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AiDAAccessible Information on
Development Activities
http://www.developmentgateway.org/aida
managed by Bellanet, OECD-DAC and World Bank
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AiDA – Accessible Information on Development Activities
A common access point to information on projects and programs found in web sites and online databases of development organizations
Provides overview of who is doing what, where plus links to information on results
Over 400,000 historical and current records of activities shared by 21 sources and growing
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Problems addressed by AiDA Many sources of development activity information
exist but hard to find or not accessible online Online data can be structured or unstructured, in
different formats and difficult to use to get picture of who are funding and implementing activities
Timeliness and uncertain quality of information now available – need to reconcile conflicting information
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High transaction costs of finding and using information -- manual sorting and integration of information required for
analysis
AiDA facilitates access to information
Problem: Surf and Seek
Users find and compile information
AiDA
AiDA: Launch and Use
Integrated information from one point
USAIDCRS
World Bank
UNDP
PRISME
INDEV
CRS
World Bank
FAO
CARIS
GK-AIMS
INDIX Manual Integration
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XML
Immediate use
Value of AiDA
• AiDA consolidates and organizes information in consistent way for a broad audience
• Integrated information provides holistic view of activities by country, sector and community
• Common access point reduces transaction cost of finding and using for the development community
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Enable cooperation and coordinationSupport decision making, planning and
action
Main thrusts of AiDA initiative
Connect community with common objectives working together to share knowledge through semi-annual meetings and AiDA Participants site
Promote standards and tools for information sharing, process for collaboration with participating organizations and user communities
Database driven AiDA site with features to do your own search, ready-made country snapshot with thematic breakdown, views by topic e.g. ICT window
What you get: list of activities, details of an activity links for more information in home site of source
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AiDA participants – July 2002
Implementing Partners
Outreach, support and management shared by:
• Bellanet -- focus on Civil Society organizations and Foundations
• OECD-DAC – focus on Bilateral funders
• World Bank – focus on Multilateral Financial institutions, UN agencies and Country Gateways
Find information from:• ADEA• CARIS (FAO)• DFID • EL Salvador CG• ENRAP• Fundación Acceso• GKP• IDB • IDRC• IMF• indev• INDIX• ITU• Mines Action Canada• NARSIS (DFID)• OECD-DAC (CRS )• OSI Internet Program• UNCDF• UNDP• UNFPA• USAID
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AiDA – how it works
IDB DFIDNARSIS
World Bank USAID IDRC INDEVOECDCRS
Internet (www)
Country Overviews
AiDA site
DG Topic Pages
Accessible Information on Development Activities
Donors, Civil Society, Governments, Private Sector
ADEAPRISME
Consistent data elements AiDA Schema XML
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DFIDITU UNCDF ENRAP EL Salvador MACUNFPAAcesso
Standards for sharing information
AiDA Core Team and Participants collaborate to: Define how AiDA will be used Identify common attributes required for activity
profiles across all domains Agree on consistent definitions Identify attributes that require harmonization in
structure and values Define core metadata Agree on AiDA Schema
More info at AiDA Participants site --http://www.developmentgateway.com/node/241526/
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Participants share core metadata for each activity
Organization X
Activity XX
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Organization X
Activity XX
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Core metadata
Additional information remains at source web
site
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13 Core elements
•Title
• Activity ID
• Organizations involved
• Location
• Start date
• End date
• Status
• Funding amount
• Persons involved
• Keywords
• Abstract
• Related Links
• More Information
Plus optional elements
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AiDA core metadata
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