We are on the final count down to the 2014 Aid Transparency Index (ATI) results being revealed. I wish our team going to DC the best of luck for a productive discussion around the results on the 8th. With such a distinguished panel they probably won’t need any luck! I’d like to take this opportunity […]
Facilitating the integration of aid with partner country budgets When: October 8, 2014, From 3:00-4:30pm Where: World Bank Group Headquarters, Room MC9-100 The Open Aid Partnership, BOOST, Open Contracting, and Digital Engagement are hosting an event in partnership with Publish What You Fund and Oxfam America to explore how transparency and emerging open data standards […]
Many of you will have heard the news of my recent departure from Publish What You Fund, and are hopefully spreading the word of the team’s search for a new Chief Executive. So I wanted to take the chance to use this last blog as an opportunity for reflection. When I took over two and […]
For many of us working with the EU, September certainly feels like going “back to school” following an extended summer period when most EU institutions close down. But new European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker has been hard at work over the holidays putting together his “dream team” of European Commissioners, which he announced two weeks […]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) published the first set of data on its development operations to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). This first report includes all contracts that were signed in 2014 in countries outside the EU (except EFTA countries). From now on, it will report data on a monthly basis, i.e. the IATI files will […]
Last week, I spoke at the USAID Frontiers Forum, explaining how aid transparency can help eradicate poverty by 2030. Right after me, in another (albeit larger) room, Secretary Kerry told a packed audience about the importance of transparency and open data. As far as we at Publish What You Fund are concerned, the more people […]
