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ANNUAL REPORT 2018Data-Driven Sustainable Development for All

C S F Community Systems Foundation

From the President’s Desk

How can DFA build on disruptive technology to monitor national

development priorities? Disruptive innovations are significantly changing the way in which we

interact with one another. These technologies force us to challenge our

standard operating procedures and alter our approaches to problem

solving. Mobile technology is rapidly changing the implementation of

national development programmes by connecting civil society to

government administration. The Internet of Things is disrupting

business-as-usual by automating service delivery in health, education,

manufacturing and other sectors. Artificial intelligence is now beginning

to imitate the cognitive functions of the human brain in learning and

solving problems. Predictive analytics exploits patterns found in

historical and transactional data to identify risks and opportunities. Blockchain enables the exchange of value without powerful

intermediaries acting as arbiters of money and information. Results-

based financing is being used to leverage blockchain technology to

trigger cash transfers when verified milestones are met. Big data uses

ambient data from thousands of new data sources to spot

socioeconomic trends, prevent diseases, combat poverty, and guide

policy formulation.

Kris S. Oswalt

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OVERVIEW | 2018

COMMUNITY SYSTEMS FOUNDATION | ANNUAL REPORT

CSF is a non-profit organization applying information technology for sustainable development

We are engaging with communities in the debate to rethink development. We are striving to

expand options by building capacities in ways that lead to good development outcomes

sustained by responsible development processes. We are increasing people’s choices

through innovations that harness the power of data to benefit communities economically,

socially, and environmentally.

OVERVIEW | 2018


Reforming systems to bring decision-making closer to

communitiesUN Info is an online monitoring system to assist in the planning,

monitoring and reporting of United Nations Sustainable

Development Framework (UNSDF) implementation. The purpose

of the system is to increase UN agency collaboration and

harmonize work around national development priorities. It makes

it easier to discover, analyse and visualize meaningful programme

and business operations data, with the ultimate goal of improving

planning, policy formulation, monitoring progress against the

SDGs and decision-‐making.

In 2018 we strengthened our partnerships in the field in

implementing these data-driven strategies. This year, we passed

the $56 million milestone in dollars invested in CSF projects. CSF

has successfully implemented over 1650 data-driven projects.

OVERVIEW | 2018


TOTAL PROJECT FUNDING:

$ 3,021,828DATA-DRIVEN PROJECTS:

62PROJECT COUNTRIES / REGIONS:

26

OVERVIEW | 2018


OVERVIEW | 2018


Trends of Project Funding

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500,000

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2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995

Work

WORK | 2018


UNITED STATES:

6ROSTER OF CONSULTANTS:

120 TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS ININDIA, SINGAPORE, SOUTH AFRICA, BRAZIL:

90 + 5 + 4 + 4

OVERVIEW | 2018


Teamwork

CSF Impact at a Glance

In the last year, we implemented 62

data-driven development projects

and sent $3 million to the field from

our sponsors. We completed 17

projects in Africa where we

continued to increase our impact.

28 projects had a global impact.

WORK | 2018


717

1

1

8

28Global

TOTALPROJECTS

62

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50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

AVERAGE PROJECT SIZE

AVERAGE PROJECT SIZE:

$ 48,739NUMBER OF PROJECTS ABOVE AVERAGE SIZE:

19 of 62

PROPORTION OF BUDGET ABOVE AVERAGE SIZE:

66%

WORK | 2018


Project SizeOpenEMIS Belize Phase 2 [P0312]

UNICEF HQ VISION-RAM Extn 2017 [P0716]

UNICEF Philippines ECCD [P1090]

WORK | 2018


Sectors

EDUCATION

DATA ANALYTICSOTHER

HEALTH

WASHGENDER

EMERGENCY

TRANSPARENCY

29%

36%

16%

Initiatives | 2018


Initiatives

www.dataforall.org

CAPTURE

Tools to capture data from surveys,

administrative systems and real-time SMS

polling.

MANAGE

Tools to transform micro-data to indicators,

standardise indicator metadata, and load data into a data warehouse.

ANALYZE

Tools to visualise data in graphs, tables and maps. Options to

disseminate data in public dashboards and

data profiles at the subnational level.

STRATEGIZE

Tools to plan and monitor development

strategies to reach the most vulnerable with

high quality, sustainable services.

DFA is a platform of open source software tools for monitoring national development priorities including the

Sustainable Development Goals.

DFA promotes interoperability within the ecosystem of socioeconomic statistics by complying with international standards. It is easy to exchange data between the loosely-

coupled modules of the platform.

DFA accelerates UN reform with better data for better decisions.

CSF has developed powerful data-driven systems using the new DFA

toolkit, such as, UN Info, EQUIST, and OpenEMIS. These innovations

are helping allocate resource and target interventions to reach the

most vulnerable first.

FUTURE | 2018


Future

Monitoring National Development

PrioritiesRegular reporting provides transparency on

progress against development priorities.

Applied international standards (IATI) facilitate

reporting of financial resources and expenditure.

Activity level tracking allows for coordinated

collaboration between all development partners:

gov’t, civil society, private sector, and

development partners. Custom dashboards allow

tailored reporting on development progress.

Indicators Baseline/Planned/Actual

Result Matrix for a determined cycle

Monitoring Institutional Development Priorities

Applying eHealth Technology to

Save LivesCSF’s technical partner Avalon Information

Systems is supporting Project ASMAN -

Alliance for Saving Mothers and Newborns.

ASMAN is a partnership between the Reliance

Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,

MSD for Mothers, Tata Trusts and USAID.

The project aims to facilitate the availability of

quality healthcare under the five pillars of the

Government of India’s Reproductive,

Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent

Health Programme (RMNCH+A).

This project is an example of how CSF

empowers its Technology Partners to respond

to community needs, and how this innovative

technology may lead to opportunities to be

applied in other contexts around the globe.

Data Analytics is aKey Driver in

Educational Policy Reform

Education planners and data analysts are seeking

to deliver high quality education through data

analytics.

OpenEMIS helps capture and analyse data on

institutions, students, and teachers.

The data dashboards generated by the system

help guide teachers, principals, and education

system administrators to better understand how to

utilize education data for decision-making and

policy reform.

SPONSORS | 2018


Sponsors

SPONSORS | 2018


Expanding Sponsorship

During this year, we received sponsorship

from ten UN entities.

We continued our programme

development strategy to broaden our

base of sponsors by partnering

directly with government and

with other international

development institutions.

UNICEF United Nations Children’s FundUNFPA United Nations Population FundUNDP United Nations Development ProgrammeUNDG United Nations Development GroupUN WOMEN United Nations WomenSCS Save the Children SwedenGOVT Government, National Statistics OfficeIDB Inter-American Development BankIFAD International Fund for Agricultural DevelopmentUNV United Nations VolunteersUNOPS United Nations Office for Project ServicesWHO World Health OrganizationWFP World Food ProgrammeSDSN Sustainable Development Solutions NetworkLAS League of Arab StatesIGAD Intergovernmental Authority on Development

Sponsor Count Value Avg Value %UNICEF 20 1,076,905$ 53,845$ 36%Govt 8 440,643$ 55,080$ 15%UN Women 6 298,745$ 49,791$ 10%IDB 2 255,040$ 127,520$ 8%WHO 5 227,975$ 45,595$ 8%UNFPA 5 158,285$ 31,657$ 5%SCS 2 119,362$ 59,681$ 4%UNV 2 98,751$ 49,376$ 3%UNDP 3 93,720$ 31,240$ 3%LAS 1 75,000$ 75,000$ 2%UNOPS 3 70,740$ 23,580$ 2%UNDG 1 56,898$ 56,898$ 2%IGAD 2 35,334$ 17,667$ 1%SDSN 1 9,870$ 9,870$ 0%WFP 1 4,560$ 4,560$ 0%Total 62 3,021,828$ 48,739$ 100%

SPONSORS | 2018


Long-term Agreements

CSF implements a growing proportion of its programme

activities through long-term agreements with its main sponsors.

These agreements provide a framework of terms and

conditions, valid for a specified time period

(usually two to three years), which are concluded between one

or more sponsor and CSF for the repeated purchase of

specified goods and services at pre-negotiated rates.

UNICEF United Nations Children’s FundUNESCO United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural OrganizationUNFPA United Nations Population FundUNDP United Nations Development ProgrammeUNV United Nations VolunteersIGAD Intergovernmental Authority on Development

UN-UNICEF DevInfo Database LTA UNICEF Data Dissemination Services LTAUNHCR eLearning Framework for Collaboration USAID TASC4 for Improved Health in Africa IDIQUNDP AID Effectiveness LTAUNFPA Web Development Services Service LTA UNFPA Web Application Development LTAUN WOMEN Participation Level Agreement PLAUNFPA Implementing Partnership Agreement IPA UNICEF EQUIST LTA (in partnership with ICF Macro)IGAD Service Level AgreementUNV Technical Support AgreementUNDP Philippines Data Science Consulting ServicesUNESCO OpenEMIS Framework for CollaborationUNICEF Programme Cooperation Agreement PCAUNICEF Communications for Development (C4D) LTA UNICEF Nutrition LTAUNICEF ROSA Data LTA (pending)UNICEF Education LTA (pending)

PARTNERSHIPS | 2018


Partnership Engagement

Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC. CSF's special

consultative NGO status with the United Nations Economic and

Social Council (UN ECOSOC ) calls on us to actively engage with

the United Nations Secretariat, Programmes, Funds and

Agencies in a number of ways to promote our mission and the

2030 Agenda around the world.

UN Global Compact. CSF's commitment to the ten principles of

the UN Global Compact is expressed in our engagement with

our stakeholders and the general public with respect to human

rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.

Industry Standards. CSF develops information technology in

compliance with industry-standards for data and metadata

exchange and aid flow transparency.

Global Partnership for Sustainable Data Development. CSF

actively participates in the Global Partnership and is currently

serving as a member of the Technical Advisory Group

.

FINANCE | 2018


Financials

The 9% Model

Total Programme Budget 1995-2018: $56,318,010 When we started CSF we made a bold promise

to keep our operations lean and efficient to ensure

our donor funding would go directly to the field

to fund development projects. In 2018,

we’re still keeping that promise.


Operations 9%

Projects 91%

FINANCE | 2018

Data-Driven Projects

Five Types of Data ProjectsMore than three-quarters of our portfolio was invested in data analytics and

monitoring projects. We helped partners publish databases, visualize data patterns,

launch interactive dashboards, and disseminate data by mobile phones.

FINANCE | 2018


EMIS31%

Data10%Monitoring

29%

CMS17%

Bespoke13%


FINANCE | 2018

Statement of Financial Position

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 2018 2017ASSETS Current and Cash Equivalents 7,994 16,324

Accounts Receivable 2,388,361 2,362,721Prepaid Expenses 0 0Advances/Deposits 94,962 58,279Other AssetsTOTAL ASSETS 2,491,317 2,437,324

LIABILITIESCurrent Liabilities 1,410,130 1,408,813Longterm Liabilities 140,425 107,428TOTAL LIABILITIES 1,550,555 1,516,242

NET ASSETS 940,762 921,082TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 2,491,317 2,437,324


FINANCE | 2018

Statement of Activities

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES 2018 2017REVENUE

Project Revenue 3,021,828 3,664,023Other Revenue 4,275 1TOTAL REVENUE 3,026,103 3,664,024

EXPENSESProject Expenses 2,718,603 3,334,435Other Expenses 287,821 318,955TOTAL EXPENSES 3,006,424 3,653,390

CHANGE IN ASSETS DUE TO OPERATIONS 19,679 10,634Gain/Loss on Investments/Sale of Assets 0 0

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS 19,679 10,634

FUTURE | 2018


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