DRAFT Agenda for the International

Aid Transparency Initiative Meeting for Partner Countries (closed)

Monday 04th July, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Paris time,

Room D, OECD Conference Centre, Paris

Time / Item / Presenter/lead
2.00 – 2.10 / Welcome and introductions / Danila Boneva, UNDP
Partner Country Experiences segment:
1)  Theme 1: Transparency and mutual accountability
2)  Theme 2: Putting aid on budget / Chair: Abie Kamara, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Sierra Leone
2.10 – 2.25 / Bangladesh: Outcomes from the mutual accountability and aid transparency survey
·  Key factors for behavioural change
·  Accountability and improved aid effectiveness at the sector level
·  Formulation of Development Results Framework (15 min.) / Monowar Ahmed, Economic Relations Division, Bangladesh
2.25 – 2.40 / Rwanda: Outcomes from the mutual accountability and aid transparency survey:
·  Key factors for behavioural change
·  Aid transparency and aid on budget
·  Role of Parliament (15 min.) / Ronald Nkusi, MINECOFIN, Rwanda
2.40 – 2.55 / Moldova: Outcomes from the mutual accountability and transparency survey:
·  Freedom of Information Act and aid transparency
·  GoM institutional arrangements for aid management and the provision of aid information by donors
·  Next steps (15 min.) / Lucretia Ciurea, State Chancellery, Moldova
2:55 – 3.30 / Questions and answers (35 min.)
3.30 - 3:45 / Coffee break (15 min.)
3:45 – 4:00 / Madagascar: progress to date and next steps with a draft decree on the use of aid information for the budget cycle (15 min.) / Isaora Zefania Romalahy, Office of the Prime Minister, Madagascar
4.00 – 4:15 / Democratic Republic of Congo: Inter-ministerial decree on use of aid information for the budget cycle
(15 min.) / Yvon Mombong, Ministry of Plan, DR Congo
4:15 – 4:50 / Questions and answers (35 min.)
4:50 – 5:00 / Wrap-up (5-10 min.) / Abie Kamara, MoFED, Sierra Leone
Preparatory Discussion for Steering Committee meeting / Chair: Danila Boneva, UNDP
5:00 – 5:30 / ·  Progress in the implementation of the IATI standard by donor signatories and schedules for Busan
·  Linking aid information management systems to the IATI registry
(30 min.) / Alasdair Wardhaugh, IATI Leader, DFID
Bill Anderson, IATI Technical Advisory Group
Any other business: / Chair: Danila Boneva, UNDP
5:30 – 6:00 / AOB:
·  Bangladesh: Update on the aid transparency and predictability work of the Task Team on Transparent and Predictable Aid (Cluster C) (10 min.) followed by Q&A
·  NGO update on plans to implement IATI standard: TBC (10 min). / Monowar Ahmed, Economic Relations Division, Bangladesh