International Aid Transparency Initiative

1. International Aid TransparencyInitiative Some Code of Conducts TAG meeting Brussels, 3 June 2009

2. Some Code of Conducts • The UN Global Compact • The International Advocacy NGO Accountability Charter • The Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief • The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative • The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions • The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness • The  EU code of conduct on Complementarity and Division of Labour in Development Policy

3. The UN Global Compact • 10 principles : a set of core values in the areas of Human Rights, Labour standards, environment and anti-corruption • Integrity Measures: • Voluntary initiative • No monitoring/compliance based initiative • Use of the UN/Global Compact logos • Participants to communicate progress yearly. If they fail, they can be listed as “non-communicating” • In case of a complain, the Global Compact office will not involve itself in any claims of a legal nature

4. The International Advocacy NGO Accountability Charter • Starts with a purpose: common commitment to excellence, transparency and accountability • Identify and define shared principles/policies/practices • Enhance transparency and accountability, internally and externally • Encourage communication • Improve performance and effectiveness as organisations • It is a voluntary charter, which can only complements and supplements existing laws • It lists Principles and Standards of accountability and transparency • Quick user guide: • Q/A • Products (what do we have to do?) – External/internal • Even propose internal processes (Charter Implementation pla, Working Group and Coordinator)

5. The Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief • 10 moral principles

6. The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Principles • 12 principles and criteria for implementation, established in 2005 • Validation methodology: 2007 • 6 criteria for implementation: • Regular publication of all payments by companies to governments • Audits available • Payments and revenues are reconciled by a credible, independent administrator • Scope: all companies • Role of CSOs at all levels (design, M&E of the process) • Public, financially sustainable work plan by the host government

7. The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative 2Validation • Validation: EITI Quality Assurance Mechanism. Two functions: • Promotes dialogue and learning at the country level • Safeguards EITI brand, by holding all EITI countries to the same standard • Validation evaluates EITI implementation in consultation with stakeholders, verifies achievements. It can also determine a country’s candidate or compliant status • Validation is set out in EITI rules • The accredited validator will use three key documents: • The Country work plan • The Validation Grid and Indicator Assessment tools • The Company Forms

8. The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions • Preamble • Article 1: Definition • Article 2: Responsibility • Article 3: Sanctions • Article 4: Jurisdiction • Article 5: Enforcement • Article 6: Statute of limitations • Article 7: Money Laundering • Article 8: Accounting

9. The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness • Statement of Resolve • Partnership commitments • Indicators of progress

10. The  EU code of conduct on Complementarity and Division of Labour in Development Policy • Purpose: Operational principles for EU donors regarding complementarity in Development Cooperation • Preamble says: voluntary, flexible and self-policing • 11 guiding principles • Council conclusions: political statement • 14. EC must outline the implementation of the Code in its annual reports in Development Cooperation • 15: Follow up and review • 16: The Code is a dynamic document that will be reviewed periodically and in any case before 2010 • Reference to PD and various EU instruments in Development Cooperation

11. So?Some initial findings… • Voluntary initiative, which can only complement and supplement existing laws • Beyond moral principles – Need of a monitoring/compliance mechanism • Clear scope and purpose • Reference to PD, AAA and various instruments in Development Cooperation (EU , etc) • Criteria for implementation • Quick user guide • Indicators of progress • Validation: Quality Assurance Mechanism • The Code is a dynamic document that will be reviewed periodically