This Topic Report focuses on the question of how improved access to and analysis of data can help increase transparency, accountability and effectiveness in development aid and development co-operation.
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OpenAid
Posted on: 31-05-2012
The ePSIplatform team has published a new Topic Report, this time taking a closer look at the role of Open Data in international development aid.
This new Topic Report focuses on the question of how improved access to and analysis of data can help increase transparency, accountability and effectiveness in development aid and development co-operation.
Read or download the full Topic Report on Open Aid Data in our report section, or browse the...
Posted on: 18-11-2011
The Swedish government has embraced the IATI standard for reporting financial data on international aid efforts.
The IATI (International Aid Transparency Initiative) standard aims to create transparency in the entire sector of international aid, from donor countries to NGO's and receiving countries. The standard was launched early 2011, and several countries (ao UK, Spain, Netherlands, Finland and...
Posted on: 05-10-2011
Prague, 5 October 2011
(by Ton Zijlstra)
Tuesday a conference took place in Prague on transparency in aid and development. IATI is the international aid transparency initiative that is working to make data on aid funding available.
What is IATI?
IATI provides a technical standard to format the data so that it can be published in reusable ways. There are currently 21 signatories. Apart from...
Posted on: 02-10-2011
In order to stimulate the debate on aid transparency and open data OpenAidis organising an open aid data event in Prague on October 4th. The main theme for the event will be “development” meets “open data”. More specifically the event has four objectives:
Posted on: 14-07-2011
Berlin, 14 July 2011
(by Ton Zijlstra)
(source) In order to stimulate the debate on aid transparency and open data in Germany, Switzerland and Austria OpenAid, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, OKFN, Transparency International Germany and aidinfo are currently organising an open aid data in Berlin at the end of September....
