After months of discussion – and at times, confusion – we are finally able to see the light at the end of the post-2015 development agenda tunnel. This comes in the form of two much anticipated publications: the outcome of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, and the report of the Intergovernmental Expert […]
Guest post by George Ingram, chair of our U.S. Advisory Committee & Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Transparency is a hallmark of good governance. It empowers citizens and keeps government officials on task and shields them from undue political and private pressures. Transparency is the protector and energizer of democracy and responsive government. It brings government closer to […]
Earlier this month, we launched our new campaign Road to 2015: Open Data for Sustainable Development at the United Nations Headquarters. As with all the work we do, transparency and accountability are at the heart of this new campaign. They also feature heavily in the principles of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation. But while we’ve spoken a […]
[Italiano segue] The Italian government unveiled its new open aid portal, OpenAid Italia, at the informal meeting of the EU development minsters in Florence last week. The site seeks to visualise Italy’s aid spending, and includes an interactive map with a country-by-country breakdown. Publish What You Fund and Action Aid Italy, which […]
Guest post by Alessandra Flora, EurActiv – originally posted here. Ora che anche la Francia e il Giappone vi hanno aderito, l’Italia e la Russia restano gli unici membri del G8 a non partecipare al registro sugli aiuti internazionali, comunemente noto come IATI (acronimo di International Aid Transparency Initiative). In altre parole, ad oggi, le informazioni […]
The Road to 2015 Campaign: Open Data for Sustainable Development was launched today by Publish What You Fund at the UN Development Cooperation Forum in NYC. What is it about? The Road to 2015 campaign is about harnessing the power of open data for sustainable development. What do we want? We want donors who have committed to publishing aid […]
