The findings of the Paris Declaration Monitoring Survey confirm disappointing progress by donors against their aid effectiveness commitments made in Paris in 2005. On aid transparency, recognised in the report as a necessary precondition for more effective aid, the report notes that progress on aid transparency has been ‘uneven’: “IATI […] is perhaps the most […]
Recapping the last year’s advancements in rights to freedom of information, the freedom of expression and information campaign ARTICLE 19 has said: “At the international level, the most important development has been the growth in the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), with 20 organisational signatories and 22 partner countries, including the World Bank, the UK […]
The Commonwealth Ministers of Finance met on 21 September in Washington, D.C. to discuss aid effectiveness and their potential contribution to building international consensus ahead of the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4), resulting in The Final Commonwealth Statement on Accelerating Development with More Effective Aid. To accelerate progress towards commitments they made […]
The Second Draft of the Busan Outcome Document now cites the International Aid Transparency Initiative, and the importance of transparency is repeatedly stressed as a foundation for success across the aid effectiveness agenda. There is acknowledgement that commitments at Busan need to be time-bound, and the speed of implementation addressed – “accelerating efforts where they are […]
The campaign group Publish What You Fund today welcomed the launch of a new initiative to encourage governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and strengthen governance. The Open Government Partnership, which launches today in New York, is overseen by eight governments and nine civil society organizations. Forty-six governments have so far agreed to […]
Today the commitments of countries participating in the Open Government Partnership (OGP) initiative were released on the newly launched website. The UK has set an important precedent in committing to publish aid information ‘from all government departments who spend overseas development assistance (ODA) in line with the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) standards, extending coverage […]
