UK Prime Minister, David Cameron on June 13 stressed the importance of aid transparency in a speech to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation conference. “Incredible as it may seem, just 12 months ago government did not publish details of how our development money was spent. We’ve changed that. Today, people all around the […]
On June 23 the Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria announced that is has become the 20th signatory to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), demonstrating the Fund’s commitment to aid transparency. Becoming a signatory to IATI means that the Global Fund, along with other major donors, will publish its aid information in […]
Ten organisations, including Publish What You Fund, have this week praised US congressional and administration efforts to improve federal financial transparency. In a letter sent on June 21st, the organisations state that the recently introduced Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2011 (or DATA Act), and President Obama’s June 13, 2011, Executive Order would transform […]
Publish What You Fund has joined OMB Watch and over 30 other transparency organisations in urging the US government to restore funding for the Electronic Government Fund (E-Gov Fund). The letter highlights that the “E-Gov Fund has a proven track record of successful transparency projects that have delivered efficiency improvements and increased government accountability”, having previously […]
A coalition of over fifty civil society groups from twenty countries around the world today launched a campaign Make Aid Transparent, which calls on governments and other aid donors to publish more and better information about the money they give. At the centre of the campaign, whose members include ActionAid, Publish What You Fund, Transparency […]
Congratulations to Lebanon, who this week became the twentieth endorser of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). By endorsing IATI as a partner country, they have approved the IATI Accra Statement, hardening the commitment made in the Accra Agenda for Action that asks donors to provide regular, detailed and timely information on their aid. IATI […]
