On September 8th the European Commission released its Communication on Aid Effectiveness. The Communication is a proposal for the EU common position on the aid effectiveness agenda for the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness at Busan on November 29 – 1 December this year. The Communication proposes ‘transparent, harmonised and aligned partnerships’ be one […]
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 […]
The BetterAid CSO platform has urged the G8 nations to commit to full aid transparency at the Deauville summit this week. Aid transparency has been identified as a particular area of concern and the coalition of more than 1000 civil society organisations has stated the importance of sending “a strong political message to the Fourth High-Level […]
The latest session of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA), held in Budapest last week, contained some positive statements surrounding aid transparency. The session was a declaration between the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) and the European Parliament (EP) on the Fourth High Level Forum (HLF4) on aid effectiveness in Busan this November. […]
The AidWatch Report 2011, released May 19 highlights the importance of aid transparency and the striking variation amongst EU Member States’ progress towards aid transparency. There are good performers among emerging and traditional donors, and among large and small member states, which suggests that all aid agencies should be able to deliver on their aid […]
Increased effort required by most ahead of crucial summit in November (16 May, London) – By publishing aid transparency implementation plans today a handful of international donors have proven that more transparent aid can be achieved. “They have put other donors to shame who should have done better” said campaign group Publish What You […]
