Belgium has become the latest donor to sign the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), taking the total number of signatories up to 35. Belgium has shown leadership in the field of transparency, particularly in its support of the Busan common standard. Now by signing up to IATI, Belgium is demonstrating its continued commitment to the agenda. Through use of […]
Dutch NGO HIVOS is the first major development organisation outside of the UK to publish their data to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). Releasing its entire project related information in accordance to the internationally agreed standard, the publication of ‘open data’ enables others to verify and compare activities of development organizations, governments and multilateral institutions. HIVOS, a […]
The European Development Days saw thousands of development advocates, decision-makers and practitioners in Brussels. The three main themes this year were food security, private sector development and inclusive growth. EU Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, announced the results of a ‘Eurobarameter’ survey, indicating broad European support for development aid, despite the economic crisis. Commissioner Peibalgs used the findings […]
The UK Government announced it will release new data about public services – including where British aid money is spent – on the official data website data.gov.uk. Commenting on the Department for International Development (DfID) aid data, Publish What You Fund’s David Hall-Matthews, said: “DfID continues to take a lead on aid transparency – not only in […]
The AidWatch 2012 Report and ONE Data Report were launched together today in London, detailing concerns about the quantity and quality of aid being spent by the European Union. Commenting on the reports, Publish What You Fund’s David Hall-Matthews said: “It is disappointing that both of these reports found European aid levels have reached a historic […]
CAN Europe, Aprodev, German Watch, CIDSE and Oxfam commissioned the new report in order to identify how the EU can improve the current process for monitoring their climate finance commitments. The report comes a week after Publish What You Fund published a study into climate finance, Towards Climate Finance Transparency. The new CAN Europe report assesses how the […]
