Workshopping in Whitehall – How Transparent is UK Aid?
The UK Government has committed to improve aid transparency of ODA-spending departments by 2020. In this blog, Alex Tilley examines how we will be monitoring and supporting their progress.
Parting the Clouds – It’s High Time for Greater Clarity in UK Aid and Development Spending
Reflecting on the contrasting fates of the two UK agencies featured in the Aid Transparency Index, this blog examines what the Foreign & Commonwealth Office could learn from others in order to improve its transparency.
Parties urged to keep UK aid transparent and effective
Two organisations working to promote aid transparency, accountability and effectiveness welcome the continued cross-party consensus to protect the aid budget and spend aid in the most effective way. The One Campaign and Publish What You Fund recognise that the United Kingdom is already a leader in this. The Department for International Development (DFID) is one of the most transparent donors […]
Focus on transparency in UK government’s development spending reviews welcomed by Development Initiatives and Publish What You Fund
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
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
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 […]