All users have online access to the central server in Stockholm.

Clients will work with any Internet communication from modem to satellite.

All information is updated online, reports usually during the night.

PLUS – Projects, Agreements, Contracts, Accounting, Reports,Payments, Budget, Forecast, Statistics, Purchase & sales ledger

UNIX with database Oracle

Stockholm

Africa, Asia, South&Latin AmericaEurope, Sweden etc.

Approximately 40 countries online

Thin Windows clientPLUS is available

22 hrs, closed 2 hrs during update/backup

PLUS

550 active users

700 000 transactions / year

25000 payments

4000 new projects / year

20 segments (Outcome, Budget, Forecast, Contract, Agreed etc)

More than 100 accounting dimensions

More than 100 000 codes / entities

Information about 19 years so far, (1993 – 2011)

All users receive 2 days of training

There are always ongoing projects to further develop PLUS in accordance with new demands

PROJECT AGREEMENT

STATISTICS

CONTRACT

REPORT

Project main entry

Statistics

Reporting

In order to satisfy advanced demands concerning reporting and also to handle the complex informationstructure in PLUS Sida has developed a datawarehouse, (LIS), to make information easy accessible.

LIS is updated on a daily basis and supports most reporting tools.

SQL Server

MS-Excel

Access

Pro Clarity etc

the NEW DAC/CRS report37 columns

You need to know: T/A, Sector, Country, Starting date, End date, Implementing channel, Grant or Loan, Bi- or Multilateral, Payments each year, Total budget, Type of flow, statistics like Environment,

Gender, Democracy etc……

• Reporting_year Reporting_country_organisation• Extending_agency CRS_identification_number

Donor_project_number, Nature_of_submission Recipient_country, Channel_of_delivery_name, Channel_code, Bi_or_Multi, Type_of_flow, Type_of_finance, Short_description_OR_Project_title, Sector_Purpose_code Geographical_target_area, Expected_starting_date, Expected_completion_date, Description, Gender_equality, Aid_to_environment, PD_GG, FTC, Sector_programme Investment_project,

AF, Biodiversity, Climate_change, Desertification Currency, Commitments, Amounts_extended, Amounts_received, Amount_untied, Amount_partially_untied, Amount_tied, Amount_of_IRTCAmount_of_export_credit

Challenges• Improved links between objectives, results and

costs• Efficiency – the link between budget and

performance• Central Swedish IT-system implemented –

but we need to adapt and develop routines

----------------------------------Sida financial applications:

Data communications, complex payments,

new demands from Government, DAC, press etc,

training of endusers/project officers, timezones -- ”we are always open”