International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) TAG Overview October 2010

1.Phase 1 IATI standard approved (applause) TAG Progress

Annual forward planning budgets Activity ID Participating organisation (funding, extending, implementing, beneficiary) Recipient country & region Collaboration type, flow type, aid type, finance type Activity title & description & dates & stage Detailed sector & policy markers Financial transaction (commitments, disbursements, expenditure, loan and Interest repayments, Incoming funding) Phase 1 standard

1.Phase 1 IATI standard approved (applause) 2.Technical infrastructure in place TAG Progress

1.Phase 1 IATI standard approved (applause) 2.Technical infrastructure in place 3.Country pilot in 5 countries TAG Progress

Burkina Faso, Colombia, DRC, Malawi, Rwanda Technical proof of concept: –a common data format for donors data –automating data exchange between donor and country systems using the IATI standards Learn lessons: –partner country requirements –compatibility of donor data, country data and IATI –the impact of IATI on existing partner country and donor processes and systems Country Pilots - Overview

1.Data exchange is possible; small changes to systems and processes are required 2.Phase 1 meets most needs of AIMS (not all) 3.Most phase 1 data is available in donor systems; not so for phases 2 & 3 4.IATI can bring Increased accuracy, timeliness, consistency of data and reduce transaction costs 5.A range of stakeholders; budget alignment is a priority *Little IATI awareness amongst donors Country Pilots - Results

1.October Steering Committee – agree proposals: –Licensing –Geo coding –Activity budgets, total activity cost and multi-funding 1.December Steering Committee - agree proposals: –Budget alignment –Results –Conditions & effectiveness indicators –Documents –Framework for Implementation Key TAG Milestones

1.Outstanding phase 1 implementation issues –Licensing (session 12, Tues pm) –Organisation identifiers (session 5, Mon pm) –Technical implementation (session 5, Mon pm) 1.Phase 1 Implementation –Sharing challenges and constraints –Views of the implementation schedule schedule –Support required Work Plan Areas for Discussion pt1

3.Phase 2 & 3 standards –Phase 2: budget alignment (session 4, Mon pm); activity budgets; multi funding, total activity cost (12, Tues pm) –Phase 3: Geo coding (12, Tues pm); Results; effectiveness indicators (7, Mon pm) –Documents (6, Mon pm) 4.Accessibility (8, Tues pm) –Levels of accessibility required / role of IATI –Approach and activities 5.Framework for Implementation (10, Tues pm) –Review FFI paper Work Plan Areas for Discussion pt2

1.Donor implementation support 2.Country implementation pilots 3.Release fully functional IATI registry & accessibility tools 4.Broaden membership –Foundations –NGOs –Humanitarian assistance Other Key TAG Activities