This presentation was made by Pierre SARRAT, SIF, at the 3rd OECD Forum on Governance of Infrastructure held in Paris on 26 March 2018

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Stage of Preparation
Themes
What is SOURCE?
• Online infrastructure project preparation
tool
• Accessible for public agencies and
international organizations
• Project information is structured within
sector-specific templates:
Stage of Preparation
Sector/Sub-sector
Country
• Project management/monitoring features
• Public pipeline of projects

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SOURCE Key Features
A project
preparation &
management
platform
An
engagement
platform
A knowledge &
learning
platform
A data bank

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SOURCE Data Structure and type
• Real time update vs. batch update
• Project (Infrastructure) level vs. aggregated data
• Primary Data vs. Secondary Data
• Project Manager owner of data
• Disclosure:
• Project environment on private cloud (limited
to project team, with different access levels)
• Information to be disclosed on public pipeline
is controlled by Data owner
• Aggregated and digitized data can be shared
with partner platforms
Unstructured Data
Structured Data
Reports, PIM, Bidding
documents, etc.
Primitive Data (numeric,
boolean, dates…)
Composite Data (string of
text)
Consistency
checks
national/global
benchmarks
Knowledge Bank
Lessons learned
Data room
during tender

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Data Usage
• Information structured by Stage and thematic group:
• Granular monitoring of project progress
• Track cost/time overruns and identify key bottlenecks (during preparation and implementation)
• In-app data analysis:
• Check of project information against eligibility criteria for PPF, green financing, etc.
• Consistency checks
• Reporting at portfolio/organization level
• Project screening / guidance on best procurement method
• Data Source and Data Bank:
• Data can be pre-processed (e.g. anonymized) by SOURCE then shared with partners
• Primitive data can be analyzed by SOURCE, composite data needs further expertise
• Government agencies produce structured data that can feed global benchmarks/indicators,
hence regaining control over information published on these platforms

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Benefits of SOURCE approach as an IT solution
• Change Management:
• Easy to set up and to use
• Flexible: templates can be adapted to a country’s framework, hence minimizing the need to
change procedures
• Transparency and accountability:
• Log of all inputs (or absence of), identifying individual project stakeholder
• Track of changes of timeline, project cost, etc. across project life
• Incentive for more data disclosure
• Collaboration:
• Link all project stakeholders (government, MDBs, institutional private) on a same platform
• Templates translated in 9 languages, including pre-defined answers to questions: 80% of
project description, including all “key questions”, is available in any language
• Standardization:
• Standard protocol for government agencies to screen, define and prepare projects
• Consistent presentation of project characteristics and status for private sector

7. Sustainable Infrastructure Foundation
2 avenue Henri-Dunant
1205 Geneva, Switzerland
info@sif-source.org
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8. Governance
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• SIF, a not-for-profit Swiss foundation, coordinates the
provision of SOURCE. It is guided by:
• Advisory Board, composed of major Multilateral
Development Banks, Project Preparation
Facilities and International Finance Institutions;
• Strategic Committee, composed of
representatives from the private sector; and
• Public Sector Committee (under creation),
composed of representatives from government
users.
• Discussions are on-going for MDBs to enter SIF
Council.

9. Working in Association with SIF

10. 165
Projects
PPP
67%
Standard
Procurement
37%
Social Infrastructure
Transport
Urban Services
Water and waste
Energy
42 countries
1,200+
users
72
Trainings
conducted
38
Subsector
templates
5,500+
Comments from
private sector
trained and using
SOURCE
Global Outreach
$31
Billion CAPEX

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