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Parties urged to keep UK aid transparent and effective

By Katie Welford | Apr 26, 2017 | News

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Focus on transparency in UK government’s development spending reviews welcomed by Development Initiatives and Publish What You Fund

By Katie Welford | Dec 1, 2016 | News

Development Initiatives and Publish What You Fund welcome the strong emphasis on increased transparency in the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID)’s long-awaited Bilateral Development Review and Multilateral Development Review, both published today. DFID has been a leading player in global efforts to improve transparency for many years and in these latest reviews we see […]

An open letter to Priti Patel

By Rupert Simons | Jul 28, 2016 | News

Dear Secretary of State, Congratulations on your appointment to this important role. We are looking forward to working with you to make aid and development spending more transparent and ultimately more effective. I am pleased to be able to tell you that DFID is a global leader on transparency. Our latest Aid Transparency Index shows […]

UK elections 2015: An open opportunity

By Nicholas Winnett | Apr 30, 2015 | Blog

There’s now just one week to go until the general election here in the UK. We’ve been looking at the party manifestos and are pleased to see a cross-party awareness of the importance of open data. At the same time, the manifestos are lacking in specific details on what will be done to further the […]

All UK political parties must commit to open government

By Katie Welford | Jan 23, 2015 | News

The UK Open Government Network is a group of organisations and individuals committed to making government work better for people. We call on all political parties to put the principles of open government at the heart of their plans for government. Open government is the simple but powerful idea that governments and institutions work better for […]

Aid traceability is a worthy goal, but it will take some time

By Guest | Oct 20, 2014 | Blog

Guest post by Ben Taylor, Twaweza “We will require organisations receiving and managing funds from DFID to release open data on how this money is spent in a common, standard, reusable format. They will need to require this of sub-contractors and sub-agencies – right through the aid chain.” That was Justine Greening, UK Secretary of State for […]