The Publish What You Fund team presented the findings of the 2012 Aid Transparency Index to the European Parliament in Brussels last week. The European Union’s budget negotiations are currently the hot topic in Europe, as EU leaders will be meeting this week for an extraordinary summit to focus on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), […]
Justine Greening, U.K. Secretary of State for International Development, today launched DfID’s new Open Aid Information platform at the Open Up! conference in London. The platform will provide detailed information on specific DfID projects in developing countries as well as activities by DfID partners, such as multilateral development banks and private sector contractors. DfID is the highest […]
Last week, all eyes were on America as Barack Obama was re-elected President of the United States. This week, focus is shifting to the Administration’s priorities for the next four years. At Publish What You Fund, we decided to draft our own Aid Transparency Wish List to the U.S. Administration: An ambitious and detailed implementation plan: this […]
Belgium has become the latest donor to sign the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), taking the total number of signatories up to 35. Belgium has shown leadership in the field of transparency, particularly in its support of the Busan common standard. Now by signing up to IATI, Belgium is demonstrating its continued commitment to the agenda. Through use of […]
The Canadian International Development Agency (Agence canadienne de développement international) has begun publishing their aid data to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). Canada signed up to IATI at the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness at Busan. CIDA’s publication – including important results information – is the first of its kind from a […]
Data covering five years of spending by United Nations organizations has now been made available on UNOPS new open information hub. Alongside the $56 billion worth of UN-wide procurement data, the data.unops.org site presents detailed information related to the 1,000+ projects UNOPS supports, in an interactive and accessible format. UNOPS is a central resource for […]
