In a new interactive map created by the Guardian, aid, development and transparency information is shown for all European countries that are part of the OECD development assistance committee. The map shows: Donor governments’ priority areas and countries in 2012, and shows how much official development assistance (ODA) they spent as a proportion of their gross national income, using OECD data. Donors’ transparency performance, based […]
This week the European Commission is hosting its annual European Development Days in Brussels on 26-27 November. The forum aims to bring together development stakeholders from Europe and around the world to promote greater effectiveness in development cooperation efforts – this year’s focus is on the Post-2015 agenda. 2013 has been a ground breaking year […]
Madrid/Luxembourg, 17 October 2013 — In a case brought by Access Info Europe, the European Court of Justice today rejected arguments by the Council of the European Union that it should be able to keep secret the identities of Member States making proposals in the context of negotiations on future EU legislation. This is the […]
Guest post by Carlos Villota, CONCORD AidWatch One in five people still live below extreme poverty line of $ 1.25 dollars per day. The last decade has seen real improvements, not least in halving the number of people living in poverty, but the real tragedy is that it has not been enough and there is […]
Guest post by Philippe de Fontaine Vive, European Investment Bank We are all witnessing the ever growing demand for more transparency and information about the activities and impacts of governments and public institutions. This trend is supported by new opportunities based on technology and tools that make it easier to access, analyse and share information and data. […]
The Directorate General for Enlargement and the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) this week became the joint second European Commission departments to publish to the International Aid Transparency Initiative. They join DG Development-EuropeAid (DEVCO) which has been publishing its aid information to IATI since 2011. EU collective publication to IATI now represents over 87% of EU ODA. DG Enlargement […]
