The Global Campaign for Aid and Development Transparency
By Toby Trembath | |
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the European Union’s bank, owned by its member states. It works with other EU institutions to support EU policy and provides lending, blended finance and technical advice for investment both within and outside the EU. As in 2016, the EIB remains in the ‘fair’ category. We therefore call on […]
By Toby Trembath | |
EC- DEVCO is responsible for formulating the EC’s development policy and for implementing EU development cooperation worldwide. The agency manages a number of financial instruments, most notably the Development Cooperation Instrument and the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights. While remaining in the ‘good’ category in the 2018 Index, DG DEVCO has fallen behind EC- […]
By Toby Trembath | |
EC-ECHO is responsible for formulating EC humanitarian aid policy and implementing the EU’s humanitarian aid budget. It also coordinates the EU’s disaster response mechanism. EC- ECHO consolidated its progress and remains in the ‘good category’. It is now leading the three EC agencies.. We now call on them to: Prioritise the publication of performance-related information to […]
By Toby Trembath | |
EC-NEAR is responsible for helping countries to join the EU and for relations with neighbouring countries. The agency manages the bulk of the EU’s financial and technical assistance to these countries. It first started publishing to IATI in 2013 and has made significant progress since appearing in the 2013 Aid Transparency Index, where it ranked in the […]
By Toby Trembath | |
The 2010 Assessment was the first attempt to do a detailed comparative stocktake of the current level of aid transparency. It highlighted the huge challenge in finding primary, comparable data on donor’s funding and activities. Additional resources 2010 Aid Transparency Assessment
By Toby Trembath | |
Following the success of the 2010 Assessment, Publish What You Fund went on to develop the Pilot Aid Transparency Index – the first of its kind. Launched at events in Busan, London and Washington DC, the 2011 Index had an average donor score of 34%, showing that there was much work to be done. Additional […]