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NGOs, Transparency and the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI)

20 November 2012

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Agenda

13:30 Welcome and introduction

13:40 Setting the scene

• Why transparency?

• What is IATI?

• DFID and IATI

14:10 Practicalities: Implementing IATI

• The five steps to IATI

• What data do I need to publish?

• Group work

15:00 Break

15:15 Practicalities: Implementing IATI

• Publishing IATI data

16:00 Return to plenary

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Setting the scene: Why transparency?

The business case for NGOs – what’s in it for you?

1. Effectiveness

2. Accountability

3. Communication

4. Leverage

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Setting the scene: Why IATI?

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Setting the scene: What is IATI?

• A common way of publishing data on aid flows

• Data can be analysed, interpreted or visualised

• Benefits:

• Recipient governments have better information about incoming flows, making it easier to identify 'donor darlings' and 'aid orphans', both now and in the future

• Donors and NGOs can see what other donors and NGOs are funding and working on collaboration, effectiveness, evidence-based decision-making

• Donor country taxpayers know how their aid is being spent

• Developing country citizens, NGOs and communities have better information with which to hold their own governments and international donors and NGOs to account

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Setting the scene: DFID and IATI

• Cross-Whitehall focus on transparency and open government

• Effectiveness

• Value for money

• Accountability to taxpayers

• Reduce corruption

• DFID leadership role in IATI

• #1 in Aid Transparency Index (Oct 2012)

• UK Aid Transparency Guarantee

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Setting the scene: DFID and IATI

• PPAs – by 31 March 2013

• Other grantees – within 3 months of signing grant agreement

• Implementation Schedule

• Data on all DFID required fields published

• Data updated quarterly

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Questions?

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Practicalities: Implementing IATI

The five steps to IATI implementation:

1. Commit

2. Prepare

3. Select

4. Draft

5. Manage

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Practicalities: Publishing IATI data

What data do I need to publish?

• Org name & ID

• Activity title, description & status

• Start & end dates

• Contact info

• Participating orgs (funding, accountable, implementing)

• Activity location

• Activity sector

• Transactions (incoming funds, expenditure, disbursements – aggregated)

• Documents (budget, logframe, proposal, reports, evaluation)

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Group work

• What are the steps you need to take in your own organisation to begin moving towards IATI publication?

• Where might you find barriers and how will you overcome them?

• Who do you need to involve in discussions?

• What are the selling points for your leadership team?

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Break

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Practicalities: How do I publish IATI data?

1. Implementation Schedule

2. IATI Registry account (user and publisher accounts)

3. Publishing tool (e.g. AidStream)

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IATI Registry

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AidStream

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More information and support

• Bond website

• www.bond.org.uk/transparency

• IATI Registry

• http://iatiregistry.org

• AidStream

• http://aidstream.org

• Online surgeries and practical workshops

• Register online http://www.bond.org.uk/pages/iati-events.html

• Sign up to the Bond Transparency e-bulletin

• http://www.bond.org.uk/get-e-updates.php

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Thank you

Joni Hillman jhillman@bond.org.uk

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