A coalition of Civil Society Organisations have produced a collaborative analysis of the UK National Action Plan and wider open government policy environment. All countries subscribing to the Open Government Partnership have to submit a National Action Plan (NAP) based on the principles of open government that are articulated in the OGP Declaration. Organisations contributing to […]
A report released yesterday by CIVICUS includes a commentary by Publish What You Fund Director, Karin Christiansen, on aid transparency and what it means for CSOs (p.115-116); from the availability of accurate information on donor spending for use in advocacy efforts, to saving staff time on costly reporting for different funders. The report refers to […]
A report released today by the Lords’ Select Committee on Economic Affairs called on the Government to scrap its 0.7% target for aid and to focus on value for money and reducing corruption. However, the report fails to scrutinise available aid information in its evaluation of the impact and effectiveness of the UK’s development aid. […]
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI), the organisation responsible for the scrutiny of UK aid, today published reports on Aid to Afghanistan and engagement with World Bank, including areas for improvement in transparency. Its evaluation of the UK Department for International Development’s (DFID) Programme Controls and Assurance in Afghanistan shows that reporting of financial […]
A parliamentary report published by the UK’s International Development Committee (IDC) has recommended that private foundations delivering aid money sign up to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) to improve their transparency and accountability. The report highlights that whilst private foundations are responsible for delivering a large amount of aid money, there is little detail […]
Publish What You Fund congratulates the CDC for becoming the first bilateral development finance institution to sign up to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). As the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in the Republic of Korea comes to a close, CDC, the UK’s financial development institute joins 25 other signatories to the initiative, increasing and […]
