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AiDA Accessible Information on Development Activities developmentgateway/aida

AiDA serves as a common access point to information on development projects, enabling users to find, compile, and integrate data from various sources for enhanced decision-making in the development sector.

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AiDA Accessible Information on Development Activities developmentgateway/aida

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  1. AiDAAccessible Information on Development Activitieshttp://www.developmentgateway.org/aida managed by Bellanet, OECD-DAC and World Bank

  2. AiDA – Accessible Information on Development Activities • A common access point to information on projects and programs found in web sites and online databases of development organizations • Provides overview ofwho is doing what, where plus links to information on results • Over 400,000 historical and current records of activities shared by 21 sources and growing

  3. Problems addressed by AiDA • Many sources of development activity information exist but hard to find or not accessible online • Online data can be structured or unstructured, in different formats and difficult to use to get picture of who are funding and implementing activities • Timeliness and uncertain quality of information now available – need to reconcile conflicting information High transaction costs of finding and using information -- manual sorting and integration of information required for analysis

  4. Problem: Surf and Seek AiDA: Launch and Use Users find and compile information Integrated information from one point CRS CRS World Bank USAID World Bank INDIX AiDA GK-AIMS INDEV FAO UNDP CARIS PRISME AiDA facilitates access to information Immediate use Manual Integration XML

  5. Value of AiDA • AiDA consolidates and organizes information in consistent way for a broad audience • Integrated information provides holistic view of activities by country, sector and community • Common access point reduces transaction cost of finding and using for the development community Enable cooperation and coordination Support decision making, planning and action

  6. Main thrusts of AiDA initiative • Connect community with common objectives working together to share knowledge through semi-annual meetings and AiDA Participants site • Promote standards and tools for information sharing, process for collaboration with participating organizations and user communities • Database driven AiDA site with features to do your own search, ready-made country snapshot with thematic breakdown, views by topic e.g. ICT window • What you get: list of activities, details of an activity  links for more information in home site of source

  7. Implementing Partners Outreach, support and management shared by: Bellanet -- focus on Civil Society organizations and Foundations OECD-DAC – focus on Bilateral funders World Bank – focus on Multilateral Financial institutions, UN agencies and Country Gateways Find information from: ADEA CARIS (FAO) DFID EL Salvador CG ENRAP Fundación Acceso GKP IDB IDRC IMF indev INDIX ITU Mines Action Canada NARSIS (DFID) OECD-DAC (CRS ) OSI Internet Program UNCDF UNDP UNFPA USAID AiDA participants – July 2002

  8. AiDA – how it works AiDA site Country Overviews Donors, Civil Society, Governments, Private Sector Internet (www) DG Topic Pages Accessible Information on Development Activities Consistent data elements  AiDA Schema  XML IDB USAID DFID NARSIS World Bank IDRC INDEV OECD CRS ADEA PRISME Acesso UNFPA ITU UNCDF ENRAP MAC EL Salvador DFID

  9. Standards for sharing information AiDA Core Team and Participants collaborate to: • Define how AiDA will be used • Identify common attributes required for activity profiles across all domains • Agree on consistent definitions • Identify attributes that require harmonization in structure and values • Define core metadata • Agree on AiDA Schema More info at AiDA Participants site --http://www.developmentgateway.com/node/241526/

  10. Participants share core metadata for each activity Core metadata Organization X Activity XX Ipso facto inter alia et hoc genus omne pari passu ipso facto inter alia et hoc genus omne pari passu ipso facto inter alia et hoc genus omne pari passu ipso facto inter alia et hoc genus omne pari passu ipso facto inter alia et hoc genus omne pari passu ipso facto inter alia et hoc genus omne pari passu ipso facto inter alia et hoc genus omne pari passu Additional information remains at source web site

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