International Aid Transparency Initiative
TAG Meeting
David Kocharov, M&E Director
Cookham, UK, 14-15 May 2012
www.synisys.com
Synergy’s Global Presence
Russian Federation
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Georgia
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United States of America
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Rwanda
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Vietnam
Yemen
Ethiopia
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Maldives
Indonesia
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Development Assistance Database (DAD)
Flexible and user-friendly
management system (AIMS)
Web-based
aid
information
Tracks, analyzes, and reports information on country-level
development activities
Established in over 35 countries
DAD wins award for Best Information Management System at
the 2008 Asia-Pacific Government Technology Awards
Recovery Aceh Nias (RAN) Database
DAD Iraq: largest AIMS in the world
Tracking about $20 billion in aid
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Screenshot of DAD
DAD Pakistan
Pledges, Commitments, Disbursements, Expenditures per Funding Source
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Key Features & Capabilities
 Online and Offline Data Entry
 On-the-fly Querying
 Analytics
(Tables, Charts, GIS Maps)
 Report Builder
 Workflow Manager
 Multilingual Capability
 Interoperability
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DAD & Development Effectiveness
Ownership
Serves as a tool for the government and helps to coordinate development efforts
in the country
Alignment
Analyzes and reports on alignment with national strategies and priorities
Harmonization
Informs on potential gaps/overlaps promoting harmonized, transparency and
effective development efforts
Managing for Results
Reports on development effort results supporting well-informed decision making
Mutual Accountability
Tracks mutual assessments of partner countries on progress in
agreed commitments on aid effectiveness
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implementing
DAD: Tracking Paris Declaration
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DAD: Tracking Paris Declaration
Automating
Donor
Performance
Assessment
Framework
Report in
Rwanda
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DAD: Project Results & Outputs
 Tracks key performance
indicators (KPIs) to monitor
the financial and physical
progress and results of
projects against
baselines/targets.
 Projects linked to:
 Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs)
 Paris Declaration indicators
 National priorities and
strategies (NDS, PRSP)
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DAD: Geo-coding
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DAD: Budget Alignment
 The best way to track alignment of aid data with
the national budget is to integrate into the AIMS
the Government’s Chart of Accounts.
 Store dual sector mapping:
 OECD DAC classification
 National Economy Sectors
 Align aid projects with the national development
strategy / poverty reduction strategy.
 Record On-budget/Off-budget projects
 Integrate AIMS with Public Investment Database or
Public Financial Management System
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DAD: Budget Alignment
 Afghanistan’s National Budget is planned through
DAD
 DAD Iraq integrates International Aid and Public
Investment to combine external and domestic
resources in budget planning. Same carried out at
regional level in Kurdistan
 Sri Lanka: Integrated National Development
Information System (INDIS) is a good practice in
AIMS
evolution
from
a
post-disaster
reconstruction tracking tool to long-term
development whole-of-government system.
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DAD Integration: with PFM Systems
 CDSS India is integrated with the Government of India Financial
Management System (CAA&A)
 Financial information on external assistance projects automatically
transferred C&AAA to DAD
 Avoids double data entry and reduces transaction costs
CDSS
EXIM
User 3
User 1
User 2
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CAAA
DAD Integration: with Donor Systems
Data Transfer Utility (DTU): links donor systems to
country DAD systems
 DTU eliminates potential duplication, reduces transaction
costs, and creates greater incentives for data reporting
World Bank’s Client Connection & DAD Pakistan
 DTU transfers data from Client Connection automatically
into the DAD. Synchronization put on hold.
 Too specific solution, to be replaced by IATI
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IATI Pilots
Rwanda:
- June 2010: Successfully tested import of IATI data
into DAD.
- February 2012: Pending finalization of SmartFMS
system and its integration with DAD, carried out
scoping mission towards establishment of automatic
IATI data exchange.
- Coming: early summer 2012: ‘go-live’ mission
Sri Lanka: Pilot cancelled due to restructuring of the
Government
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IATI in Rwanda
Data Transfer in technical details:
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DAD: Data Quality Assessment
 The system allows measuring
data completeness of every
project.
 Projects with a score of 100%
have full information
provided; projects with lower
project score are missing
information and need
attention (requiring follow-up
with information providers).
 Project data completeness
analysis can also be generated
with charts, maps, and
reports.
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DAD: Data Quality Assessment
 The system allows
to track how
often and when a
given project
record has been
modified/updated
 Reports can be
rapidly generated
to show that
information.
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List of Online DADs
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Thank You
david.kocharov@synisys.com
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