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Implementing IATI
AusAID’s experience
Overview
> Implementation update> Key success factors> Challenges met > What next?
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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
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Key success factors
> Corporate enabling environment
> Concerted agency effort
> System design
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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
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Key success factors
> Corporate enabling environment
> Concerted agency effort
> System design
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Challenges met
> Data quality issues
> System limitations
> Introduction of thresholds
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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
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System limitations
> Data captured at regional level
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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
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Overview of thresholds introduced
(1) Graduated Implementation
delaying the release of lower disaggregated ‘activity’ level data until March 2012
limiting the level of partner details marker information
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Overview of thresholds introduced
(2) Limiting countries to be extracted
The October 2011 data extraction will be limited to selected Asian and Pacific countries
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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
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Overview of thresholds introduced
(5) Exclusion of residuals and ability to aggregate totals
(6) Concentrating on AusAID data only
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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
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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
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Thank you!
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