The Committee on Foreign Affairs has expressed concerns over ‘stalled efforts’ in making American aid transparent in a letter to USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah. A bipartisan effort, the letter was issued ahead of the G8 Summit to press USAID about their implementation of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). The Committee requested a timeline for delivery, as […]
UNICEF today posted detailed information on its programme activities and funding to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). The newly released data provides details of UNICEF’s current work in 128 countries, seven regional office locations and 16 headquarters divisions. This includes allocations for the 2012 programme budget, expenditures by sector and planned programme budget estimates covering the […]
Last Saturday, the UK Government hosted a pre-G8 Tax, Trade & Transparency event in London. In the open data session, Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude identified three corresponding challenges: to make all data open by default, to consider privacy but not to let it be an excuse, and to invest in the demand side and give more […]
This is a joint post with Judith Randel, Executive Director of Development Initiatives, originally posted in Devex. Last Saturday, the United Kingdom hosted a G-8 session specifically on Trade, Tax and Transparency — billed as the ‘3Ts’ event. This event highlighted the importance of transparency and accountability for development, and Publish What You Fund attended to ensure that aid remains part […]
Yesterday, the European Parliament formally adopted the updated EU open data Directive, requiring member states to make public sector information available in an easy to access and re-useable format. Public sector information refers to data produced, stored or collected by public sector bodies. Even though public sector information represents an enormous economic potential, studies conducted on […]
The World Food Programme today became the 150th organisation to publish detailed, transaction level open data on its activities and spending to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) standard. “The UN World Food Programme is delighted to be a part of this initiative,” says Chris Kaye, director of Performance and Accountability Management for WFP in […]
