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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This post was written by Taryn Davis, senior associate, and Danny Walker, data analyst at Development Gateway. 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. […]
