Bolivia endorses the Open Aid Partnership May 15, 2013

On February 4th 2013, the Minister of Development Planning of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ms. Viviana Caro Hinojosa, informed the World Bank of the Government's interest in implementing the Open Aid Partnership (OAP) mapping platform for Bolivia. "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." said Ms. Caro Hinojosa. "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."

Publish What You Fund endorses the Open Aid Partnership April 30, 2013

Publish What You Fund (PWYF) campaigns for aid transparency - more and better information about aid. They insist that transparency is essential if aid is truly to deliver on its promise. Knowing what is being spent where, by whom, and with what results is the basic foundation for reducing poverty and empowering citizens. We are happy to receive an endorsement of the Open Aid Partnership by PWYF and look forward to collaborating with them on this common goal.

OAP presented at the IATI Steering Committee Meeting, Paris March 13, 2013

At the IATI Steering Committee meeting in Paris on March 13, Aleem Walji, Director, World Bank Innovation Labs gave a presentation on the Open Aid Partnership. During the presentation, Aleem discussed how the OAP is working to promote and build upon the existing IATI standard.

The Foundation Center endorses the Open Aid Partnership November 14, 2012

The Foundation Center, the leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide, endorsed the Open Aid Partnership and its efforts to improve the openness and effectiveness of development assistance worldwide. The Foundation Center's expertise in knowledge management, its role as a driver of transparency, and its data resources for global philanthropy align with the Partnership's approach to facilitating positive change in the arena of international aid.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) endorses the Open Aid Partnership October 1, 2012

The African Development Bank (AfDB) was one of the first development institutions to pinpoint the locations of all of its projects approved from 2009-2010 as part of its 2011 Annual Review. The AfDB is now scaling up this initiative to include all active projects. In joining the Open Aid Partnership , the AfDB will contribute actively in increasing the transparency of development aid with the other partners.

The Open Aid Partnership warmly welcomes the AfDB endorsement and looks forward to a close collaboration.

ONE endorses the Open Aid Partnership September 26, 2012

"ONE warmly endorses the Open Aid Partnership and looks forward to working with the World Bank and its partners to make the vision of open aid and open development, with empowered and informed citizens at the center, a reality." ONE is a grassroots advocacy and campaigning organization that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa.

Partners Meeting in Helsinki, Finland September 18, 2012

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland hosted the 2nd Open Aid Partners Meeting during the Open Knowledge Festival in Helsinki on September 18, 2012. At the meeting, partners nominated Bolivia, Kenya, Nepal, and Tanzania for piloting first phase OAP activities. The OAP Team has begun to engage these four countries to begin the pilot activities.

InterAction has endorsed the Open Aid Partnership (PDF) August 20, 2012

The Open Aid Partnership has been endorsed by InterAction, the largest alliance of U.S.-based international NGOs. InterAction is the first civil society group to endorse the Partnership. So far eight countries, InterAction and the World Bank have endorsed the Partnership.

Interactive Mapping of Development Projects - Technical Workshop April 26, 2012

Sweden's Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and the World Bank Institute (WBI) co-organized a technical workshop in Stockholm, Sweden on April 26, 2012 to bring together the Open Aid Partners and better understand the power of sub-national mapping of development projects. Participants learnt about the key concepts of sub-national data collection and geo-coding and exchanged ideas about how to implement them.

New Blog Post: Openness for Whom? and Openness for What? April 9, 2012

The emerging concept of "Open Development" has become a topic of keen interest to citizens, policy makers, and development practitioners alike. Opening data to enhance transparency, accountability and development outcomes sounds great. However, two main issues remain unclear: Openness for whom? And openness for what?

The Czech Development Agency has endorsed the Open Aid Partnership March 13, 2012

The Open Aid Partnership has been endorsed by the Czech Development Agency. As of April 2012, Sweden, United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands, Estonia, Finland, the Czech Republic, Canada and the World Bank have endorsed the Partnership.

Mapping Tool Analyzes How Climate Change, Conflict, And Aid Intersect February 29, 2012

The mapping tool is also a significant innovation in the context of the global aid transparency movement. It represents the first effort of the sort envisioned by the Open Aid Partnership, an initiative spearheaded by the World Bank to increase the openness and effectiveness of development assistance at the subnational level.

Blog Post: Sanjay Pradhan from the Aid Effectiveness Forum in Busan November 30, 2011

As many of those gathered here in Busan, I feel very excited about the chance we have to collectively shape the way in which development is practiced. We live in times of extraordinary change and in the middle of a global financial crisis. In these times of change, our assumptions about economic development and about development cooperation are being fundamentally challenged.

Open Aid Partnership: World Bank and Partners call for Open Collaborative Maps to Improve Development Aid Impact November 25, 2011

The World Bank, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands, Estonia, and Finland have announced their endorsement of the Open Aid Partnership in Busan, Korea, during the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. It brings development partners together to enhance the openness and effectiveness of development assistance.

Blog Post: Mapping for Results October 6, 2011

Where are World Bank projects located and are they making a tangible difference in the lives of developing country communities? An expanded version of the Mapping for Results (M4R) platform was launched during the 2011 World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings to better enable donors, governments and citizens in answering these pressing questions.