Toby McIntosh

The #UNESCO panel that handles appeals under the @UNESCO access to information policy won’t release any information about its first decision, but might change this policy. #FOI Read more here: wp.me/p9BenY-2Da

#UNESCO rejects a request to disclose a decision document by its appeals panel. The panel turned down an access to information appeal, but its reasons will be kept confidential. Read more: wp.me/p9BenY-2pA

The International Organization for Migration claims that UN immunity exempts its reports from disclosure under national #FOI laws. Read more: wp.me/p9BenY-2oR @MigrationWatch @UNmigration @CoE_Migration @IOMchief @IOMGREECE #transparency

@NadiaCalvino @EIB @GelsoVigliotti @karlnehammer @nicolabeerfdp @yannistsakiris1 Interesting that @nadiacalvino mentions #transparency when the EIB internal watchdog has just criticized the bank for not justifying its refusal to release an audit committee report on whether the @EIB complies with best banking practices. Read more here: wp.me/p9BenY-2nC

Very good final meeting of the year with the @EIB Audit Committee. They play an important role in ensuring the highest standards of financial strength, transparency and accountability, so that we can contribute to Europe's strategic priorities with impact and at scale.

#IMF and #WorldBank promises on #debttransparency will be tested in #Senegal following the 2024 hidden-debt scandal. Documents suggest some of the #transparency steps that may be taken. Read more here: wp.me/p9BenY-2g2 #IMFMeetings #WBMeetings

@IMF reaches deal with #Ghana on #governance and #anticorruption agenda. (Yet unpublished) Similar governance diagnostic assessment with #Pakistan hits snags. Read more: wp.me/p9BenY-2fx #WBGMeetings @IMFMeetings

International organizations have #AccessToInfo policies, too. But some may be too restrictive. @WorldBank keeps secret key reports about ongoing projects. Read more: wp.me/p9BenY-2dp #AccessToInfoDay #RightToKnow #IDUAI2025 #transparency

The World Bank is determined to keep secret key reports about ongoing projects. An interpretation of a footnote aims at the goal. But it may conflict with pro-transparency decisions of the independent appeals board on access policy. Read more: wp.me/p9BenY-2dp

In sum: seven bilateral East Asi an DFIs with substantial assets "do not disclose comprehensive project-level data, making it difficult to assess how investments are distributed or their specific impact."

The #IMF will use “sharpened claws” to achieve #debttransparency, an official says. #Senegal may be first scratching post. Read more: wp.me/p9BenY-20N #sovereigndebt #publicdebitispublic @BirahimeSeck

A evaluation says #IATI, a huge database on international aid, has missed its goals, is facing insolvency and needs a major reset. Read more here: wp.me/p9BenY-1Zo @IATI_aid #opendata #developmentfinance

There’s not much #transparency about the number of international investment disputes financed by third-parties. EYE has learned that 16 percent of recent cases have such backing at the leading arbitration body @ICSID Read more: wp.me/p9BenY-1XT #ISDS #investmentreaties

NEW: China and India defeat attempt to reveal how much each ship pollutes The public will only be given emissions intensity data in an anonymised form, making it harder for shippers to choose green ships or port communities to judge health risks climatechangenews.com/2025/04/10/chi…

🌍How can we improve understanding & coordination of climate finance? In this new blog, Ryan Anderton & Alex Tilley examine the data published by the 4 largest climate funds & outline why they should also report to IATI : publishwhatyoufund.org/2025/04/how-tr… #ClimateFinance #Transparency

New disclosures about higher #sovereigndebt in #Senegal suggest that efforts to encourage #transparency were insufficient. Read more here: wp.me/p9BenY-1UG

Ensuring quality aid data endangered by possible demise of system to rank donor transparency. @hewlett Read More: wp.me/p9BenY-1SR. @AidData @aidtransparency #ForeignAid @Hewlett_Found

@UNEP decision narrows scope of access policy; limits information on methane emissions. Read more: wp.me/p9BenY-1Sm #MethaneEmissions @MethaneData #CutMethane @Gmethanehub #UNEP #Transparency

After almost two years, a request and an appeal, EYE obtains new information on an unusual 2019 data licensing agreement between the European Investment Bank and a Dutch investment company. Read more: wp.me/p9BenY-1S0 #transparency #FOIA #EIB @aidtransparency

Wildlife trafficking online is constant, maybe rising, but data is limited. However, takedowns of #IWT postings by social media companies may be diminishing. Read wp.me/p9BenY-1Q3 @CITES #CITESCoP20 @GENetwork #SC78 #wildlifecrime

Are social media companies doing enough to combat illegal wildlife trafficking? Numbers from new report suggest they are blocking fewer postings. Read more: wp.me/p9BenY-1Q3 @julianrademeyer @ro_martin @WJCommission @EIA_News