http://openbudgetsblog.org Views from the International Budget Partnership Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:24:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://openbudgetsblog.org/2011/07/22/launch-of-gift-global-initiative-on-fiscal-transparency-engagement-and-accountability/#comment-389 El Oso » Archive » Conference-Slutting Toward Good Governance Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:24:01 +0000 http://openbudgetsblog.org/?p=810#comment-389 [...] Transparency: A global movement for budget transparency has coalesced around GIFT, the Global Initiative on Fiscal Transparency, Engagement, and Accountability which launched in Washington DC last July and will convene again this spring in Brazil. Meanwhile [...] [...] Transparency: A global movement for budget transparency has coalesced around GIFT, the Global Initiative on Fiscal Transparency, Engagement, and Accountability which launched in Washington DC last July and will convene again this spring in Brazil. Meanwhile [...]

]]> http://openbudgetsblog.org/subscribe-by-email/#comment-325 The world post-Busan: what’s in it for CSOs working on transparency and accountability?Open Budgets Blog Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:38:31 +0000 http://internationalbudget.wordpress.com/?page_id=20#comment-325 [...] Main menu Skip to primary content Skip to secondary content HomeAboutOther IBP publicationsSubscribe [...] [...] Main menu Skip to primary content Skip to secondary content HomeAboutOther IBP publicationsSubscribe [...]

]]> http://openbudgetsblog.org/2011/07/22/launch-of-gift-global-initiative-on-fiscal-transparency-engagement-and-accountability/#comment-318 ONE | Busan: A Bang or a Whimper? Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:12:33 +0000 http://openbudgetsblog.org/?p=810#comment-318 [...] On accountability, the outcome document emphasizes that governments in developing countries need to manage public resources in ways that are transparent and accountable, and that allow and enable parliaments and civil society organizations to hold governments accountable. It also emphasizes the importance of effective institutions, a welcome nod to the fact that aid and development effectiveness are political as well as technical matters. These encouraging words on accountability will need to be given life through initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership and the Global Initiative on Fiscal Transparency. [...] [...] On accountability, the outcome document emphasizes that governments in developing countries need to manage public resources in ways that are transparent and accountable, and that allow and enable parliaments and civil society organizations to hold governments accountable. It also emphasizes the importance of effective institutions, a welcome nod to the fact that aid and development effectiveness are political as well as technical matters. These encouraging words on accountability will need to be given life through initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership and the Global Initiative on Fiscal Transparency. [...]

]]> http://openbudgetsblog.org/2011/07/22/launch-of-gift-global-initiative-on-fiscal-transparency-engagement-and-accountability/#comment-317 The ONE Blog | Busan: A Bang or a Whimper? Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:18:37 +0000 http://openbudgetsblog.org/?p=810#comment-317 [...] On accountability, the outcome document emphasizes that governments in developing countries need to manage public resources in ways that are transparent and accountable, and that allow and enable parliaments and civil society organizations to hold governments accountable. It also emphasizes the importance of effective institutions, a welcome nod to the fact that aid and development effectiveness are political as well as technical matters. These encouraging words on accountability will need to be given life through initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership and the Global Initiative on Fiscal Transparency. [...] [...] On accountability, the outcome document emphasizes that governments in developing countries need to manage public resources in ways that are transparent and accountable, and that allow and enable parliaments and civil society organizations to hold governments accountable. It also emphasizes the importance of effective institutions, a welcome nod to the fact that aid and development effectiveness are political as well as technical matters. These encouraging words on accountability will need to be given life through initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership and the Global Initiative on Fiscal Transparency. [...]

]]> http://openbudgetsblog.org/2011/11/25/how-we-will-promote-aid-and-budget-transparency-in-busan/#comment-313 Albert van Zyl Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:52:12 +0000 http://openbudgetsblog.org/?p=912#comment-313 For a couple of reasons: - Not all countries have effect Right to Information Regimes - Right to Information applications only give one access to information that is already produced. In many countries the problem is that key information and documents are not produced, not that they are produced, but not released. - And RTI application only gives access to the information available at the time of the application. What we are asking for is<em> routine/annual</em> release of the relevant documents. For a couple of reasons:
- Not all countries have effect Right to Information Regimes
- Right to Information applications only give one access to information that is already produced. In many countries the problem is that key information and documents are not produced, not that they are produced, but not released.
- And RTI application only gives access to the information available at the time of the application. What we are asking for is routine/annual release of the relevant documents.

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