This session will, through discussion of practical experience, demonstrate how opening up parliamentary information -- transcripts, attendance records, voting records etc -- help to strengthen democracy, drive integrity and increase citizen engagement with the political process. ...

This panel event will include a presentation of the newly-launched 2013 Aid Transparency Index, an annual ranking of donors on how transparent they are about the aid they give. Panellists will also talk about the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), an internationally agreed standard for publishing aid information. ...

This session discusses the risks and consequences of the lack of transparency in the finance of political parties and how these problems change or not and based on what factors (especially levels of institutionality and presence of organized crime). ...