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 […]
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 […]
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), […]
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 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 […]
Aid donors made significant and welcome progress on transparency at a key summit this week providing a good foundation for further reforms needed to ensure that aid has the best possible impact, said campaign group Publish What You Fund today. In the run up to and during the fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness […]
