As Communications Manager here at Publish What You Fund, I often get calls from journalists, researchers, academics, and NGOs looking for information about a particular donor’s aid spending. It is the nature of the job – and a testament to the fact that we are the leading organisation in the field of aid transparency – […]
The 360 Giving project, which campaigns for greater transparency in grant-making, has launched a prototype standard to improve transparency of UK grant data. The initiative’s aim is that 80 per cent of grants made by UK charities, foundations and other grant-makers, and 50 per cent by number and/or volume, will be reported as open data to agreed […]
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Guest post by John Adams, UK Department for International Development (DFID) The IATI TAG (that’s the International Aid Transparency Initiative Technical Advisory Group) met at the end of January in Montreal, kindly hosted by Canada’s Department for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD). Around 120 members of the IATI community gathered for two days of […]
Guest blog by Heather Hanson, Senior Policy Advisor at the Millennium Challenge Corporation If you walked into the recent International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Technical Advisory Group (TAG) meeting in Montreal, you might be surprised by the crowd. Participation wasn’t limited to government representatives in suits from around the world (like me!). The TAG was a real […]
Congratulations to the Republic of Yemen, which has joined the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Steering Committee this week. This brings the number of partner country members of IATI’s governing body to 23, more than a third of the total membership. The IATI Secretariat said: “The partner country caucus in IATI provides a vital connection […]
