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Implementing IATI. AusAID’s experience. Overview. Implementation update Key success factors Challenges met What next?. 04/09/11/Slide1/IATI meeting. Implementation update. April 2011: Provided IATI with an initial release of AusAID’s organisational documents
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Implementing IATI AusAID’s experience
Overview • Implementation update • Key success factors • Challenges met • What next? 04/09/11/Slide1/IATI meeting
Implementation update • April 2011: Provided IATI with an initial release of AusAID’s organisational documents • July 2011: Provided IATI with remaining links to existing public documents • October 2011: Will provide IATI with basic project data 04/09/11/Slide2/IATI meeting
Key success factors • Corporate enabling environment • Concerted agency effort • System design 04/09/11/Slide 3/IATI meeting
Corporate enabling environment • Government commitment to transparency • Whole of Government on Transparency shift – impetus for change • Organisational focus on transparency • Creation of transparency unit • Development of Transparency Charter 04/09/11/Slide4/IATI meeting
Key success factors • Corporate enabling environment • Concerted agency effort • System design 04/09/11/Slide5/IATI meeting
Challenges met • Data quality issues • System limitations • Introduction of thresholds 04/09/11/Slide6/IATI meeting
Data quality issues • Given the prominence of IATI in providing a centralised global focus on aid delivery, we want to ensure the data we deliver is accurate and timely. • A concerted agency effort is needed to ensure better quality data is entered into AusAID’s data store 04/09/11/Slide7/IATI meeting
System limitations • Data captured at regional level 04/09/11/Slide8/IATI meeting
Introduction of thresholds • Aim: To ensure processes are functioning well and to quality assure information being disseminated • Reasons: • to minimise the labour intensive cleansing yet balance the need for informative and reliable data; • to maintain comparability with other donors; and • to ensure ongoing manageability in delivering this information. • Analysis of possible thresholds 04/09/11/Slide9/IATI meeting
Overview of thresholds introduced • Graduated Implementation • delaying the release of lower disaggregated ‘activity’ level data until March 2012 • limiting the level of partner details • marker information PLEASE COPY AND PASTE FOR EACH SLIDE AND AMEND: Date/slide number/event
Overview of thresholds introduced (2) Limiting countries to be extracted • The October 2011 data extraction will be limited to selected Asian and Pacific countries 04/09/11/Slide10/IATI meeting
Overview of thresholds introduced (3) Start date of initiatives created on or after 1 July 2009 (4) Initiatives valued at AUD 3 million or above 04/09/11/Slide11/IATI meeting
Overview of thresholds introduced (5) Exclusion of residuals and ability to aggregate totals (6) Concentrating on AusAID data only 04/09/11/Slide12/IATI meeting
Further points of consideration • IATI must be implemented in concert with the broader transparency agenda • Coordinated by transparency unit • Making an effort to keep staff updated on what is happening with IATI and the transparency agenda • Staff seminars • All-staff communications 04/09/11/Slide13/IATI meeting
What next? • October 2011 • Publication of basic project data • Review thresholds and content of activity data • March 2012: first update • Application of new thresholds • Data will be for the 2011 calendar year • Post-March 2012 • Reassessment and design for the next phase • Consideration of Phase 2 of IATI • AusAID review of business processes 04/09/11/Slide14/IATI meeting
Thank you! 04/09/11/Slide15/IATI meeting