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Effectiveness - November 2-3, 2000

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Who needs what information and why?

Donors

partner country strategies and targets Both Partner Countries and Donors

Donors policies and procedures; project and

programme information

lessons / results Why share? More efficient and effective aid,

less duplication and more synergy

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Barriers to sharing information

Time-consuming / labour- intensive Lack of trust

Information ownership issues

Lack of human / financial resources

Technical issues

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Incentives to sharing information

Long-term returns on effectiveness Staff recognition / performance

Human / financial resources

Standards work

Technical solutions (e.g. XML)

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Institutional Commitment toCollaboration

Importance of institutional buy-in

leadership

Transparency through dialogues and

information sharing

Institutional shift in culture - working in

partnership with other donors and partner

countries

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Data Harmonisation and TechnicalIssues

Many information providers use different

standards Harmonisation can raise requirements for

an information providers participation

Some information can be lost through

harmonisation Language issues

Importance of technical support

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Broad-based Information Co-ordinationInitiatives To-date

OECD / DAC

reports, statistics, forum for dialogues

DCAS / UNDP

country-level information

International Network forDevelopment

Information Exchange (INDIX)

developed tools for information sharing: CEFDA

and DAI database

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Broad-based Information Co-ordinationInitiatives To-date

International Development Markup

Language (IDML) Initiative an open, participatory approach using XML

technology

Proposed Open Development Consortium

(ODC) meta-body which would foster the development

and promotion of standards (technical, content

creation, etc.)