[open-development] Big steps forward in the U.S.
Karin Christiansen
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Fri Dec 17 12:09:40 UTC 2010
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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.
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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. http://www.aidtransparency.net/events/iati-partner-country-meeting-8th-february-2011
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22. http://www.aidtransparency.net/events/iati-steering-committee-meeting-9th-february-2011
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