and IATI CSO Working Group Co-Chair With the Grand Bargain agreement and Charter 4 Change pledges made and signed earlier this year, it looks like the humanitarian sector is addressing some of its biggest challenges head-on. In particular, it is taking the necessary steps […]
Open Data and Agricultural Aid: The Next Step in Tackling Hunger
This post was written by James Coe, our Senior Advocacy Officer for U.S. advocacy and the OpenAg funding project. It is part of a blog series, where Initiative for Open Ag Funding partners share findings from their recent consultations with NGOs, donors, and foundations to understand the development community’s data needs and challenges in the agriculture and food […]
A new strategy for a new development landscape
Publish What You Fund was set up in 2008 to campaign for aid transparency. We have come a long way. Donors have committed to transparency, and many are delivering. Nearly 500 organisations now publish what they fund using the open data standard of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). As a result, we estimate that […]
Even “Snowflake” Foundations Collect And Share Data On Agricultural Investments
This post was written by Gabriela Fitz, Director of Knowledge Management Initiatives at Foundation Centre. It is part of a blog series, where Initiative for Open Ag Funding partners share findings from their recent consultations with NGOs, donors, and foundations to understand the development community’s data needs and challenges in the agriculture and food security sector. Join the […]