The 360 Giving project, which campaigns for greater transparency in grant-making, has launched a prototype standard to improve transparency of UK grant data. The initiative’s aim is that 80 per cent of grants made by UK charities, foundations and other grant-makers, and 50 per cent by number and/or volume, will be reported as open data to agreed […]
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One of the key objectives of the aid transparency agenda is to provide aid information in a way that can be used by recipient governments in the budget planning cycle. Put simply, if donor spending is not transparent, recipient countries cannot accurately include aid spending in their own budgets. Demand and need for the budget […]
Congratulations to the Republic of Yemen, which has joined the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Steering Committee this week. This brings the number of partner country members of IATI’s governing body to 23, more than a third of the total membership. The IATI Secretariat said: “The partner country caucus in IATI provides a vital connection […]
The 2014 International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) technical meeting finished with participants feeling positive about the future of open data and development transparency. New Chair of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG), John Adams of UK’s DFID said: “The TAG was amazing – the range of people, the energy, the enthusiasm were fantastic. We have a […]
Le ministère des Affaires étrangères a mis en ligne ce matin un nouveau site interactif sur l’aide française au Mali. Publish What You Fund, Oxfam France, et ONE France se félicitent que ce nouveau site soit enfin conforme au standard international de l’Initiative Internationale pour la Transparence de l’Aide (IATI). Ces organisations saluent aussi cette […]
