[open-development] Big steps forward in the U.S.

[Karin Christiansen]

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   _SEASON'S GREETINGS FROM PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND_

   This is our last newsletter of 2010 and it’s been an important year for
   global aid transparency.

   On Wednesday the US made aid transparency one of 6 new [2]foundational
   principles for American foreign assistance in the [3]Quadrennial Development
   and Diplomacy Review. And yesterday, the new website
   [4]www.foreignassistance.gov was launched, as a first but important
   practical step to implementing the new [5]aid transparency policy.
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       2. http://www.publishwhatyoufund.org/news/2010/12/qddr-supports-aid-transparency
       3. http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/153108.pdf
       4. http://www.foreignassistance.gov
       5. http://www.publishwhatyoufund.org/news/2010/12/us-launches-foreign-assistance-dashboard

   Other aid transparency events in Washington, D.C. over the last few weeks
   have included a [6]major panel discussion at Brookings, with the Liberian
   Minister of Finance and senior representatives from USAID, Brookings and the
   Center for Global Development.  We also presented our [7]2010 aid
   transparency assessment in another productive and high level discussion at
   the World Bank. The summary and presentation can be found [8]here.
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       6. http://www.brookings.edu/events/2010/1209_foreign_assistance.aspx
       7. http://www.publishwhatyoufund.org/resources/assessment
       8. http://www.publishwhatyoufund.org/news/2010/12/aid-transparency-assessment-presented-washington-dc

   Looking forward to 2011, there are two critical moments for aid
   transparency. In February key stakeholders will meet to finalise and agree
   implementation timelines for the [9]International Aid Transparency
   Initiative. And in November the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in
   Busan, South Korea will review the progress of global effectiveness and
   transparency of aid.
     Links:
       9. http://www.aidtransparency.net

   We look forward to working with you throughout next year, a year in which we
   hope to see the international commitment to aid transparency shifting from
   rhetoric to reality.

   Happy and restful holidays.

   _MORE NEWS THIS MONTH_

   The beginning of December was a busy time in Brussels:
   The EU Foreign Affairs Council made important new [10]commitments to make
   both European Commission and EU Member States’ aid more transparent.
     Links:
       10. http://www.publishwhatyoufund.org/news/2010/12/eu-commits-increase-aid-transparency

   The [11]Reality of Aid 2010 Report was presented, [12]highlighting aid
   transparency’s central role in improving development effectiveness.
     Links:
       11. http://www.realityofaid.org/roareports/index/part/1
       12. http://www.publishwhatyoufund.org/news/2010/12/aid-transparency-reality-aid-2010-report

   The [13]2010 Humanitarian Response Index was launched, [14]analysing donor
   governments’ response to humanitarian crises in 14 countries.
     Links:
       13. http://www.daraint.org/humanitarian-response-index/humanitarian-response-index-2010
       14. http://www.publishwhatyoufund.org/news/2010/12/2010-humanitarian-response-index-launched-today

   And on 19 November, the UK government [15]released all data on central
   government spending above £25 000 – totalling around £80bn of the annual
   £670bn spend. Publish What You Fund attended the launch event, where Francis
   Maude MP said “We are moving from need to know to right to know”.
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       15. http://www.publishwhatyoufund.org/news/2010/11/transparency-central-government-spending

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   [21]IATI Partner Country Meeting 8 February, Paris
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       21. http://www.aidtransparency.net/events/iati-partner-country-meeting-8th-february-2011

   [22]IATI Steering Committee Meeting 9 February, Paris
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       22. http://www.aidtransparency.net/events/iati-steering-committee-meeting-9th-february-2011

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