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Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation Europe. Aid Transparency 23. We will work to improve the availability and public accessibility of information on development co-operation and other development resources. . . To this end, we will: a) Make the full range of information on publicly funded development activities… publicly available… b) Focus, at the country level, on establishing transparent public financial management and aid information management systems… c) Implement a common, open standard for electronic publication of timely, comprehensive and forward-looking information on resources provided through development co -operation…

Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation Europe. Aid Predictability 24. We will also work to make development co-operation more predictable in its nature. To this end: a) Those of us who committed, through the Accra Agenda for Action, to improve medium-term predictability will implement fully our commitments in this area, introducing reforms where needed. By 2013, they will provide available, regular, timely rolling three- to five- year indicative forward expenditure and/or implementation plans as agreed in Accra to all developing countries with which they cooperate. Other actors will aim to provide developing countries with timely and relevant information on their intentions with regard to future co-operation over the medium-term.

Outline • Aid transparency o o o The cornerstone of AE Some principles IATI TR-AID EU Donor Atlas • Fiscal transparency o o Open Government Partnership Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency Europe. Aid

Aid transparency The cornerstone of aid effectiveness http: //www. makeaidtransparent. org/ Europe. Aid

Aid transparency The cornerstone of aid effectiveness Europe. Aid • Ownership: domestic accountability (for aid inflows) • Accountability: tax payers in donor countries & citizens in partner countries • Alignment by donors with partner country policies and systems and predictability • Donor coordination, harmonisation and division of labour • Managing for results …are all built on the premise of data availability.

Aid transparency Some donors do well, all can do better. Europe. Aid

Aid transparency Principle 1: timely and regular reporting Europe. Aid • DAC/CRS: good quality but 12 -24 month time gap • Trade off timeliness-quality, but timeliness can also help improve data quality • Management information needed anyway • 100% perfection is not the objective

Aid opacity The problem requiring a collective solution Europe. Aid

Aid transparency Principle 2: Publish once, use often Europe. Aid

Aid transparency Accra Agenda for Action Europe. Aid 24 a We will make aid more transparent. . . Donors will publicly disclose regular, detailed and timely information on volume, allocation and, when available, results of development expenditure 25 b Beginning now, donors and developing countries will regularly make public all conditions linked to disbursements 26 b Beginning now, donors will provide full and timely information on annual commitments and actual disbursements 26 c Beginning now, donors will provide developing countries with regular and timely information on their rolling three to five year forward expenditure and/or implementation plans

Aid transparency International Aid Transparency Initiative Europe. Aid • IATI aims to address the huge challenges faced by stakeholders in developing countries in accessing information about aid flows and activities. • The purpose is to help implement the transparency commitments made in the Accra Agenda for Action. • IATI is a voluntary, multi-stakeholder initiative that includes donors, partner countries and CSOs. • IATI aims to add value by agreeing standards for sharing information. • IATI has developed and agreed a common, open, international standard – the IATI standard. This sets guidelines for publishing information about aid spending. IATI will not create a new database.

Aid transparency International Aid Transparency Initiative • Open to all stakeholders in the aid world • Quantitative and qualitative aid information • Past observations and future projections • Quarterly updating • Partner country budger identifier Europe. Aid

Aid transparency IATI objectives 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Europe. Aid What will be published, for example detailed project information, expected outputs and outcomes, and conditions Common definitions for sharing information, to enable better comparability between donors and countries Common electronic XML data format, that will facilitate the sharing of aid information, and reduce transaction costs Framework for Implementation) and individual implementation schedules how & when to publish and monitoring framework Central registry and technical support

Aid transparency IATI: 28 signatories = 80% ODA Europe. Aid World Bank, African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, European Commission, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Office for Project Services, United Nations Capital Development Fund, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Hewlett Foundation, CDC Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA

Aid transparency IATI country pilots Europe. Aid

Aid transparency IATI aid data in XML format Europe. Aid - <iati-activity xml: lang="en" default-currency="GBP" hierarchy="1"> <reporting-org ref="GB-1" type="10">Department for International Development</reportingorg> <participating-org ref="GB" type="10" role="Funding">UNITED KINGDOM</participating-org> <participating-org ref="GB-1" type="10" role="Extending">Department for International Development</participating-org> <iati-identifier>GB-1 -107367</iati-identifier> <title>Bangladesh Budget Support for Roads and Highways Department</title> <description>Improved systems for road maintenance operational</description> <activity-date type="end-actual">2009 -08 -31 Z</activity-date> <activity-date type="end-planned">2009 -08 -31 Z</activity-date> <activity-date type="start-actual">2004 -09 -01 Z</activity-date> <activity-date type="start-planned">2004 -09 -01 Z</activity-date> <activity-status code="4">Post-completion</activity-status> - <contact-info> <organisation>Department for International Development</organisation> <telephone>+44 (0) 1355 84 3132</telephone> <email>enquiry@dfid. gov. uk</email> <mailing-address>Public Enquiry Point, Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow G 75 8 EA</mailing-address> </contact-info> <default-tied-status code="5">Untied</default-tied-status> <related-activity ref="GB-1 -107367 -101" type="2">SECTORBUDGETSUPPORT and P 0050 for Bangladesh Budget Support for Roads and Highways Department</related-activity> <related-activity ref="GB-1 -107367 -102" type="2">PROCOFSERVICES and P 0050 for Bangladesh Budget Support for Roads and Highways Department</related-activity> <related-activity ref="GB-1 -107367 -103" type="2">NOTFORPROFITORG and P 0050 for Bangladesh Budget Support for Roads and Highways Department</related-activity> <related-activity ref="GB-1 -107367 -104" type="2">Accountable Grant AG 4679: BANGLADESH ROAD PAVEMENT DESIGN PROJECT</related-activity> </iati-activity>

Aid transparency TR-AID Europe. Aid • TR-AID (Transparent Aid) is an EU donors' coordination tool developed by the European Commission with the primary objective of facilitating the sharing of aid funding data amongst EU donors, so that the data can be used in a decision making capacity across all stages of the funding lifecycle. • TR-AID is a web-based system that combines data from multiple sources into its own database. It allows the publication of comprehensive information about development and humanitarian aid from a number of sources.

Aid transparency IATI aid data delivered as aid information TR-AID search for projects by country Europe. Aid

Aid transparency IATI aid data delivered as aid information TR-AID analytic report on aid by regions Europe. Aid

Aid transparency EU Donor Atlas Europe. Aid • The EU Donor Atlas offers easy access to a wide array of development statistics, mostly from OECD DAC and the World Bank's World Development Indicators, covering both needs and financial resources. • The objective of the EU Donor Atlas is to provide a detailed mapping of EU donor activities to facilitate planning and programming; assist partner countries in strengthening their capacity to exercise leadership in development; and increase ODA transparency by providing easy to access and understand data to the general public.

Aid transparency EU Donor Atlas Europe. Aid

Fiscal transparency International Budget Partnership Europe. Aid

Fiscal Transparency Open Budget Index 2010 Europe. Aid

Fiscal transparency Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency Europe. Aid The Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT) is a new multi-stakeholder initiative, which held it first Stewards meeting in July 2011 and aims to launch in March 2012. The initiative aims to “advance and institutionalize significant and continuous improvements in fiscal transparency, engagement, and accountability in countries around the world. ”

Fiscal transparency Open Government Partnership Europe. Aid • On Sept. 20, 2011 Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, South Africa, UK and USA launched OGP with their endorsements of an Open Government Declaration and anouncements of their country action plans. • OGP is a global effort to make governments more transparent, accountable and effective. • OGP uses political leadership, collaboration between governments and civil society, and technical knowledge to achieve these objectives.

Fiscal transparency Europe. Aid OGP new country guidance 1. Initiate consultations with domestic stakeholders, consistent with the principles of the Open Government Partnership 2. Use the networking mechanism to develop ideas for concrete commitments 3. Begin the process of developing concrete country commitments 4. Participate in an OGP peer engagement meeting in December 2011 5. Deliver an action plan and endorse the OGP Declaration in April 2012.

Fiscal transparency Europe. Aid OGP network The OGP Networking Mechanism’s mission is to introduce governments to peer governments, nongovernmental groups, and private companies with experience, skill sets, and technology that can assist governments with conceptualizing and implementing ambitious best practice open government commitments and reforms.

Fiscal transparency OGP hypothetical illustration Europe. Aid Country X aspires to be at the vanguard of reform when it comes to transparent management of its natural resources, in particular its extractive resources. Already an Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) member, the government is savvy around issues of extractives transparency but approaches the OGP Networking Mechanism for assistance in thinking through specific sub-national transparency reforms in key regions of the country that are mineral-rich. The Networking Mechanism Case Manager connects the government with both the Revenue Watch Institute (RWI) as well as two local-level non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in neighboring countries that have worked with their respective local and national governments to develop and implement best practices at the sub-national level for promoting extractives transparency. The Case Manager also connects a tech company with a local NGO that is interested in using geo-referencing software to help Country X map its natural resource concessions in tandem with other local NGOs. Following intensive virtual and in-person consultations with RWI, the tech company, and the local NGOs, the government crafts a cutting-edge set of sub-national transparency reforms that it commits to in March 2012.

Fiscal transparency Muhuri helps locals hold the Constituency Development Fund accountable in Kenya Europe. Aid

Fiscal transparency Case studies • Argentina: Claiming the right to education with budget analysis and litigation • India: Samarthan’s campaign to make real the right to work • Civil society coalition for quality basic education carries out public expenditure tracking surveys in Malawi • Haki. Elimu publicises trends in audit reports in Tanzania Europe. Aid