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 […]
The World Bank today launched the Open Knowledge Repository (OKR), an open-access storehouse for its research and knowledge products. The OKR will collect, disseminate and permanently preserve World Bank research online. The website, along with the new Open Access Policy (effective from July), will increase the range of people who can now access World Bank […]
European CSOs yesterday expressed dismay at new OECD data revealing the cuts made to almost all European countries’ aid programmes in 2011. Tightening aid budgets mean that now more than ever transparency is needed to ensure aid money has the greatest possible impact. 12 EU countries slashed their aid budgets in 2011 – with the […]
Civil society groups, coordinated by BetterAid, have released their analysis of the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation. Transparency featured in the analysis as a ‘winner’ from the forum, but with challenges remaining. Read full text here, and the transparency section below. [From Section:] Key Ask 1: Fully evaluate and deepen Paris and Accra commitments […]
