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PRESS RELEASE: France to publish aid data to common standard / La France va publier l’information sur son aide publique selon la norme commune

By Katie Welford | Jul 31, 2013 | News

The French Government has just announced that aid transparency is a core priority of its new development policy and it will start publishing its aid data in accordance with an internationally agreed common standard in 2014. The Inter-ministerial Committee for International Cooperation and Development (CICID) met this morning for the first time in four years, under […]

G8: Triumph for transparency

By David Hall-Matthews | Jun 20, 2013 | Blog

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 […]

PRESS RELEASE: Campaigners welcome G8 commitment to aid transparency

By Katie Welford | Jun 18, 2013 | News

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 […]

New EU open data rules

By Katie Welford | Jun 14, 2013 | News

Yesterday, the European Parliament formally adopted the updated EU open data Directive, requiring member states to make public sector information available in an easy to access and re-useable format. Public sector information refers to data produced, stored or collected by public sector bodies. Even though public sector information represents an enormous economic potential, studies conducted on […]

Making Mali’s aid transparent

By Liz Steele | Jun 4, 2013 | Blog

Donors from around the world met in Brussels last month to pledge funds for war-torn Mali, following a military coup that took place in March this year and later fighting between Tuareg and Islamist rebels. International donors agreed to provide Mali with over €3 billion in aid and the European Union pledged €1.35 billion, nearly […]

UK & France join EITI

By Katie Welford | May 24, 2013 | News

The UK and French governments announced yesterday that they will join the international Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a voluntary multi-stakeholder approach to greater transparency in the oil, gas and mining industries. The UK has been one of the EITI’s main supporters since its foundation, but until now has resisted joining as a candidate country. EITI candidate […]

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