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 […]
[Italiano segue] The Italian government unveiled its new open aid portal, OpenAid Italia, at the informal meeting of the EU development minsters in Florence last week. The site seeks to visualise Italy’s aid spending, and includes an interactive map with a country-by-country breakdown. Publish What You Fund and Action Aid Italy, which […]
Guest post by Alessandra Flora, EurActiv – originally posted here. Ora che anche la Francia e il Giappone vi hanno aderito, l’Italia e la Russia restano gli unici membri del G8 a non partecipare al registro sugli aiuti internazionali, comunemente noto come IATI (acronimo di International Aid Transparency Initiative). In altre parole, ad oggi, le informazioni […]
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 […]
The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) has put together a great set of infograhics to increase awareness around EU aid, ‘10 things to know about EU aid‘. It highlights the relevance of the EU aid programme with 10 key facts, and is not unlike Oxfam America’s recent publication about US aid myths. Fact #4 mentions our Aid Transparency Index, saying that EU aid is […]
The European Council this week released a report about EU spending on development, which says that while member states continue to fall short of their 0.7% Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitment, the EU remains collectively the biggest global donor in the world. The report, Council Conclusions on Annual Report 2014 to the European Council on EU Development Aid Targets, focuses on the quantity […]
