Today, 19^th October sees the release of the International Budget Partnership’s Open Budget Survey 2010.

International Right to Know Day will be marked in Brussels by a seminar organised by the European Ombudsman and Transparency International on 28^th September.

The United Nations Development Cooperation Forum’s (DCF) High-Level Symposium took place in Vienna on the 12th and 13th of November, focusing primarily on mutual accountability.
 

Southern governments were strongly represents, far more so than Northern governments, with France and Germany being entirely absent. Parliamentarians and CSOs were invited to join to give panel presentations and participate actively in discussions.