Open Society Foundation
For The Transparency And Accountability Initiative, A Donor Collaborative
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Amount$748,569
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Program
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Date Awarded7/23/2013
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Term36 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
The Transparency and Accountability Initiative (TAI), hosted by the Open Society Foundation, is a donor collaborative that coordinates research and exchange among transparency and accountability donors at the global level. In order to take best advantage of this effort, this grant would support a three-year work plan, known as Phase 3 of TAI’s strategic planning, that will focus on the areas where donor collaboration has shown the most promise to date. These are grouped into three main categories: (1) sharing learning and addressing research questions whose answers benefit the field at large, including donors, practitioners, and academics; (2) encouraging collective action and coordination where appropriate, to position the issues of transparency and accountability in international debates that are made stronger by collective voice on the issue.; and (3) encouraging the growth of strategic funding for proven transparency and accountability interventions globally.
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Grants to this Grantee
for Publish What You Pay, a global campaign for natural resource revenue transparency
The Publish What You Pay (PWYP) international secretariat, hosted by the Open Society Foundation, coordinates and strengthens the global network of more than 700 civil society organizations that advocate for more open, accountable management of oil, gas, and mineral wealth in their countries. PWYP network members share best practices for monitoring revenue flows from the sale of natural resources and for understanding the contracts that corporations negotiate with their governments. The coalition also aggregates national and regional level demands for more rigorous implementation of global standards such as the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. During this grant period, the PWYP secretariat would establish itself as an independent organization, hire additional regional coordinators for Francophone Africa and Eurasia, and help each national coalition develop a strategic plan aligned with the network’s goals and advances implementing global standards at the country level.
for Publish What You Pay, a global campaign for natural resource revenue transparency
Support for the Publish What You Pay (PWYP) international secretariat, hosted by the Open Society Foundation, would strengthen a global network of more than 600 civil society organizations that are united in their call for oil, gas, and mining revenues to be used effectively to improve the lives of ordinary citizens in resource-rich countries. The secretariat unites and supports PWYP coalition members by sharing information, best practices, and lessons learned; facilitating peer-to-peer exchanges; strengthening members’ technical understanding of the extractive sector; and organizing campaigns on topics such as stock exchange rules, international accounting standards, and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. Support from the Hewlett Foundation would enable PWYP to revise its strategic plan, engage additional staff, and encourage the involvement of new donors to diversify its funding base.
for the Transparency and Accountability Initiative, a donor collaborative
The Transparency and Accountability Initiative is a donor collaborative that intends to use the momentum behind transparency and accountability issues to expand the impact, scale, and coordination of funding and activity in this field, and to explore applications of this work in new areas. Hosted by the Open Society Foundation, the Initiative brings together eight leading funders in this area, including other private foundations such as Ford; Great Britain’s development agency, DFID; and key regranting organizations like the International Budget Partnership. Over the grant term, the Initiative will focus on (1) shaping policy and programming in key transparency and accountability fields (natural resource governance and budget transparency); (2) harnessing the potential of new technologies throughout the transparency and accountability movement; and (3) deepening learning on where, when, and how projects succeed or fail to inform support for more effective interventions.
