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November 29 2011 at 10:08
Celebrating Smart, Canadian Aid
For more than a year, EWB, it's members and supporters have been engaging with the federal government, making the case for Canada to sign on to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). On Monday night, those efforts paid off at the High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, South Korea, where Minister Oda announced that Canada will join 22 other leading donors and sign on to IATI.
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November 11 2011 at 14:59
EWB Gets Transparent After a Year of Advocacy Success
Today, in advance of the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in South Korea, Engineers Without Borders Canada (EWB) became the third NGO in the world to publish its aid information using the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI).
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October 18 2011 at 10:26
10,000 Canadians Ask For IATI
Some sent postcards, Some sent emails, but in total, over 10,000 Canadians asked their MPs and Minister Bev Oda to sign on to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) today, and to make Canada's aid more effective and more transparent.
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October 13 2011 at 16:19
OCTOBER 17 — Tell Your MP You Want IATI Now
As you may not may not know, Monday is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. We're the first to admit that these "days" come and go, and little typically happens, but EWB is working to ensure this day is different.
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July 8 2011 at 17:07
Thousands Tell The World to Adopt IATI Now
In a 36 hour time period, beginning on Tuesday July 5th, 2,812 people signed EWB's online petition asking governments to make foreign aid more transparent and effective. Those signatures were combined with 2,200 others from around the world, and presented to the co-chairs of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Working Party on Aid Effectiveness during a major donor conference in Paris, France.
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June 13 2011 at 12:27
EWB Heads to Parliament Hill
On June 14th, more than twenty members of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) will head to Parliament Hill to meet with over 50 Members of Parliament. They will be discussing the state of Canadian aid and providing concrete recommendations for improvement.
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April 3 2011 at 14:54
Foreign Assistance Reform Network urges practical steps to modernize Canada's role in the world
At a time when our country is grappling with a significant deficit and Canadians are being asked to tighten their belts, the Foreign Assistance Reform Network (FARN), led by Engineers Without Borders, is asking all political parties to join us in endorsing a plan to modernize Canada’s approach to foreign assistance – maximizing the impact of every dollar spent and ensuring Canada’s efforts to reduce global poverty are as effective as possible. This plan is about how Canadian taxpayer money can be spent for greater impact, rather than how much money is spent.
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June 10 2010 at 16:54
Our co-CEO in the Toronto Star!
Our co-CEO George Roter is featured in the Toronto Star this week speaking about EWB's work making Canada's aid more effective.
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June 4 2010 at 11:19
EWB's ACT campaign takes action to improve Canadian foreign aid
Yesterday, EWBers brought all political parties together in Ottawa to support a comprehensive agenda that will increase accountability, creativity and transparency in Canada’s foreign aid spending.
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