UNDP opens up funding data on 6,000 projects

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) just launched open.undp.org, a project and funding data browser that maps 6,000+ projects in 177 countries and discloses more than $5.8 billion in funding. This is a huge step in the open data space.

The new site uses state of the art web technology to improve international aid by exposing vital information in a visually compelling fashion and machine readable formats. Open.undp.org is a significant new web property in the United Nations family that shows the growing traction of organizations embracing web technology to further aid transparency and accountability. Its launch comes in the same year as the UNDP’s start to disclose project information under the standards of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI).

More details at developmentseed.org/blog/2012/nov/29/open-undp-launches/.

Site at open.undp.org/.