{"id":94175,"date":"2018-07-20T15:25:39","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T15:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=fcd56b84661ffe0cf13291a0e6a5ebfa"},"modified":"2018-07-20T15:25:39","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T15:25:39","slug":"press-release-uk-aid-package-to-drive-up-global-transparency-and-accountability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=94175","title":{"rendered":"Press release: UK aid package to drive up global transparency and accountability"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>A new UK aid package will help governments in developing countries stamp out corruption and improve accountability, Minister of State for International Development Harriett Baldwin announced yesterday (Thursday 19 July).<\/p>\n<p>It is estimated that up to \u00a32 trillion is lost globally to corruption every year, which reduces the amount that governments can invest in vital services such as healthcare and education.<\/p>\n<p>The support, announced at the Open Government Partnership\u2019s (OGP) Fifth Global Summit in Tbilisi, Georgia, will drive transparency reforms through locally-led National Action Plans produced by governments and civil society, with the support of expertise from OGP.<\/p>\n<p>The support is a part of the UK\u2019s Transparency Agenda \u2018Open Aid, Open Societies\u2019, launched by Minister Baldwin in February 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of State Harriett Baldwin said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorruption hurts the world\u2019s poorest and most vulnerable the most. We must clamp down on the spaces where rogue money can operate if we are to end poverty and create a fairer world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransparency transforms people\u2019s lives for the better by helping developing countries to collect taxes, improve public services and ensure a level playing field in which businesses can flourish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToo many governments publish incomprehensible spreadsheets that do little to increase transparency. Today\u2019s UK aid package will help some of the world\u2019s poorest people access easily understandable information so that they can really see how their taxes are spent, and properly hold their leaders to account.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UK helped to found the Open Government Partnership in 2011. It has since grown from eight to 76 participating countries.<\/p>\n<p>Notes to editors:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022   The UK announced a \u00a312 million programme of support over three years for the Open Government Partnership (OGP) at the OGP Fifth Global Summit in Tbilisi, Georgia \u2013 \u2018Support for Open Government and Transparency\u2019 yesterday. Today\u2019s funding is an allocation from the Governance, Open Societies and Anti-Corruption programme budget for 2018\/19.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022   Of the \u00a312 million, \u00a36.8 million will help the OGP to scale up support to member countries in implementing open government reform commitments, including a focus on DFID priority countries Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria and Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022   The programme also includes up to \u00a34.7m for a new World Bank managed Multi-Donor Trust Fund which will provide technical and financial assistance to design and implement open government reform commitments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New UK aid package will help governments in developing countries stamp out corruption and improve accountability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}