The first ever UK Aid Information Challenge took place last Saturday, 10th April in London at the Guardian newspaper. The aim was to see what would happen when aid data, aid practitioners, and some incredibly clever techies are brought together. Despite the sunshine outside, over 40 people joined us for 7 hours of enthusiastic "barcamping".
Last night, 13th April, saw the launch of ONE’s Vote 2010 Campaign which aims to ‘ensure development priorities are adequately reflected in Government policies from climate change to agriculture to trade.’ The Publish What You Fund Principles are included in the ONE manifesto for International Development, which requests that an incoming government ‘continue t
An environment of financial transparency and accountability has grown out of the economic crisis, says Anna Jeffreys for IRIN. This movement has helped increase disclosure of aid information, bringing ‘the issue of transparency much higher up the donor agenda,’ explains Karin Christiansen. The drive for efficiency and accountability has created ‘a resonance about transparency these days… It is an inevitable trend and it’s happening in other sectors too.’
The Labour Party’s election manifesto was launched yesterday, and the Conservatives’ today. Find below the sections of the manifestos which address aid transparency, with bolding added.
The Prime Minister of Haiti, Bellerive, has responded to the levels of aid pledged to rebuild the country with a commitment of his own. Acknowledging that Haiti has, ‘a credibility problem’, symptomatic of so many countries with less developed public infrastructures, he stresses the need to ‘prove to all the people we are working with that we have transparency …
‘Aid Transparency: The Practitioners’ Perspective’ by Karin Christiansen has been published in the Yale Journal of International Affairs, presenting the main issues, challenges and benefits for aid transparency.
