Simon Parrish

Programme Leader

Simon leads the aidinfo programme, having previously worked for aidinfo for a number of years advising on data standards and the application of technology.

He oversees the day to day management of the programme, ensuring that it’s on track to meet its targets in addition to devising and implementing aidinfo’s next phase of strategy. Additionally, he provides support to the Technical Advisory Group of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), leading on the data formats, technical architecture and systems workstream. This supports existing and new information providers in assessing impact and implementing the IATI standard.

Simon joined us from the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and brings first-hand experience of delivering improvements to the systems that underpin donor business processes and systems.

Prior to joining DFID, Simon worked at the BBC as a media data consultant, analysing complex data requirements and advising on the use of data standards.

Simon Parrish

News & Views
From Simon

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Open data in development – the missing debate?

Views Published: 03/12/2010

After reading an earlier post on the role of  open data in development, Tobias Denskus calls for more critical debates around open aid data. His article is really worth reading first; he draws our attention to four issues in the current state of aid transparency: Everybody in the aid sector seems to be on board… [more]

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The role of open data in development

Views Published: 24/11/2010

Edit: Tobias Denskus wrote an interesting response to this – I address some of his points here. At the Open Government Data (OGD) camp this year, David Eaves, a Canadian open data and public policy activist, gave an excellent keynote talk highlighting some of the challenges that lie ahead in the world of OGD. He… [more]