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DAD Community of Practice, 5 October 2009

International Aid Transparency Initiative – key recommendations from partner countries consultations & update. DAD Community of Practice, 5 October 2009. Agenda. IATI – background & aims IATI – who is involved? Agreements IATI regional partner country consultations (June – September 2009)

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DAD Community of Practice, 5 October 2009

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  1. International Aid Transparency Initiative – key recommendations from partner countries consultations & update DAD Community of Practice, 5 October 2009

  2. Agenda • IATI – background & aims • IATI – who is involved? • Agreements • IATI regional partner country consultations (June – September 2009) • Key recommendations from the partner country consultations • Update on recent developments

  3. Make standards useful to all stakeholders Bring together donors, partner countries, CSOs and aid information experts to agree ways of sharing more and better information about aid IATI – background & aims • IATI: • Launched at the Accra HLF on Aid Effectiveness in September 2009 • Aims: Build on the standards and definitions that are already being used Commit donors to sharing more detailed, timely, and up-to-date information about aid Agree standards that will make information easier to understand, compare and use Meet transparency commitments in the Accra Agenda for Action

  4. IATI – who is involved? • Signatories to the 2008 IATI Accra Statement: • Partner Countries that have endorsed IATI:

  5. IATI Structure Decision-making body; guides the process Develops the standards & reports to SC Coordinates, implements SC decisions & reports to SC

  6. Agreements

  7. Partner Country Consultations (1)

  8. Partner Country Consultations (2) • Objectives: • Familiarize PC with IATI • Determine the priority aid information needs of PC • Gather recommendations from PC on the scope of the IATI standard, the Code of Conduct and the way forward for IATI • Feed the findings and recommendations into the research and standard development work undertaken by the IATI TAG • Define capacity development needs of PC with regard to use of aid information for better planning, budgeting, decision-making & monitoring of aid at the country level

  9. Key findings & recommendations (1) • Scope of the IATI Standard: • Timely, up-to-date & reliable information about current & future aid flows • More detailed information about where, when, how, on what & in which sectors aid is spent • Better information on results and the impact of aid • Non-statistical information (donor’s strategy, policy, evaluations, etc.) • Better coverage of aid flows: OECD/DAC, non-DAC donors, multilaterals, NGOs, foundations, global funds • Information pertaining to conditions/conditionalities • Paris Declaration targets & other commonly agreed policy indicators (gender, climate change) • Contract & procurement details

  10. Key findings & recommendations (2) • Code of Conduct: • Key instrument for ensuring transparency & accountability – some regions called for a legally binding document, while others not • Monitorable actions and indicators of compliance • Should be flexible & take into account country-specific needs (e.g. reporting frequency & timeframe) • Independent monitoring of compliance • Peer review is insufficient • PC should play a key role in any future monitoring mechanisms

  11. Key findings & recommendations (3) • Way forward for IATI: • Ensure that more OECD/DAC and non-DAC donors are signatories to IATI • Strengthen national Aid Information Management Systems (AIMs) • Ensure better representation of PC into IATI Steering Committee & TAG, incl. regional balance • Allow sufficient time for in-country consultations on IATI • Bring the PC outreach up to scale • Make a real change in aid transparency and accountability through better aid information & compliance with the IATI Code of Conduct

  12. Key findings & recommendations (4) • Capacity Development Needs of PC: • The aim of CD efforts should be to strengthen country AIMs • Issue of sustainability of AIMs (human & financial resources) • Ensure that staff have the capacity to use aid information for better planning, budgeting , decision-making & monitoring of aid • Adapt aid information to the different needs of various users (ministries of plan/finance, line ministries, parliamentarians, CSOs, citizens) • Strong need for peer (regional and across-the-globe) exchange & learning in the aid information area • Infrastructure needs in some PC

  13. Update: • Donor fact-finding missions (WB, UK, Germany and the Netherlands) and PC pilots (Burkina Faso & Malawi) concluded • Additional PC became members of the IATI Steering Committee on 30 September: Burkina Faso, Colombia, Dominican Republic & Malawi joined Ghana, Nepal, Montenegro, PNG, Rwanda & Viet Nam • First drafts of IATI scope & Code of Conduct will be circulated for comments by PC • IATI Conference in The Hague, 20-21 October: aim is to examine progress & review proposals of the IATI scope & Code of Conduct • IATI Steering Committee meeting on 30 November: scheduled to approve the IATI scope

  14. More information: Danila Boneva IATI Partner Outreach Coordinator email: danila.boneva@undp.org Tel. +1 212 906 6510 Bureau for Development Policy Capacity Development Group UNDP, New York web: www.aidtransparency.net

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