Improving with transparency

Ruth del CampoNew York Law School

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_A super easy and effective publishing tool to help NGOs and organizations being more transparent

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_Development Cooperation

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There is no way to know WHO is doing WHAT and WHERE

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www.makeaidtransparent.org

2011

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Transparency enables- Effectiveness- Better coordination- Improving planning- Informed decisions- More impact- More commitment

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Transparency in aid means organizations

should share what they are doing

timely and consistent

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Publishing what you are doing in your website is not enough

use of a common language-> IATI Standarduse license which enables reuse -> open data

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IATI - International Aid Transparency Initiative

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IATI Standard is the common language for publishing aid projects.

Every aid related stakeholder should start publish this project in this common standard

Using IATI benefits the society in full: countries, donors, citizens, NGOs, recipients, end users...

Main aim of IATI: Publish once, use multiple times

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AustraliaUnited Kingdom Netherlands

World bank UNOPS, UNDP European Union

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International HIV

Development Initiatives

EWB Canada

Spain

HewlettIndigo Trust

Finland Sweden

Oxfam GB Global Fund

Publish What You FundSpark Online

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...and many more

www.iatiregistry.org

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Super easy tool to publish aid projects/programs/activities in an effective way

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It enables to publish aid projects in IATI Standard very easily. It can be used by anybody.

Open Aid Register

It converts data to IATI Standard

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It publishes the data in the IATI Registry

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It enables other added value services: widget, visualizations...etc

_Geolocate projectsAt village level

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Two ways:

Introducing data in OAR

Introduce manually the data

Upload a file with the data and OAR service imports the data for you

Who is best suit for OAR?

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Smaller and medium NGOs: use as final end use (<40 projects/year)

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Bigger NGOs: use it as a prototype/test bed experience to identify how much effort it will require

We are waiting you in Open Aid Register!

Registering an account in OAR = 10 minutes

Registering an account in central IATI Registry = 15 minutes

Estimated time to introduce a new project = 15 minutes/proyect if you DIY or 5 min for all if you upload the file

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Benefits to start publishing IATIwith Open Aid Register :-)

More impact in international arena

Value added for new proposals

Promoting transparency and accountability

Personalized consultancy for your specific needs

0 Euro Cost

Assure IATI Compliant data

Challenges

Learning curve with the Open Aid Register and IATI

Open Aid Register is a work in progress

Face the fear to cultural change

Muchas gracias!

@ruthdelcampo

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A revolution doesn’t happen when society adapts new tools, it happens when society adapts new behaviors - Clay Shirky