GIFT - Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency

06/23/2025

🎥 Couldn’t make it to the GIFT Legacy Event? Catch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p7plB4Kng4

It was a powerful gathering of reformers and friends from around the world—sharing stories, memories, and bold hopes for the future of fiscal transparency.

Though GIFT is sunsetting, the community lives on. 🧡



P.S. As part of our transition, we’re ensuring continued access to the knowledge and tools developed over the years. All GIFT resources will remain available on the GIFT website until the end of 2025. Beyond that, key training and resource materials will continue to be hosted and maintained by our long-standing partners at the International Budget Partnership (IBP). Please stay tuned for further announcements in 2026.

06/20/2025

We’re live! We are celebrating GIFT - Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency's incredible 14-year legacy — one built not only on policy milestones and innovation, but also on the passionate, values-driven community it has fostered across sectors and around the world.

06/20/2025

🎉 What a celebration!

Thank you to everyone who joined us to honor GIFT’s legacy—a global gathering full of heart, wisdom, and connection. 🌍

Though GIFT is sunsetting, the heartfelt stories to bold reflections on the future of fiscal openness, showed us that the .

is more than a principle—it’s a movement built on trust, collaboration, and people.

📸 Share your favorite moments and tag us using to keep the spirit alive.

Here’s to the next chapter—carried forward by you. 🧡

06/17/2025

⏳ Only 3 days to go! This isn’t just a closing event—it’s a tribute to the people and partnerships that turned fiscal transparency into a global movement.

🌐 Were you part of a milestone or collaboration that made a difference? Tell us below!

🔗 Register today: https://tinyurl.com/GIFTsunsetRegistration

⏰ Just one week to go! GIFT may be sunsetting, but its legacy lives on through you—the community of reformers, stewards, and changemakers that made it all possible. 🧡

🌍 What’s your GIFT story? A favorite moment, lesson learned, or partnership that made a difference? Share it with us in the comments—or tag someone who inspired your journey.

📅 Join us on June 20 to celebrate 14 years of impact and collective action.

🔗 Register now:https://tinyurl.com/GIFTsunsetRegistration

06/16/2025

💬 From peer learning to participatory budgeting and open data tools—GIFT’s journey has always been about people.

🌍 What’s your GIFT story? A favorite moment, lesson learned, or partnership that made a difference? Share it with us in the comments—or tag someone who inspired your journey.

🗓️ Don’t miss the celebration.

🔗 Register today: : https://tinyurl.com/GIFTsunsetRegistration

06/13/2025

⏰ Just one week to go! GIFT may be sunsetting, but its legacy lives on through you—the community of reformers, stewards, and changemakers that made it all possible. 🧡

🌍 What’s your GIFT story? A favorite moment, lesson learned, or partnership that made a difference? Share it with us in the comments—or tag someone who inspired your journey.

📅 Join us on June 20 to celebrate 14 years of impact and collective action.

🔗 Register now:https://tinyurl.com/GIFTsunsetRegistration

06/10/2025

📅 14 Years of Impact: From 2011 to 2025, GIFT helped set global standards and practices of fiscal openness across the world. But what truly made it work? 💡 It's YOU--the people and community of GIFT.

As our formal network prepares to sunset, join us on June 20 to celebrate 14 years of impact and collective action.

🔗 Register in the GIFT legacy event: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/o62VHxoSSTGvF7oOl243sg #/registration

Swipe to revisit key milestones—and tell us in the comments: What moment or milestone stands out to you the most?

06/09/2025

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2022: A double milestone for fiscal transparency.

📜 GIFT publishes the Transparency Principles for Tax Policy and Administration, setting a global benchmark for openness in tax systems.

🌍 In partnership with the Global Data Barometer, GIFT also co-develops the Public Finance Module, generating evidence on available public finance data from over 100 countries.

06/05/2025

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2021: GIFT launches its free online course on fiscal transparency, available in English & French, followed by a Spanish version in 2024. 🎓

Today, 1,400+ learners from 40+ countries have enrolled in the course.✨

🖥️ You can also sign up here: https://aftx.learning.fiscaltransparency.net/

06/04/2025

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2019: The Fiscal Openness Accelerator (FOA) project launches. Benin, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa pilot public participation programs in national budgets.✨ 🌍

Learn more here: https://fiscaltransparency.net/foa/

06/03/2025

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2016: GIFT stewards endorse the Principles of Public Participation (PPP)—a blueprint to put people at the heart of public budgets. 🗳️✨

📄 Read more about the PPP here:
https://fiscaltransparency.net/public-participation-principles-and-guide/

05/29/2025

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2012: GIFT’s High-Level Principles are endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly—making it a key global standard affirming the public’s right to participate in fiscal policy. ✍️

📄 Read the Principles here: https://fiscaltransparency.net/gift-principles/