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CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen
Participation
Transparency
Key messages to increase the transparency and the predictability of aid
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1. Transparency - Top needs2. Transparency is a pre-
condition3. Transparency needs
mediation4. Transparency leads to
dialogue and trust5. Transparency needs
standards6. NGO Transparency
Key findings from the Southern consultations - Top needs
Conditionality
Languages of the country where the
project is implemented and of the country
supporting the project
Current and future aid
commitment and
disbursement
Information on aid
contractual processes
and approval
External and internal
assessment reports
How sites are selected and
prioritized; criteria for selection and
evaluation of projects
Relationship between aid and human
development indices
International agreements;
complete project
documents/ contracts
Updated information about aid flow and the
implementing agencies
Discussions/Negotiations before
contracts are finalized/approved
Project budget information vis.
government budget
Transparency is a mean for:• Ownership• Accountability• Participation
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Transparency is a pre-condition
Support to local media and other education for development institutions
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Transparency needs mediation
Transparency is far more than a mechanism or a technical issue.
It bases the dialogue and builds trust among stakeholders
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Transparency leads to dialogue and trust
The IATI is not a separate initiative. It builds an ISO standard, using existing transparency initiatives
IATI is at least an action taken since Accra.
Draft standard and Code of Conduct
Policy people must talk to stats people!
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Transparency needs standard
Existing initiatives:• INGO Accountability Charter• Guidestar International• US Interaction work on mapping food
security NGO funding project• All national self-certification
mechanismsINGOs consultations on IATICSO need to engage and propose ways
forward
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NGO Transparency
CSO need to consult internally, to engage and to propose ways forward
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NGO Transparency
UN DCF Role
IATI draft Code of Conduct3. Review and monitoring of
adherence to the IATI standards
UNDCF: The biennial UN DCF (2010, 2012) meeting will offer a multilateral platform to review implementation of the standards.
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