open data and iati

Open Development Explained

http://openforchange.info/content/open-development-explained

Analogue reality

Knowledge - Networks - Resources

Communities - Projects - Politics

Analogue reality

Knowledge - Networks - Resources

Communities - Projects - Politics

NGO

Digital reality

Knowledge - Networks - Resources

NGO

Communities - Projects - Politics

Sustainability

Reduce - Re-use - Recycle

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Bjorkman and Svensson (2007). ‘Power to the People:Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment of a Community-Based Monitoring Project in Uganda’

Clinics got cleanerFewer drugs stolen40-50% more children vaccinated33% fewer children died under the age of five

Why open data?

● Enter data once, close to the source;then re-use, exchange, enhance

● Improves quality and accuracy; first in registration, next in decision-making

● Better insight in money flows, activities, plans, results, circumstances, impacts

● Allows for participation, mobilisation, and accountability

#SmartAid Debate

René Grotenhuis, director of Cordaid

René Grotenhuis, director of Cordaid

#SmartAid Debate

In the transition of Cordaid towards a social enterprise,

open data technology has hada place from the very beginning.

We use the new IATI standardfirst of all as the basis for our“transparency application”.

AidView

A project in DFID’s project-level database

The same DFID project in the IATI XML format

More information?

● www.iatistandard.org● www.bond.org.uk/transparency● www.aidinfolabs.org

● Open for Change: Rolf Kleef– rolf@openforchange.info

Government data released in IATI

13 September 2011, Den Haag

Dutch MFA publishes IATI data

First NGO in the Netherlands

6 March 2012, Amsterdam

Hivos publishes IATI data

1 October 2012, Den Haag

Agenda on the Implementation of the IATI Standard by Dutch NGOs working in International Development

● Istanbul Principles for CSO Development Effectiveness● Busan Partnership for Effective Development● Commitment to IATI, but in line with CSO principles

Ambition

Busan partnership for Effective Development Cooperation

Paragraaf 22: we will:

b) Encourage CSO’s to implement practices that strengthen

their accountability and their contribution to development

effectiveness, guided by the Istanbul Principles and the

International Framwork for CSO Development

Effectiveness

Time to act

● Prioritities Partos and Concord (2012):

● Principle 5: Practice transparency and accountability

● Principle 6: Pursue equitable partnership and solidarity

● Principle 7: Create and share knowledge and commit to mutual

learning

Why these?

All three have to do with relations and cooperation

among organisations

●2-year programme●“Open Information Policy”●Opening data

● Peer events● Technical advice meetings● In-house technical support

●“Open development”

IATI Plan