What is the Open Aid Partnership?

The Open Aid Partnership brings together development partners from developing countries and donor countries to increase the transparency of development aid and how it is reported. Partners will make information and data on their activities available in an easily accessible way. This will help to inform citizens at the local level and empower them to provide feedback on services received.

The goals of the partnership are to

• improve aid transparency and coordination by developing an Open Aid Map that visualizes the location of donor-financed programs at the local level
• better monitor the impact of development programs on citizens
• enhance the targeting of development programs
• foster accountability by empowering citizens to provide direct feedback on project results
• strengthen capacity of civil society and citizens to use open aid data

Partnership has been endorsed by:

"The Open Aid Partnership will help enhance our ability to visualize our development projects and work more effectively with our development partners to identify priorities and target resources. It will also help us improve the effectiveness of and access to public services, and enable our citizens to participate by providing feedback, and voice their needs."

Viviana Caro Hinojosa

Minister of Development Planning

Plurinational State of Bolivia

"We are pleased to work with the Open Aid Partnership in Kenya to make information on project activities, locations and spending more readily available and accessible to the public for improved transparency and enhanced accountability. The Partnership will also help to better monitor the progress of the project implementation while ensuring alignment to the Government's policies for improved service delivery."

Peter M. Kamau

Assistant Director, Ministry of Finance

Government of Kenya

"The World Bank Group realizes the enormous potential of visualizing the projects we finance so knowledge flows in multiple directions and aid can become transparent, accountable and effective. Through the Open Aid Partnership we are very pleased that many partners are willing to join in this effort to radically open up development and transform the way we report the nature of our development work in our mission to end poverty and promote shared prosperity."

Sanjay Pradhan

Vice President

World Bank Institute