On 26th January, 35 CSOs from around the world wrote to aid donors, asking them to ensure that the International Aid Transparency Initiative agreed on 9th February “fully addresses the priority issues identified by partner countries”. We have received replies from 9 donors. You can read their responses below: Reply from Asian Development Bank 15.2.2011 […]
Civil society organisations of the IATI Steering Committee have written to donors congratulating them on developing a common standard for aid information. We look forward to the implementation of IATI in advance of the fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan in November 2011. ADB IATI Implementation letter March 2011 Australia IATI Implementation […]
The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) on the 1st March released their 2011 Multilateral Aid Review (MAR) which included an assessment of the transparency and accountability of multilateral aid agencies. The review “asks whether organisations make comprehensive information about their policies and projects readily available to outsiders. It also asks whether they are accountable […]
On 28th January the UK Department for International Development (DFID) became the first aid donor to publish what they fund. Demonstrating continued leadership on aid transparency and fulfilling promises made in Accra in 2008, DFID is now the first agency in the world to put its aid information through the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) […]
Update (4th April): We’ve received replies to eight letters already. Read the replies here. On 9th February, a meeting of the International Aid Transparency Initiative Steering Committee in Paris will agree the final details of the global standard for publishing aid information. In advance of this meeting, 35 civil society organisations from around the world […]
It has been a momentous day for open government data. This morning the UK government announced its release of all data on central government spending above £25 000 – totalling around £80bn of the annual £670bn spend. At the launch, which Publish What You Fund attended, Francis Maude said “We are moving from need to […]
