The Open Aid Partnership aims to enhance aid transparency and citizen engagement by visualizing donor-financed project locations and creating feedback loops for better reporting on development assistance. The initiative involves a multi-phase approach that includes the development of a common platform for aid mapping, evaluations, and capacity building for civil society organizations and citizens. Key pilot countries include Bolivia, Kenya, Nepal, and Tanzania, with over 2,700 projects documented across 13 countries, fostering accountability and collaboration among various stakeholders.

1. Open Aid Partnership
Open Aid Partnership
visualizes the
sub-national location
of donor-financed
projects

2. Open Aid Partnership- Objectives
• Improve Aid Transparency: increase
transparency through Open Data on aid
flows and public service delivery
• Enhance Results: Better target, monitor,
and coordinate aid flows within countries
• Establish Feedback Loop: Empower
citizens and CSOs to provide direct
feedback on project outcomes
Increase Aid Transparency and Citizen Engagement for Better Results

3. Mapping at Various Levels
Regions Countries
Sectors Projects
maps.worldbank.org

4. Are health projects in areas with the
highest infant mortality?

5. Components
First Phase: Accompanied by:
• Open Aid Map a common platform to show
locations of donor programs • Evaluations
to assess the
• Country Platforms for open aid flows and impact of
public expenditures open aid on
• Capacity Development to empower CSOs development
and citizens to use the maps/data outcomes
Second Phase:
• Based on local data, promote Citizen
Feedback Loops for better reporting on
development assistance
Implementation through a Phased Approach

6. History
Mapping Partner
HL4
for Consul-
Busan
2012
Results tation
 Technical
2,700+ projects  13 countries  Endorsement
Workshops
of OAP by 6
30,000+  Discussion & countries &  Implementation
locations consensus on the World of 4 pilot
the focus for Bank countries
143 countries OAP (Bolivia, Kenya,
African Development Bank, Nepal &
Tanzania)
Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia,
 Developing the
Finland, Foundation Center, geo-coding
InterAction, standard in-line
with IATI
the Netherlands, ONE, Spain,
 Developing
Sweden, and the United Kingdom Open Aid Map
platform

7. Open Aid Map
• Geo-coding of
donor-financed
projects based on
IATI standard
• Joint Open Aid
Map for better aid
coordination
(AidData)
• Visualize projects
of 27 donors
combined with
poverty data

8. Country Mapping Platform
Enable governments to collect, make openly
available and visualize data on development
assistance, budgets and public service delivery

9. Country Systems
Project Data
• Championed by Ministry of Finance
• Data collection and curation integrated in
country processes and systems
• Ensuring long-term sustainability
Indicator Data
• Subnational socio-economic data such as
poverty rates by district, infant mortality, and
population density linked to Open Data
Initiative

10. Nepal Country Platform Pilot
Poverty and WB projects WB and USAID projects
Public Expenditures Feedback Loop

11. Accountability
Foster
Accountability:
Empower
citizens and
CSOs to provide
direct feedback
on project
outcomes
Groundwork for
Asking Citizens to
Provide Feedback on
Project Results

12. Capacity Development
• Raise awareness among citizens about the
power of open data
• Strengthen Capacity of CSOs and Citizens to
effectively use and generate open data
• Engage, connect and empower communities
to act upon provided data
• Assist public service provider in receiving and
responding to citizen feedback

13. Partnerships and Learning
• Partnership with universities, think
tanks and civil society
organizations
• South-South exchange: share
knowledge and learning (Bolivia,
Nepal, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and
others) in an expanding network

14. www.openaidmap.org

15. We would like to hear from you !
Soren Gigler & Johannes Kiess
Open Aid Partnership
Innovation Practice
World Bank Institute
e-mail: bgigler@worldbank.org,
jkiess@worldbank.org