OpenAid Public online monitoring for better development aid
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OpenAid is a project of the Open Knowledge Foundation Germany (VR 30468 B) for transparency in development cooperation. OpenAid promotes the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) and implements data analysis projects.

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Public Online Monitoring

Public Online Monitoring

If aid is to have an impact, beneficiaries should be able to monitor aid projects, provide feedback about impact and hold project management to account. Online and mobile solutions offer exciting opportunities for citizen monitoring to scale up and be ongoing.

OpenAid is currently developing a pilot project on Public Online Monitoring. In collaboration with African student communities we plan to create online communities around individual projects.

Transparency Campaign

Transparency Campaign

Transparency is crucial for aid effectiveness and improved feedback processes in development cooperation. Therefore OpenAid advocates for more transparency in governmental and non-governmental aid organisations.

We lobby specifically for open data and for German donors to implement the open data standard developed by the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). 

Network for Aid Transparency

Transparency Network

OpenAid is networking with organisations in Germany and abroad to build coalitions and to achieve our goals of open data and aid transparency. Our partner organisations are working on open data, anti-corruption, technical innovation and civic participation.

Important partner organisations include aidinfo (UK) and Transparency International Germany. OpenAid is a member of  CIVICUS, Mehr Demokratie and VEN.

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 aidinfo highlights key elements of Brian Atwoods presentation and the discussion. It is no exaggeration to suggest that the (transparency) movement...
Peter Eigen on open data - Interview by Anja Krieger
 On the 29th of September OpenAid and its partner organisations the Open Knowledge Foundation Germany, Transparency International Germany and the Heinrich Böll Foundation organised the Open Aid Data Conference in Berlin bringing together for the first time the development community and the open data community in Germany. Keynote speaker...
Open Data meets Development
Registration is now open! Would anybody argue that aid transparency is a bad thing? Probably not. But what do you mean by aid transparency? Definitions of aid transparency may range from annual reports in pdf format to open access to donor databases. What type of aid transparency is necessary to improve the effectiveness of aid and how exactly...
Over 5000 signatures for more transparent aid!
Yesterday Karin Christiansen and Tony Tujan from the Reality of Aid network presented the petition of the global "Make Aid Transparent" Campaign to the OECD. Over 5000 signatures from all over the world were collected to support the campaign. Watch the excellent animation  explaining the need for more transparency!