Improved communication, user access,

outreach, transparency of Rio marker data &

Proposals for future improvement

Stephanie Ockenden and Anna Drutschinin, DCD

Second Experts’ Meeting of the Joint ENVIRONET and WP-STAT Task Team on improving

Rio markers, environment and development finance statistics

Tuesday 3rd June, Bonn, Germany

Introduction

1. Recent ENVIRONET-WP-STAT Secretariat activities

2. Updated Webpage & New Data visualisation tool

3. Future planned activities

4. Proposals for Improvement

Recent Communication Activities

New online data visualisation tool for climate-related aid

Refreshed and restructured the Rio marker website

Improved online user guide to access activity level data

“Prezi” video on Rio markers

Updated statistical flyers.

Provision of data to UNFCCC Standing Committee on Finance on the Biennial Assessment…

Agreement for collaboration and co-operation with the UNCCD, including presentation to Training workshop

Presentation on the Rio Marker system and current work at Training Session for the Office of ECOSOC Support Coordination and the Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)

Presentation to OECD DAC WP-STAT & WP-BWE

Outreach, training activities and continued collaboration

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Views of the Rio marker web material to date1 April 2013 – 26 May 2014

Based on a sample of data from Google Analytics

• Views of the Rio markers website:

• 3 580 unique page views from 2 823 unique users

• Views of the statistical flyers on Scribd:

• Mitigation: 1 618 views

• Adaptation: 1 534 views

• Climate: 1 476 views

• Biodiversity: 209 views

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The new Rio markers websitehttp://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/rioconventions.htm

• 3-minute introduction video

• Latest statistical flyers

• Rio marker visualisation

portal

• Definitions

• Access the activity-level

database

• Additional guidelines

• Events

• Previous statistical flyers

• Other related publications

and studies

On this page:

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Accessing the data visualisation portal

1. Go to the Rio markers site:

http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/

rioconventions.htm

2. Click on the icon of the data

visualisation portal.

This will take you to the data

visualisation portal.

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The data visualisation portal: Overview of climate-related aid

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The data visualisation portal: Selecting the data you want

“Donor view”• Filter by OECD DAC member

• See the top country recipients from all

each/all DAC members

“Recipient view”• Filter by recipient

• See the top donors to

each/all country recipients

Choose view: from

“donor” or “recipient”

perspectiveFilter by individual

OECD DAC member

Filter by individual

recipient

Filter by year

(2002-2012)

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Selecting an individual donor

See top sectors, with largest first

See instruments used

See top recipients

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Selecting an individual recipient

See top sectors

See instruments used

See top donors

See breakdown of climate aid to Bolivia

in 2010

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Accessing the underlying data

The instructions are always displayed on the data visualisation portal:

1. Select a part of a

chart for which you

would like to see the

underlying data. The

following box will

appear:

2. Click on the icon in the

bottom right hand corner.

You will be taken to the

“Summary” data above.

3. Click on the tab

“Underlying” to get the full

list of activities, and tick

the box “Show all

columns” to get full

details.

4. Download text (txt.) file, and open in Excel

Future Planned Communication Activities

Statistical flyers/brochures on: • Climate-related Aid to Africa flyer (June 2014),

• Aid to Desertification flyer (Q3/4 2014),

• Aid to Environment brochure (Q3 2014)

Extension of data visualisation tool to other environmental markers (Q3/4 2014).

Improvements to the website.

Special reporting exercise for UNFCCC COP 20, December 2014 – based on 2013 flows reported to the OECD DAC by Sept. 2013.

Online access to imputed multilateral climate-related flows in MS Excel format (December 2014).

Updated Handbook and Guidance on the Rio markers (tbd – as TT work concludes).

Annual updates to OECD DAC statistical flyers

Dissemination at UNFCCC SBs.

Participation in UNFCCC SCF Technical Workshop, SCF Adaptation Forum.

Dissemination at the CBD WGRI 5

Dissemination of Rio marker information and analysis at Partnership for Climate Finance and Development events

Participation at the UNCCD CRIC (November).

Potential outreach event at the UNFCCC COP 20 (December, Lima).

Outreach, training activities and continued collaboration

Scope for further improvements Provision of training sessions and training materials

Proposal 1 –extend current OECD DAC workshops to include Rio markers

Proposal 2 – half-day Rio marker-specific training workshop (September)

Proposal 3 – specific training workshops in partner countries. This would require additional funding.

Improvements to the OECD Rio marker website and online presence

Proposal 4 – Contract professional consultant to design a sustainable, well-used, user-friendly web presence. Could require additional funding.

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Extension of online data access and data accessibility

Proposal 5 – survey of users, consider needs and undertake further improvements to the online data access.

Proposal 6 – access to imputed climate-related multilateral data.

Proposal 7 – access to OOF data.

Proposal 8 – Consider options to facilitate that the same data files can be used for both OECD DAC reporting and reporting to the Conventions.

Discussion Points

Participants are invited to suggest future communication, outreach and training opportunities where Rio marker data and the work of the Task Team could be usefully disseminated.

Participants are invited to comment on the proposals for further improvements and highlight their priority areas.

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For more information

The DAC and the Development Co-operation Directorate

OECD DAC CRS Rio marker statistics and analysis

www.oecd.org/dac/stats/rioconventions.htm

OECD Environment and Development Homepage

www.oecd.org/dac/environment-development

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In March the Task Team placed high priority on proposals to improve the presentation and communication

of Rio and environmental marker data…..

Extend coverage of statistical factsheets

Update the OECD website on Rio markers

Improve user friendliness and access to data online, including training sessions

Improve outreach to non-DAC members

Improve guidance to users on how to use and interpret Rio marker data (sequential, follows on from changes to eligibility criteria etc..)