3 Apr 2014

Civil society calls for deeper government commitments on aid transparency ahead of High Level Meeting in Mexico

2020-02-14T11:19:53+01:00

Madrid, 10 April 2014 - Ministers and heads of agencies and multilateral organisations working on development need to accelerate and deepen commitments on aid transparency according to the more than 50 civil society organisations from across the world that have signed a letter to be sent to governments before the first High Level Meeting (HLM) of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation in Mexico on 15–16 April 2014. Next week, the world’s development actors will meet at the first High Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation in Mexico. The meeting is an opportunity to kick-start efforts to

Civil society calls for deeper government commitments on aid transparency ahead of High Level Meeting in Mexico2020-02-14T11:19:53+01:00
9 Dec 2009

International Aid Transparency Initiative

2020-02-14T12:12:56+01:00

  The International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) is a multi-stakeholder, government-led initiative which aims to increase the availability and accessibility of aid information. The IATI focuses on donor transparency and is working to agree common standards of aid information that must be published by donors, taking into account the needs of all stakeholders. By aiming to make more aid information accessible the IATI is working to increase the ability of stakeholders to participate in decision making, increase aid effectiveness and address poverty. As an NGO Access Info is not a member of the IATI but we see it as an

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20 Oct 2009

New Report on Aid Transparency: Not Available! Not Accessible!

2018-11-13T10:14:03+01:00

Donor governments are failing to make available the information needed to prevent corruption in international aid projects and to permit taxpayers to evaluate the effectiveness of aid spending, according to a the report "Not Available! Not Accessible!" launched today by Access Info Europe. The study found that only half (52%) of the basic information which should be published on aid agency is available. The evaluation of the websites of five leading aid agencies from Canada, France, Norway, Spain, and the UK, ranked Norway’s aid agency lowest with just 30% and found that the UK’s Department for International Development provided most

New Report on Aid Transparency: Not Available! Not Accessible!2018-11-13T10:14:03+01:00
20 Oct 2009

Aid Transparency Principles

2020-02-14T12:11:58+01:00

Access Info is part of a global campaign to promote transparency of international aid. We started researching this field in 2007 and in 2008, alongside Tiri, we helped to launch the Publish What You Fund initiative. Access Info helped draft a set of principles, the Aid Transparency Principles and has conducted monitoring of donor government transparency. We also conduct training and provide assistance to civil society organisations in developing countries who are trying to get more information about international aid flows. The Aid Transparency Principles (Draft for Consultation) The Aid Transparency Principles (Draft for Consultation) Every year the world’s richest

Aid Transparency Principles2020-02-14T12:11:58+01:00