Thirty-five donor organisations and governments have so far released implementation schedules for the common standard on aid information, with at least five more plans likely to be published in the coming weeks. It is encouraging that donors representing the lion’s share of global aid flows have delivered on their Busan commitment of outlining their plans […]
Save the Children UK recently published Ending Poverty in Our Generation, outlining their vision to banish worldwide extreme poverty within 20 years. It also proposes new targets to replace the Millennium Development Goals. One of these goals is that by 2030, governance will be more open, accountable and inclusive. This includes three targets: Transparency: information about policy-making and budgeting must be available to the public in […]
Guest post by Nilmini Rubin, member of Publish What You Fund U.S. Advisory Committee (see bio at end). A popular newsletter, The Nelson Report, recently called former Senator Richard Lugar a “national treasure”. In my view, that is an apt description. During his 36 years in the Senate, Senator Lugar left his imprint on a […]
Trying to predict the future is a mug’s game. No one can tell what events will overtake their best laid plans. But as the New Year gets into full swing, plenty of people are doing it anyway – and not (only) because there are a lot of mugs about. If you are a government official, […]
UPDATE 4 January 2013: The bill has since been blocked in the Senate. See MFAN statement. On December 30th, 2012 the United States House of Representatives passed the H.R. 3159: Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012. This important piece of legislation will instruct agencies to “[M]ake publicly available comprehensive, timely, comparable, and accessible information […]
On December 20, the U.S. and Canada joined 25 other international donors in releasing their Busan common standard implementation schedules, outlining their plans for publishing aid information to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Registry. The U.S. Implementation Schedule, a key component of the United States government’s commitment to IATI, contains a timetable for publication of individual information items […]
