IATI TAG Meeting Overview and Progress Report

Overview of the IATI TAG meeting at Moor Hall, Cookham in May 2012 including outcomes of partner country meetings, Steering Committee discussions on the common standard, and progress updates on IATI signatories, implementation schedules, and data publishing. The meeting emphasized the importance of transparency in aid, the need for improved communication, and capacity building for effective use of aid information.

• IATI
• TAG meeting
• Transparency
• Progress report
• Aid information

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1. Welcome to the IATI TAG meeting Moor Hall, Cookham 14 15 May 2012 Overview of IATI Brian Hammond Chair of the TAG

2. Outcome of Partner Country Meeting 23 April Excellent Partner Country pre-meeting 8 points to Steering Committee: 1. IATI standard fully meets needs of PCs and non-state actors; should be the Busan common global standard. Avoid creating another new standard; implement existing commitments. 2. Welcome inclusion of transparency in global indicators to monitor Busan to measure schedules by end-2012 and implementation by end-2015. 3. Congratulate 25 already publishing in IATI format. Urge all signatories to produce updated implementation schedule by end May and publish some information by end 2012; Existing publishers to increase frequency and completeness by end 2012. 4. Support deferring decisions on IATI hosting and governance until later in 2012. 5. Request guidance for partner countries on automatic data exchange to their AIMS. 6. Increase facilitation of sharing aid transparency experiences among countries. 7. Ensure better communication around IATI/aid transparency between donor capitals and country offices. 8. Ask donors to support developing sustainable capacity for effective use of aid information.

3. Outcome of Steering Committee Busan and IATI the common standard Clear mandate to reach agreement with other stakeholders on the common standard incorporating the full IATI standard in time for endorsement at end June by final meeting of DAC Working Party on Aid Effectiveness. The Global Partnership for Effective Development IATI can help inform political discussion and can assist in monitoring. Agreed to postpone decisions on IATI hosting and governance pending agreement on the common standard and Global Partnership structure. Subgroup to look at options later in 2012. Demonstration of tools to access IATI information and ways IATI data are being used Annual Progress report and donor self-reporting Signatories to update implementation schedules by end June (end December for new signatories) in time for first IATI Annual Report in September. DFID found data review to highlight gaps and drive continuous progress. IATI Country Pilots and Budget Alignment Study for discussion in TAG IATI Workplan and Budget workplan noted; hosting subgroup to consider resource implications of arrangements

4. Overview of progress IATI now has 31 signatories UNFPA and UN Women latest to join 14 are already publishing 22 partner countries have endorsed IATI Signatories provide 75% of official development finance; those publishing provide 43% 11 non-signatories are also publishing to IATI Organisation standard Activity Standard Implementation schedule No. of signatories published (out of 31) 7 14 14 No. of non-signatories published 1 11 4

5. Overview of progress Original signatories to 2008 Accra Statement 12 of 18 already publishing 6 still to provide implementation schedules Half publishers still to provide organisation-level data Signatory Implementation schedule Organisation data Activity data AsDB Australia Denmark EC Finland GAVI Germany Hewlett Foundation Ireland Netherlands New Zealand Norway Spain Sweden Switzerland UNDP United Kingdom World Bank No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes

6. Overview of progress 2011-12 signatories 2 already publishing and provided implementation schedules Signatory Implementation schedule Organisation data Activity data AfDB Canada CDC Global Fund IDB IFAD UNCDF UNFPA UN-HABITAT UNICEF UNOPS UN Women United States No No No Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No Yes No No No No No No Yes No No

7. Overview of progress Other publishing organisations 11 publishing and 4 with implementation schedules Signatory Implementation schedule Organisation data Activity data ADRA-UK No No Yes CAFOD Yes No Yes DIPR Yes No Yes EWB Canada No No Yes Indigo trust Yes No Yes International HIV/AIDS Alliance No Yes Yes Oxfam No No Yes Progressio No No Yes Publish What you Fund No No Yes Resource Extraction Monitoring Yes No Yes SPARK No No Yes

8. Overview of progress Provision of core elements of the standard Most publishers are providing core information More to do on implementing organisations, commitments and disbursements Number publishing Data Percentage (of publishers) IATI ID 25 100% Title 25 100% Description 23 92% Dates: Start planned Start Actual End planned End actual 13 18 20 10 52% 72% 80% 40% Funding Organisation 18 72% Implementing Organisation 14 56% Recipient Country / Region 24 96% Sector 21 84% Transactions - Commitment 13 52% Transactions - Disbursement 13 52%

9. Overview of progress IATI value added value elements: progress by signatories Timeliness - 3 updating quarterly; 3 more six monthly Future spend 4 providing activity budgets Disaggregation 4 disaggregating spend to aid traceability Few links to documents and results; none to conditions or geocoding IATI Added value area Number publishing (out of 14) 2 Timeliness of data (at least quarterly) Frequency of updates: At least quarterly At least twice to date 3 6 2 Country forward budgets 4 Activity forward budgets 4 Multiple sectors 12 Actual project dates and project status 4 Disaggregated disbursements and expenditures(at least quarterly) 2 Disbursement and expenditure transaction detail 1 Planned disbursements 12 Identifies variety of participating organisations 2 Documents 1 Results 0 Conditions 0 Geo-coding