Transparency pilot Foreign AffairsTransparency pilot Foreign Affairs
In development aid today, a lot of good things
are happening
More people are getting involved
Charmermrk, Flickr
Walking for Water
Things get done
Biosand filter installation, Katombora, Zambia
Most work remains invisible
Some projects are displayed
S. Kim, Personal
Most get filed away
Vlasta2, Flickr
And can’t be compared.
CrazyVet, Flickr
Everyone agrees about the virtues of
transparency
Transparencyis useless
Transparency is useless
Without clear communication
@petervdl
An open-source, global platform
Online and mobile tools for development aid
Reporting directly from the field
Building transparency and trust
Transparency of budgets and insight in results is limited.
Open data will lead to more efficient development aid.
Transparency of budgets and insight in results is limited.
Open data will lead to more efficient development aid.
2011: initiate strategy to open up development aid data.
Transparency of budgets and insight in results is limited.
Where did the money go
Easy to access and compare
project budget: 100.000.000
project budget: 100.000.000
risk of not achieving goals: high
project budget: 100.000.000
risk of not achieving goals: highEasy to understand?
pilot with Foreign Affairs
The challenge
1) Open up data for 24 (€525.8M) water programs
1) Be IATI compliant
2) Be easy to use and understand
Online displayDistributed publishing
XML exportIATI-compliant data
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Process
Existing data format
IATI Standard
Retooled Akvo database
New IATI-compliant
Akvo data format
Project data
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PDFPDF
BeMO
CSVCSV
Pyramide
Online displayDistributed publishing
XML exportIATI-compliant data
+
Process
Existing data format
IATI Standard
Retooled Akvo database
New IATI-compliant
Akvo data format
Project data
PDFPDFPDFPDF
PDFPDF
BeMO
CSVCSV
Pyramide
2 hour – 25 M
Example
Example
Open for contributions
IATI compliant
Challenge
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PDFPDF
Background
CSVCSV
Pyramide
The crowd ?
Anirud Koul
The opportunity
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Background
CSVCSV
Pyramide
Manual work, small investment - high value
Adapt core process
Joined effort
A better place
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