In November, the Ministry of Budget in the Democratic Republic of Congo began to import data into their budget planning system directly from DFID’s published open data. The data included information on current and planned aid projects in DRC, published to the International Aid Transparency Initiative standard. This replaced specific spreadsheet reports that were previously sent directly from DFID DRC to the Ministry. This shows the potential of open standard data for easier sharing with partners.
DFID is developing a prototype aid information platform, aimed at making DFID’s IATI standard data much more accessible and easy to understand. The UK has also called on other governments, donors and partners to publish aid data in the IATI format, to make aid spending as transparent as possible.
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