We recently joined civil society networks and organisations worldwide in calling for the EU’s new leadership to commit to close engagement with – and eventual membership of – the Open Government Partnership (OGP). Since its launch in 2011, we have supported the OGP as a multi-stakeholder mechanism enabling participating countries to commit to making their governments more […]
Guest post by Michael Roberts, Groupsia On August 24-25, 2013, Citizen Attaché (an Engineers Without Borders supported venture) organized Canada’s first foreign aid data hackathon, a two-day event hosted at the HUB Ottawa’s co-working space. It attracted more than 40 participants from different Canadian cities. This included participants from Canada’s international development sector such as […]
You may not have noticed from the headlines, but the G8 Summit was a real triumph for transparency. It was a brave and ambitious thing to put on the agenda, because it is not an easy issue to negotiate on. When it comes to the details, hundreds of different interests – many of them vested […]
The G8 is finally delivering on aid transparency promises with all countries committing to full and timely implementation of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). This includes France, Italy and Japan, for the first time. Implementation of IATI is achievable and consistent with the goals of the Lough Erne Summit, as it provides a standard […]
Thirty-five donor organisations and governments have so far released implementation schedules for the common standard on aid information, with at least five more plans likely to be published in the coming weeks. It is encouraging that donors representing the lion’s share of global aid flows have delivered on their Busan commitment of outlining their plans […]
The Canadian International Development Agency (Agence canadienne de développement international) has begun publishing their aid data to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). Canada signed up to IATI at the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness at Busan. CIDA’s publication – including important results information – is the first of its kind from a […]
