UK Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed that the focus for next year’s G8 summit will be securing global growth and prosperity through championing open economies, open governments, and open societies. David Hall-Matthews, Director of Publish What You Fund, said: “We are pleased that the UK’s Presidency will keep transparency high on the agenda at […]
Today, UN Women became the 100th publisher to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). David Hall-Matthews, Director of Publish What You Fund, said: “This is encouraging news. We are impressed by the number of agencies and NGOs who are now publishing their information to IATI, alongside major donors such as the World Bank and DFID. IATI is the most useful […]
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), […]
Justine Greening, U.K. Secretary of State for International Development, today launched DfID’s new Open Aid Information platform at the Open Up! conference in London. The platform will provide detailed information on specific DfID projects in developing countries as well as activities by DfID partners, such as multilateral development banks and private sector contractors. DfID is the highest […]
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 […]
A report released today by the National Audit Office welcomed steps taken by the Department for International Development (DFID) to improve transparency over aid distributed via multilateral organisations. Commenting on the report, Publish What You Fund Director David Hall-Matthews said: ‘We agree that DFID is making great steps to improve the transparency of its aid […]
