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Overview of International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) TAG progress and country pilots, phase 1 implementation, technical infrastructure, data exchange results, milestones, and work plan discussion areas.
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International AidTransparency Initiative (IATI) TAG OverviewOctober 2010
TAG Progress • Phase 1 IATI standard approved (applause) www.aidtransparency.net
Phase 1 standard • Annual forward planning budgets • Activity ID • Participating organisation (funding, extending, implementing, beneficiary) • Recipient country & region • Collaboration type, flow type, aid type, finance type • Activity title & description & dates & stage • Detailed sector & policy markers • Financial transaction (commitments, disbursements, expenditure, loan and Interest repayments, Incoming funding) www.aidtransparency.net
TAG Progress • Phase 1 IATI standard approved (applause) • Technical infrastructure in place www.aidtransparency.net
TAG Progress • Phase 1 IATI standard approved (applause) • Technical infrastructure in place • Country pilot in 5 countries www.aidtransparency.net
Country Pilots - Overview Burkina Faso, Colombia, DRC, Malawi, Rwanda • Technical proof of concept: • a common data format for donor’s data • automating data exchange between donor and country systems using the IATI standards • Learn lessons: • partner country requirements • compatibility of donor data, country data and IATI • the impact of IATI on existing partner country and donor processes and systems www.aidtransparency.net
Country Pilots - Results • Data exchange is possible; small changes to systems and processes are required • Phase 1 meets most needs of AIMS (not all) • Most phase 1 data is available in donor systems; not so for phases 2 & 3 • IATI can bring Increased accuracy, timeliness, consistency of data and reduce transaction costs • A range of stakeholders; budget alignment is a priority *Little IATI awareness amongst donors www.aidtransparency.net
Key TAG Milestones • October Steering Committee – agree proposals: • Licensing • Geo coding • Activity budgets, total activity cost and multi-funding • December Steering Committee - agree proposals: • Budget alignment • Results • Conditions & effectiveness indicators • Documents • Framework for Implementation www.aidtransparency.net
Work Plan Areas for Discussion pt1 • Outstanding phase 1 implementation issues • Licensing (session 12, Tues pm) • Organisation identifiers (session 5, Mon pm) • Technical implementation (session 5, Mon pm) • Phase 1 Implementation • Sharing challenges and constraints • Views of the implementation schedule schedule • Support required www.aidtransparency.net
Work Plan Areas for Discussion pt2 • Phase 2 & 3 standards • Phase 2: budget alignment (session 4, Mon pm); activity budgets; multi funding, total activity cost (12, Tues pm) • Phase 3: Geo coding (12, Tues pm); Results; effectiveness indicators (7, Mon pm) • Documents (6, Mon pm) • Accessibility (8, Tues pm) • Levels of accessibility required / role of IATI • Approach and activities • Framework for Implementation (10, Tues pm) • Review FFI paper www.aidtransparency.net
Other Key TAG Activities • Donor implementation support • Country implementation pilots • Release fully functional IATI registry & accessibility tools • Broaden membership • Foundations • NGOs • Humanitarian assistance www.aidtransparency.net