Open Aid Partnership

Open Aid Partnershipvisualizes the

sub-national location of donor-financed projects

Open Aid Partnership- Objectives

• Improve Aid Transparency: increase transparency through Open Data on aid flows and public service delivery

• Enhance Results: Better target, monitor, and coordinate aid flows within countries

• Establish Feedback Loop: Empower citizens and CSOs to provide direct feedback on project outcomes

Increase Aid Transparency and Citizen Engagement for Better Results

Regions Countries

Sectors Projects

Mapping at Various Levels

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Are health projects in areas with the highest infant mortality?

First Phase:

• Open Aid Map a common platform to show locations of donor programs

• Country Platforms for open aid flows and public expenditures

• Capacity Development to empower CSOs and citizens to use the maps/data

Second Phase:

• Based on local data, promote Citizen Feedback Loops for better reporting on development assistance

Accompanied by:

• Evaluations to assess the impact of open aid on development outcomes

Implementation through a Phased Approach

Components

2,700+ projects

30,000+ locations

143 countries

13 countries

Discussion & consensus on the focus for OAP

Endorsement of OAP by 6 countries & the World Bank

Partner Consul-tation

Technical Workshops

Implementation of 4 pilot countries (Bolivia, Kenya, Nepal & Tanzania)

Developing the geo-coding standard in-line with IATI

Developing Open Aid Map platform

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African Development Bank, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia,

Finland, Foundation Center, InterAction,

the Netherlands, ONE, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom

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for Results

History

Open Aid Map

• Geo-coding of donor-financed projects based on IATI standard

• Joint Open Aid Map for better aid coordination (AidData)

• Visualize projects of 27 donors combined with poverty data

Country Mapping Platform

Enable governments to collect, make openly available and visualize data on development assistance, budgets and public service delivery

Country SystemsProject Data• Championed by Ministry of Finance• Data collection and curation integrated in

country processes and systems• Ensuring long-term sustainability

Indicator Data• Subnational socio-economic data such as

poverty rates by district, infant mortality, and population density linked to Open Data Initiative

Poverty and WB projects WB and USAID projects

Public Expenditures Feedback Loop

Nepal Country Platform Pilot

Accountability

Groundwork for Asking Citizens to

Provide Feedback on Project Results

Foster Accountability:

Empower citizens and CSOs to

provide direct feedback on

project outcomes

Capacity Development

• Raise awareness among citizens about the power of open data

• Strengthen Capacity of CSOs and Citizens to effectively use and generate open data

• Engage, connect and empower communities to act upon provided data

• Assist public service provider in receiving and responding to citizen feedback

Partnerships and Learning

• Partnership with universities, think tanks and civil society organizations

• South-South exchange: share knowledge and learning (Bolivia, Nepal, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and others) in an expanding network

www.openaidmap.org

We would like to hear from you !

Soren Gigler & Johannes Kiess Open Aid Partnership Innovation PracticeWorld Bank Institutee-mail: bgigler@worldbank.org, jkiess@worldbank.org