Government and civil society representatives from 53 countries around the world, including Publish What You Fund, will meet in Brasilia for the first annual meeting of the Open Government Partnership – a new global initiative that brings together government, civil society, donors, and the private sector to promote transparent, effective, and accountable governments. The Open […]
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations have produced a collaborative analysis of the UK National Action Plan and wider open government policy environment. All countries subscribing to the Open Government Partnership have to submit a National Action Plan (NAP) based on the principles of open government that are articulated in the OGP Declaration. Organisations contributing to […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN organization dedicated to realizing the rights of children worldwide, has become a member of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). As part of its commitment to greater transparency and accountability, UNICEF will make public online the volume, allocation and results of development expenditure. This will allow better tracking […]
A report released yesterday by CIVICUS includes a commentary by Publish What You Fund Director, Karin Christiansen, on aid transparency and what it means for CSOs (p.115-116); from the availability of accurate information on donor spending for use in advocacy efforts, to saving staff time on costly reporting for different funders. The report refers to […]
The World Bank has confirmed that it will not support the use of Google Map Maker for citizen-mapping efforts unless it gives users free access to the map data they create. The World Bank and Google have launched a project using crowd-sourcing to populate maps with the locations of public services in the developing world […]
AusAID’s Transparency Charter reached a significant milestone this week with the release of six updated country web pages. The new ‘transparent’ country pages provide detailed information on AusAID’s work, to explain where Australia’s money is spent and its impact on reducing poverty. Under the Transparency Charter, all country, regional and thematic web pages will be published […]
