Companies in the European Union will now have to disclose in future how much they pay foreign governments to secure oil, gas, coal and other raw materials. The new EU legislation, passed yesterday in Brussels, is aimed at curbing corruption between poor countries‘ governments and EU firms. The transparency measures are included in an overall […]
Last week, the Danish aid agency Danida unveiled of a set of initiatives (what it has called their ‘transparency package’). This package includes a programme and project database, which will be updated annually. In all, there are four new sections on the aid agency’s website: Send feedback to Danida: Organisations or individuals can directly praise, […]
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 […]
Progress has been made on EU aid transparency, but member states still lag behind non-member states, says the AidWatch report released today. Released by Concord, the European NGO confederation for relief and development, the AidWatch Special Report 2012 assesses the process of the Busan Partnership Agreement and the quality of EU aid. David Hall-Matthews, Director of […]
Today, UN Women became the 100th publisher to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). David Hall-Matthews, Director of Publish What You Fund, said: “This is encouraging news. We are impressed by the number of agencies and NGOs who are now publishing their information to IATI, alongside major donors such as the World Bank and DFID. IATI is the most useful […]
The Publish What You Fund team presented the findings of the 2012 Aid Transparency Index to the European Parliament in Brussels last week. The European Union’s budget negotiations are currently the hot topic in Europe, as EU leaders will be meeting this week for an extraordinary summit to focus on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), […]
