Mutual accountability and aid transparency

1. Mutual accountability and aid transparency Republic of Moldova IATI meeting, OECD Conference center

2. Freedom of information Act and aid transparency • Institutional arrangements for aid management • Aid information by donors • Next steps IATI meeting, OECD Conference center

3. Freedom of information acts • Law on access to the information (may 2000) • Law on Transparency in the decision making process (noiembrie 2008) IATI meeting, OECD Conference center

4. Aid trasparency • Aid transparency – Paris Declaration commitments • IDEA –was developed in the 1990’s by Planet Consultants (NL) for the European Commission • Followed by the CIS countries in the period 1999 – 2001 • IDEA in Moldova from 2002. IATI meeting, OECD Conference center

5. What is IDEA and what does it do ? • Allows for reporting on the basis of standard reports and export of data to excel for manipulation to prepare custom reports, • Allows to move to an entire “paperless office” for the NCU, • Is first and all designed to support internal operations of the NCU and allow access to the information by anyone on the network IATI meeting, OECD Conference center

6. IDEA was implemented to promote transparency and accountability of funds, result-driven decision-making and aid effectiveness. linked to www.ncu.moldova.md IATI meeting, OECD Conference center

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8. Institutional arrangement for aid management • the Regulation regarding the institutional framework and mechanism of co-ordination of the external assistance provided to Moldova by international organizations and donor countries approved by GD nr.12 from January 19, 2010 IATI meeting, OECD Conference center

9. Reform of aid coordination: new Regulation • Government ownership • National Aid Coordinator and Sector coordinators • National Committee and Sector Councils • Joint Partnership Council IATI meeting, OECD Conference center

10. New Institutional Framework National Committee for Strategic Planning Joint Partnership Council Donors meetings National Aid Coordinator & National Coordination Unit State Chancellery Sector Coordinators & Sector Councils IATI meeting, OECD Conference center

11. National Coordination Unit • Key Government focal Point for the oversight and coordination of external aid • Ensure operational and methodological programming, monitoring and evaluation of aid at national level • Record and ensure the transparency of external assistance IATI meeting, OECD Conference center

12. Sector Coordination Councils • Make recommendations on sector policy and priorities through joint analytical work, identify sector assistance priorities and project proposals • Participate in drafting sector strategies, action plans, and expenditure plans, including sector aid allocations, as well as sector monitoring and evaluation framework • Monitor and evaluate sector policy implementation, as well as efficiency, effectiveness and impact of aid delivered • Approve sector monitoring reports and provide inputs to NDS/EU-Moldova progress reports • Chair: Minister (Sector Aid Coordinator) • Membership: Representative of each active Development Partner, Heads of relevant Ministerial Departments, NCU staff, NGOs as relevant, private sector as relevant IATI meeting, OECD Conference center

13. Joint Partnership Council • High-level forum for dialogue on aid coordination, ensuring impact on achieving national priorities, monitoring NDS implementation • Align partners’ interventions with Government of Moldova sector plans to ensure that planning, budgeting and programme implementation are aligned and reinforce each other • Review progress made in the fulfillment of commitments in the Partnership Principles • Co-Chairs: Prime Minister and a Development Partner (rotating) • Members: NDS Inter-Ministerial Committee, Ambassadors/Heads of Development Partner Agencies, private sector, NGOs • Government resolution from April 8th, 2011 approved the framework for the Council. IATI meeting, OECD Conference center

14. Achivements • Behavioural changes: by government – better coordinated policies with MTEF, absorption capacity of ODA increased by providers – better alignment on the national priorities, more orientation for growing the capacities within the institutions IATI meeting, OECD Conference center

15. ODA Disbursed (in million USD) IATI meeting, OECD Conference center

16. Technical cooperation (in mil. USD) IATI meeting, OECD Conference center

17. ODA in Context GDP: USD 5.8 bln (2010)/ ODA 7.7% Government expenditure : USD 2.4 bln (2010)/ 18.9 % ODA Government revenue: USD 2.2 bln (2010)/ 20% ODA IATI meeting, OECD Conference center

18. Challenges • Time consuming gathering data from donor or line ministries. • Manual introduction of data from the spreadsheet into the IDEA. • Reporting and graphs – on export data to excel • M&E tools limitation. • Quality of information • Mutual accountability across stakeholders –local government agencies, Parliament , civil society organization IATI meeting, OECD Conference center

19. Next steps • Develop further database – tools for better planning and M&E • E-government agenda • IATI coverage for Moldova IATI meeting, OECD Conference center