What does open data mean to you?
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The Budget Identifier
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 […]
Yemen joins IATI
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 […]
IATI meeting finishes on hopeful note
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 […]
Nouveau site sur l’aide française au Mali / Tracking French aid to Mali
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 […]
Data quality: we want your views!
We are running an online consultation on the data quality tests we run as part of the methodology used in the Aid Transparency Index. We are specifically asking for feedback on the data quality tests underpinning the automated assessment of IATI data to get feedback on how they can be improved. Guidelines on how you can provide feedback […]