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AidData, the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, and the World Bank Institute invite you to a conference on Putting Aid Data to Work: Using Better Information to Get Better Results.

As the open data movement gains traction, governments and donors are increasingly providing more and better data about development assistance. How can different stakeholders make sense of all this information and use it to improve the results of aid on the ground?

Please join us for a day-long conference exploring how open data and aid transparency can be used to:

• Visualize and combine aid data with other kinds of development data,
• Track climate change finance and coordinate climate projects with work in other sectors, and
• Improve the impact of development aid through feedback loops and social monitoring.

The event introduces the adaptation aid work of the Strauss Center’s Climate Change and African Political Stability Program (CCAPS), a collaborative research program examining climate change, security, and development in Africa. The event also marks the launch of AidData 2.0, as the AidData program moves out of the “beta” phase and offers new tools for a wide range of stakeholders to track and analyze global aid data.

AidData and CCAPS will present their work with the Government of Malawi, in cooperation with the World Bank Institute, to pilot a robust aid tracking initiative. This initiative represents the first-ever effort to track all active aid across all donors within one country using dynamic geomaps.

Conference Agenda

November 4, 2011
8:15AM – 5:00PM 
World Bank, J Building, Room JB1-080
Washington, DC

8:15AM    Registration and Breakfast

9:00AM    Introduction

• Introduction of Keynote Address: Jean-Louis Sarbib, CEO, Development Gateway
• Keynote Address (by video): Richard Manning, former Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee and Chair of the PARIS21 Consortium Scientific Committee

9:15AM    Opening Panel: Aid Transparency, Innovation, and the Open Data Movement

• Moderator Catherine Weaver, Associate Professor, University of Texas and CCAPS Program
• Jean-Louis Sarbib, Chief Executive Officer, Development Gateway
• Aleem Walji, Practice Manager, Innovation, World Bank Institute
• David Wheeler, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
• Sheila Herrling, Vice President, Department of Policy and Evaluation, Millennium Challenge Corporation
• Lindsay Coates, Executive Vice President, Interaction

10:45AM    Coffee Break

11:00AM    Session 1: Tracking Where, When, and How Aid Money is Spent

• Moderator Steve Davenport, Senior Director, Development Gateway and Co-Executive Director, AidData
• Mike Findley, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University, CCAPS Program and AidData
• Soren Gigler, Senior Governance Specialist, World Bank Institute
• Hemang Karelia, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery

12:30PM    Lunch

1:30PM    Session 2: Aid Transparency in Climate Change and Development

• Moderator Timmons Roberts, Director, Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University, AidData and CCAPS Program
• Catherine Weaver and Christian Peratsakis, University of Texas and CCAPS Program
• Tom Downing, President and CEO, Global Climate Adaptation Partnership 
• Taryn Fransen, Director, Open Climate Network, World Resources Institute
• Kiran D. Pandey, Senior Economist, Environment Department, The World Bank

2:45PM    Coffee Break

3:00PM    Session 3: Closing the Feedback Loop: Innovations in Grassroots Monitoring of Aid and Public Service Delivery

• Moderator Brad Parks, Research Faculty, College of William and Mary and Co-Executive Director, AidData
• Shanta Devarajan, World Bank Chief Economist, Africa Region
• Britt Lake, Director of Programs, GlobalGiving
• Jon Gosier, Co-founder, MetaLayer; Former Director of SwiftRiver at Ushahidi
• Dan Nielson, Associate Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University, CCAPS Program and AidData
• Sahr Kpundeh, Senior Public Sector Specialist, World Bank

4:30PM    Wrap-up

Registration

Advance registration is required and space is limited, so please register today. Registration will close at noon on November 2.

About the Partners

AidData is a joint initiative of Brigham Young University, the College of William and Mary, and Development Gateway. It makes aid information more transparent and accessible through visualization tools, geocoding, data standardization, applied research, and related initiatives.

The Climate Change and African Political Stability Program is a five-year research program at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin, partnered with the College of William and Mary, Trinity College Dublin, and University of North Texas. CCAPS analyzes how climate change, conflict, governance, and aid intersect to impact African and international security. CCAPS is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Minerva Initiative.

The World Bank Institute, part of the World Bank Group, is a global connector of knowledge, learning, and innovation for poverty reduction. It connects practitioners, networks, and institutions to help them find solutions to their development challenges.

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