More aid donors are signaling their will for keeping and renewing aid transparency commitments at the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, which starts in just two days’ time. With five more donors publishing to the IATI Registry ahead of the Forum, it is hoped that others will follow their lead in implementing or renewing […]
EU ministers yesterday agreed a common EU position for the Busan High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness at the end of the month. Publish What You Fund welcomes the Foreign Affairs Council’s position advocating reaffirmation of Accra commitments on transparency from all development partners to publicly disclose regular, detailed and timely aid information. While we […]
On 26 October Italian Parliament passed a bill in the lower house which includes a commitment to ‘maximise [aid] transparency following CRS++ and IATI, if resources are available’. The acknowledgement of the value of aid transparency and the need for an international common standard from the Italian government is a positive step. ActionAid Italy have […]
EuropeAid (the Commission Directorate General which deals with development and cooperation) has published its aid information to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Registry, demonstrating commitment to aid transparency ahead of the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in 6 weeks’ time. This is a welcome development, but also comes at a critical moment as the […]
On 25 October a welcome development came as aid transparency was included in the European Parliament’s report on aid effectiveness, which; “Emphasises that aid transparency is essential in order to ensure both ownership and aid effectiveness; calls, therefore, on the Commission and Member States to adopt an ambitious stance on aid transparency by promoting at […]
Today the Netherlands became the fifth donor to publish its aid information to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) registry and deliver on its commitments for phase 1 of the IATI standard. They follow the UK, Hewlett Foundation, World Bank and Australia as the latest signatory to publish information. Preliminary analysis of the data suggests that the […]
