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Protokoll der Open Aid Data-Konferenz

Ende September 2011 fand die Open Aid Data Konferenz in Berlin statt. Nur wenige Wochen vor dem 4. High Level Forumüber die Wirksamkeit von Entwicklungszusammenarbeit im südkoreanischen Busan kamen auf...

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Whats new in 2012?

2011 has been a good year for aid transparency and a good year for OpenAid. We want to make 2012 an even better year! We want to move beyond preaching aid transparency. Instead we want to really see it...

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OpenAid is now the aid project of OFKN Germany

Somebody said mergers are a sign of consolidation and maturity. We do not know if that is true, but the Open Knowledge Foundation Germany and OpenAid will merge! As of now, OpenAid will be the...

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The Vital Contribution of Transparency to Development Effectiveness

On the 2nd of May aidinfo (UK) hosted an event in London on aid transparency with Brian Atwood, the current chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee. This blog post by Alexandra Beech from...

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Transparency in in Climate Finance

Climate change has a dramatic impact on the development perspectives in poor countries. In recent years the number of mechanisms to finance programmes to reduce climate change and to manage its impact...

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Publish it!

Corruption in development cooperation is not the favourite topic of donor agencies. But the willingness to address this thorny topic is growing. On the 13th of June the German Ministry of Economic...

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Join us at OKFestival in Helsinki!

Open knowledge – from open educational resources, to open hardware and open data – can play a powerful role in supporting sustainable global development. At the Open Knowledge Festival in Helsinki...

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Do we need five-star open development?

According to Beth Noveck open data can probably not make government more transparent and accountable. Instead, she holds the value of open data is primarily in making use of the wisdom of crowds to...

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What next in Open Development?

In October 2011 the Open Knowledge Foundation organised its big annual Open Government Data Conference in Warsaw, Poland. After the conference a small group of people interested in development...

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You can do IATI!

Who will be the first German NGO to publish to the International Aid Transparency Initiative? Until now your non-profit organisation can still be the IATI pioneer in Germany. In order to inform German...

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It's a fad - 7 reasons agains Open Data

The interesting thing about arguments against open data is, that is is really similar to arguments against innovation in other areas, the first personal computer, the invention of telephones and early...

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Transparency of the System

Transparency of individual organisations is important but it is not enough. The consulting company PricewaterhouseCooper has developed a standard for transparent reporting of NGOs in Germany and awards...

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BMZ implementation schedule for IATI public!

At last! It is done! Germany has published its plan to implement the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). In February 2011 this initiative of bilateral and multilateral donors agreed a...

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Why NGOs should implement IATI!

"My CEO will tear off my head, if I suggest to him that we implement IATI."These were the precise words of a senior policy person of a big German NGO when I presented IATI some 18 months ago. In the...

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How to implement IATI?

In the previous blogpost I described the main reasons why it is in the interest of NGOs to publish their data in the IATI standard. NGOs will not have to publish all data fields proposed by the IATI...

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A first step for aid transparency

Some of us have been waiting a long time for this to happen. Germany has published its first set of aid information to the International Aid Transparency Initiative. At last! It is particularly good...

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Open Data to fight Poverty

Germany has just published its first batch of open data according to the standard of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). The term open data refers to quantitative and qualitative data...

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Open Data is gaining ground

So you think open data is a new hype in a few western countries? It is true that it is some so countries, particularly the UK and the US that are making big strides ahead in providing open and machine...

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Open Aid Data made in Germany

It has been a long time in coming. But the German government is now definitely making progress on open data in development cooperation. Last week, just in time for our national holiday, the German...

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We are not the champions

Is there anybody out there who really thinks aid transparency is not important? Are there still policy makers in Germany and other OECD countries who would publicly support aid opacity as a best...

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