The Gates Foundation has announced plans to join the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), the internationally-agreed common standard for publishing information about spending on development. As one of the first private foundations to become a member, it is part of a growing alliance that includes the countries that spend money on foreign aid and many […]
Guest post by Laia Grino, Interaction – cross posted here. The fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013 (FY2013) recently came to an end. This means that over the next few weeks, USAID will be working to put together its fourth quarter data for public release through the Foreign Assistance Dashboard. This summer, USAID posted information on more […]
Guest post by Philippe de Fontaine Vive, European Investment Bank We are all witnessing the ever growing demand for more transparency and information about the activities and impacts of governments and public institutions. This trend is supported by new opportunities based on technology and tools that make it easier to access, analyse and share information and data. […]
The Netherlands and Bangladesh have been confirmed as chairs of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) steering committee. The new chair and vice-chairs, respectively, were confirmed at the committee meeting yesterday in Copenhagen. The Netherlands will represented by Robin Uyterlinde, and Bangladesh will be represented by Abul Kalam Azad. The appointment will last for two years. […]
The following post is from Alan Hudson, Policy Director (Transparency & Accountability) at ONE and Jonathan Gray, Director of Policy and Ideas at the Open Knowledge Foundation. Originally posted here. Last month we announced the Open Knowledge Foundation and ONE’s plans to support and strengthen the community of activists and advocacy organisations working to enable […]
Guest post by George Ingram, chair of our U.S. Advisory Committee. Originally posted here. As a senator and now as president, Barack Obama has set the pace on open government. The commitments have been impressive. However—and sometimes understandably—implementation has lagged. But unless there are unknown steps afoot, the administration risks losing the momentum at theOpen Government Partnership […]
