open aid register

Why aid data needs ?aid

Ruth del CampoNew York Law School

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_A super easy and effective publishing tool for NGOs

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_Development Cooperation

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big numbers* of

€ spent every year

of people (donors)

of people (recipients)

programs (aid projects)

1 billion

6 billion

500.000

150 billion

aid

* These numbers are rough estimations and should be considered as orders of magnitude

is PUBLIC MONEY 70%

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_Why?

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http://www.transparency.org/@OpenAidReg

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Donor Governments Private Donors

NGOs

Multilateral NGOs

Recipient Governments

Local NGOs

Affected population

Local servicesPublic services

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_ 3 Conflict of interest

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_ 4 Lack of coordination

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

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www.makeaidtransparent.org

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AustraliaUnited Kingdom Netherlands

World bank UNOPSEuropean Union

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NGOs

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_ Duplicating programsTwo countries funding the same thingNGOs working on the same field on the same place

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_Not reaching people in need Places where no aid is being delivered

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_Outcomes

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....if we had NGO Data...

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_Aid Effectiveness

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From origin to destination

Detecting fraud cases

Aid flows traceability

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_NGO coordination

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Resources sharing

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_Easy search

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_Why not?

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_Lack of awarenessWhy do we need to share information?

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_Lack of common language

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_Lack of capacityNo resources to expend

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_Political reasonsLeast important

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_Main Features

Open Source and Open Data

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Uses IATI Standard

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_Collecting Basic Data

SectorsDescription

Involved orgs

Locations

Dates

Budget

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Contact Info

OutcomesClassification

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www.iatiregistry.org

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_Geolocate projectsAt village level

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www.cartodb.com

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_Next steps

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_Future milestones

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Crowdsourcing aid information

Publish automatically from a file

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_Help neededDevelopers, designers

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Journalists, advocates, NGOs, countries

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Thanks!@ruthdelcampo

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_Questions?

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_Questions

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How do you think we should continue working? Do you think our milestones are on the right way? What else are we missing?

What kind of feedback mechanisms do you think could better work?

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