TAG Meeting – Queens College Oxford 22nd-23rd March 2010
Agenda
Day One Monday 22nd March - Data definitions plenary session
9:30am Welcome session: Lecture Room B
· Overview on general IATI activities including the ‘IATI Implementation’ paper and presentation
· Outcomes of discussion at Steering Committee on Scope and Code of Conduct
· Overview of TAG plan
· Overview of country pilot studies
10:30am Presentation of work carried out on definitions
· Hélène Mainville
11: 00am Break
11:30am Discussion of key issues
1:00pm Lunch
2:00pm Continuation of main plenary session: Lecture Room B
“ Possible specialist breakout groups on selected topics within IATI scope
3:30pm Read-out from breakout groups: Lecture Room B
4:00pm Conclusion
This meeting is followed by a Public Panel Discussion on Corruption, Transparency and the Future of Aid in the 21st Century at the AidData conference from 4:30pm onwards which everyone is invited to attend.
For those of you who have opted to partake in the TAG dinner, it will be served at 7:30pm in The Hall, Queens College.
Day Two Tuesday 23rd March
9:00am The AidData launch will be held at the University College. Participants are invited to attend if they would like to see how a potential aggregator of IATI information might present the information
Alternatively:
9:00am Informal discussion on issues raised during day one: Lecture Room B
· An opportunity for networking discussions and conversations with IATI Secretariat and specialist consultants
OR
9.00am IATI pilot country studies
· An opportunity for all those involved in the upcoming pilot country studies to discuss in details proposed plans
10:30am Break
11:00am Breakout sessions
1. Workstream 2 – Technical support for IATI led by Simon Parrish: Lecture Room B
2. Workstream 3 –IATI Code of Conduct led by Alex Gerbrandij and Henri Valot (tbc): Teaching Room
3. Workstream 4 – Working with DAC WP-STAT: support to donors for the implementation of IATI led by Brian Hammond: Lecture Room A
4. Workstream 5 – Accessibility led by Danila Boneva: Lecture Room C
1:00pm Lunch
2:00pm Continuation of some of above breakout sessions;
Possible session on IATI reporting for non-DAC donors
3:30pm Information sharing from breakout sessions: Lecture Room B
4:30pm Close
There is an opportunity to attend further AidData discussions on non-DAC donors from 4:45pm onwards which those interested are invited to attend. The AidData conference continues on 24th and 25th March at University College for those that advise in advance that they wish to stay on.
Provisional List of Attendees
2Paths / Chief Executive Officer / Aaron Gladders
EuropeAid / Aid Effectiveness Unit / Alex Gerbrandij
EC Joint Research Centre / TR-Aid Developers / Tony O’Grady
Commonwealth Secretariat / Advisor and Head of Section / Arindam Roy
United States / Financial Economist, USAID/ODP/BMD / Bill McCormick
Independent / Chair of TAG / Brian Hammond
DFID / Caite Clawson
DFID / Nick Rogers (day 2)
OpenAid / Chief Executive Officer / Claudia Schwegmann
UNDP / IATI Partner Outreach Coordinator / Danila Boneva
Burundi / Cadre d'Appui en Base de Données/Suivi-Evaluation des Programmes au SP-CNCA / Emile Nimpaye
Malawi / Asst. Resident Representative - UNDP / Ernest Misomali
DIPR / Programme Officer/TAG Secretariat / Hannah Glanville
Independent / Consultant / Helene Mainville
FTS / Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Financial Tracking Service / Julie Thompson
Colombia / Team Leader for Aid Effectiveness and Accountability Department / Juanita Olarte
PWYF / Director, Publish What You Fund / Karin Christiansen
PWYF (day 2) / Research and Monitoring / Rachel Rank
Sierra Leone / Director - Development Assistance Coordination Office / Kawusu Kebbay
CIWI / Managing Director / Klaus Merckens
InterAction / Senior Research Associate
/ Laia Grino (remote connection)
UNCTAD / Senior Programme Coordinator / Marcelo Tricarico
Independent / Consultant / Michael Roberts
Rwanda / External Resources Monitoring Expert / Zephy MUHIRWA
Nepal / Foreign Aid Coordination Division, Ministry of Finance / Narayan Dhakal
Mexico, / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Reynaldo Escorcia
DIPR / Director of Aidinfo / Owen Barder
Malawi / Assistant Director. Debt and Aid Management Division. Ministry of Finance / Twaib Ali
Netherlands / Senior Policy Office, Effectiveness Department / Pim van der Male
Lebanon / Senior Economic Officer / Riwa Nasreddine
PLAID / Associate Professor (Manager of PLAID) / Rob Hicks
DFID / Coordinator, International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) / Romilly Greenhill
Cambodia / Deputy Director, Policy Department, CRDB/CDC / Ros Salin
OKF / Director / Rufus Pollock
DRC / National Expert in Aid coordination - UNDP / Sebastian Tshibungu
DIPR / IT Analyst / Simon Parrish
Development Gateway / Director of Aid Effectiveness / Steve Davenport
Development Gateway / Development Specialist / Riccardo de Marchi Trevisan
Denmark / Head of Section / KVA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Lars Bruun Rasmussen
Denmark / Ole Jacob Hjøllund
Republic of Congo / Ministry of Finance / Alphonse Loulendo (TBC)
Care International / Senior Vice President, Finance
Chief Financial Officer, CARE / Vickie Barrow-Klein (remote connection)
Jordan / Head of Aid Effectiveness Division, Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation / Yassar Al-Dughmi
Democratic Republic of Congo / Coordonnateur de la Plateforme de Gestion de l’Aide et des Investissements (PGAI) - / Yvon Mombong
Spain / AECID / Alberto Amaro
Ireland / Michael Tiernan
Palestine / IT Consultant, Ministry of Planning and Administrative Development / Mohammed Isleem
Palestine / Special Advisor to the Minister Interim Head of Aid Management and Coordination Directorate / Estephan Salameh (TBC)
World Bank / Adviser, Aid Effectiveness / Alma Kanani
DAC / Manager of the DAC. Data Collections Unit on Development / Yasmin Ahmad (remote connection)
Sweden / Department for Management Methods in Development Cooperation, MFA / Ulrika Johansson Jordan
Sweden / Department for Management Methods in Development Cooperation , MFA / Linda Isotalo
Germany / Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development / Annegret Al-Janabi
DFID / IATI Coordinator & Communications Officer / Neil McKie
Global Fund / Technical Officer - Aid Effectiveness / Gyongyver Jakab
Consultant / Paul Isenman
Synergy / International Relations Advisor / Arshak Hovanesian
Guidestar / Director of Partnerships and Development / Caroline Neligan
Gates Foundation / Associate Program Officer / Susan Nazzaro
DIPR / Data Systems and Standards Analyst / Bill Anderson
DFID / Head,Corporate Performance, / Kenny Osborne
Freebalance / Vice President, Products / Doug Hadden
Canada / Manager, statistical analysis / Maher Mamhikoff
Norway (Norad) / Head of Statistics Unit / Sven Skaare
Spain / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Jorge Seoane
International Budget Partnership / Manager / Vivek Ramkumar (remote connection?)
ODI / Research Officer / Sam Moon
Hewlett / Programme Officer for Global Development / Kevin Bohrer
Sierra Leone / Senior Economist at the Ministry of Finance. / Ellie Cockburn
Commonwealth Secretariat / Business Analyst / Mac Banda
EuropeAid / Project officer – Statistics programming and budgetary matters / Vincent Carton
EuropeAid / María Ángeles de Ramón Ferrando
Germany GTZ / Policy Advisor, Strategic Corporate Development Department / Urs Bürcky
Sweden / Team Result, Sida / Franck Rasmussen
Sweden / Statistician, Sida / Melinda Cuzner
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