The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN organization dedicated to realizing the rights of children worldwide, has become a member of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). As part of its commitment to greater transparency and accountability, UNICEF will make public online the volume, allocation and results of development expenditure. This will allow better tracking […]
A report released yesterday by CIVICUS includes a commentary by Publish What You Fund Director, Karin Christiansen, on aid transparency and what it means for CSOs (p.115-116); from the availability of accurate information on donor spending for use in advocacy efforts, to saving staff time on costly reporting for different funders. The report refers to […]
AusAID’s Transparency Charter reached a significant milestone this week with the release of six updated country web pages. The new ‘transparent’ country pages provide detailed information on AusAID’s work, to explain where Australia’s money is spent and its impact on reducing poverty. Under the Transparency Charter, all country, regional and thematic web pages will be published […]
Civil society groups, coordinated by BetterAid, have released their analysis of the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation. Transparency featured in the analysis as a ‘winner’ from the forum, but with challenges remaining. Read full text here, and the transparency section below. [From Section:] Key Ask 1: Fully evaluate and deepen Paris and Accra commitments […]
The Global Initiative on Fiscal Transparency (GIFT) website is now live, and will be officially launched at the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Annual Meeting in Brasilia net month. GIFT is an international, multi-stakeholder network aiming to “advance and institutionalize global norms and significant, continuous improvements on fiscal transparency, engagement, and accountability in countries around the […]
Congratulations to UNICEF, who announced last week that they will become the 29th donor signatory to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). They will be the fifth UN agency to become a signatory to IATI, joining UNDP, UNOPS, UN-HABITAT and UNCDF. Executive Director Anthony Lake made the announcement during the opening remarks of the First […]
