open aid register
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This presentation shows Open Aid Register openaidregister.org a way of publishing aid project data super easy and effective. It also explain the reasons why we are building itTRANSCRIPT
Why aid data needs ?aid
Ruth del CampoNew York Law School
@ruthdelcampo@OpenAidReg
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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
Simplified graphic of flowsaid @OpenAidReg
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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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_Geolocate projectsAt village level
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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
Why aid data needs ?aid
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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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