The European Union announces new initiatives to increase transparency and improve coordination in aid delivery

Speaking at the Busan High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs will today present the European Union's new proposals to make its aid more effective: EU Joint Programming and EU Transparency Guarantee.

The EU Joint Programming of Aid is an enhanced approach to development cooperation whereby the EU and its Member States analyse each country they work in to identify the areas most in need of support, which donor should work in which sector, and then how much money should be allocated as a result.

EU Transparency Guarantee will require EU Member states to publicly disclose all information on aid programmes so that it can be more easily accessed, shared and published.