open data and iati
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Slides for my presentation about Open Data and IATI in development cooperation, at the VENRO day about IATI, Dec 4th in Bonn, GermanyTRANSCRIPT
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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Open
Open
Open
Open
Open
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– [email protected]
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