The aid transparency movement has helped stakeholders in donor and partner countries to move from asking ‘why does aid transparency matter and to whom?’ to ‘what are the risks when there is limited aid information and who suffers from it?’. Two recent articles explain the need for transparency, coordination and better information management systems to […]
Guest post by Lydia Medland, Freedom of Information Advocates Network (FOIAnet) Coordinator. Over the last 10 years the right of access to information, or “freedom of information”, has spread exponentially. Laws have been passed in over 40 countries recognising that citizens have a right of access to information, international courts have ruled that citizens […]
On October 24, we will launch our 2013 Aid Transparency Index in Washington D.C. This will mark the start of a week of events focusing on transparency, accountability and good governance, finishing with the Open Government Partnership conference in London on October 31. We are encouraging other transparency organisations and development campaigners to participate, raising the profile of transparency, […]
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has published its first set of data to the internationally agreed common standard. The FCO is the third UK Government department to publish to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), a cutting-edge global standard for aid publication. It joins the Department for International Development (DFID), which leads the pack […]
A bipartisan bill which aims to ensure American tax dollars do a better job of helping fight global poverty was put before Congress yesterday. The Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act 2013 was introduced by Representatives Judge Ted Poe (R-TX) and Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and its’ companion bill in the Senate was introduced by Senators […]
Businesses and NGOs working in the mining, oil and gas industry joined forced with the Government today to mark the launch of the UK’s implementation of the Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI). The Initiative, which was set up to increase transparency, improves the way revenues from oil, gas and minerals are managed and makes sure […]
