International Aid Transparency Initiative Archives

Save the Children proposes new Millenium Development Goals

By Katie Welford | Jan 10, 2013 | News

Save the Children UK recently published Ending Poverty in Our Generation, outlining their vision to banish worldwide extreme poverty within 20 years. It also proposes new targets to replace the Millennium Development Goals. One of these goals is that by 2030, governance will be more open, accountable and inclusive. This includes three targets: Transparency: information about policy-making and budgeting must be available to the public in […]

What does 2013 hold for aid transparency?

By David Hall-Matthews | Jan 3, 2013 | Blog

Trying to predict the future is a mug’s game. No one can tell what events will overtake their best laid plans. But as the New Year gets into full swing, plenty of people are doing it anyway – and not (only) because there are a lot of mugs about. If you are a government official, […]

Implementation schedules: what has been published so far?

By Andrew Clarke | Dec 20, 2012 | Blog

Aid donors have begun to publish implementation schedules, showing how they will implement the common standard agreed at Busan. This includes the entirety of the IATI standard. See our previous blog for more details. Implementation schedules are being posted on the OECD-DAC website here, as they are available, and must be submitted by the end […]

Donor aid transparency – challenges for NGOs in Nepal

By Katie Welford | Dec 18, 2012 | Blog

(Guest blog by Krishna Sapkota, Freedom Forum) It is great to share with you that Freedom Forum has recently produced and published a study report titled ‘Aid Transparency Situation of Nepal’ as part of a wider pilot project to better understand the aid information landscape in Nepal and to make recommendations for future work to improve the availability […]

Transparency in the DAC High Level Meeting

By Rachel Rank | Dec 11, 2012 | Blog, Events, News

Last week, development ministers from the OECD and emerging economies met in London for the High Level Meeting of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC). Despite development successes over the past 20 years and the progress of many emerging economies, the ministers present noted that inequality is increasing in all countries and 1.4 billion people still […]

Greening announces UK Aid Transparency Challenge

By Katie Welford | Dec 7, 2012 | News

Last night, UK Secretary of State for Development Justine Greening launched the UK Aid Transparency Challenge, calling on international donors to do more to make their aid delivery more transparent. Speaking at a Publish What You Fund, BOND and UK Aid Network event in London, Greening also announced the Aid Transparency Challenge Fund, which will encourage the development of tools to improve traceability of aid and […]

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