Czechs unaware their country joined prestigious donors club

The Czech Republic has become the first country among the new EU member states to join the world's leading development donors. But Czech media and the public in general paid little attention to the accession to this prestigious club.

After 18 years of membership in OECD, the Czech Republic has completed its transformation from being a recipient to becoming a donor of development aid. This country becomes the 26th member of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC), nations which together provide as much as 95 % of total global development aid.