Development Assistance Database
The Development Assistance Database (DAD) is an aid information management system (AIMS) developed by Synergy International Systems,{{Cite web|url = http://isiafrica.net/directory/aid/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141106030543/http://isiafrica.net/directory/aid/|url-status = usurped|archive-date = November 6, 2014|title = Aid – isiAfrica|website = isiafrica.net|access-date = 2016-03-04}} for tracking development aid and managing official development assistance with transparency and accountability.{{Cite web|url = http://www.undp.org/content/dam/aplaws/publication/en/publications/capacity-development/aid-information-management-systems-in-post-conflict-and-fragile-situations/UNDP_AIMS_in_Post-Conflict_and_Fragile_Situations.pdf|title = Comparative Experience: Aid Information Management Systems in Post-Conflict and Fragile Situations|date = 2010-10-01|website =|publisher = United Nations Development Programme|access-date =}} DAD is widely adopted AIMS{{Cite web|url=http://www.publishwhatyoufund.org/files/Practical-Approaches-to-the-Aid-Effectiveness-Agenda.pdf|title=Practical approaches to the aid effectiveness agenda "Evidence in aligning aid information with recipient country budgets"|last=Samuel Moon with Zachary Mills|date=2010-07-01|website=|publisher=Overseas Development Institute and Publish What You Fund|access-date=}} which has been established in more than 35 countries{{Cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/dac/aft/48395729.pdf|title=How have aid for trade flows evolved?|date=|website=|publisher=OECD, WTO|access-date=}} worldwide in close cooperation with UNDP and respective governments.
DAD provides country governments{{Cite web|url=http://www.undp.org/content/dam/yemen/DemDov/Docs/UNDP-YEM-DAD_FINAL.pdf|title=Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation DAD YEMEN FACT SHEET|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}} and development partners with a consolidated source of data on development projects across all donors, demonstrates "who is doing what, when and where" in managing foreign aid,{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalplanning.gov.ng/index.php/initiatives/dad-nigeria|title=Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning of Nigeria, DAD Nigeria|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}} enables harmonization of development projects with national priorities, facilitates management and coordination of development efforts in the country{{Cite web|url=https://tulaneict4d.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/development-assistance-database-dad/|title=Development Assistance Database (DAD)|date=2011-11-01|website=|publisher=|access-date=}} by and promotes results-driven decision-making and aid effectiveness.{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/useofiatidataincountrysystems/the-guide/aims|title=AIMS and public financial management|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}
DAD has served as the official government AIMS in Afghanistan,{{Cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/countries/afghanistan/47543433.pdf|title=JOINT EVALUATION OF THE PARIS DECLARATION PHASE 2:ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN|author1=ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN |author2=BAWAAR Consulting Group |date=2010-01-01|website=|publisher=|access-date=}} Armenia, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic,{{Cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/dacfragilestates/47278388.pdf|title=FRAGILE STATES PRINCIPLES.Good Practice Cases|last=United Nations Development Programme|date=2011-02-24|website=|publisher=|access-date=}} Comoros, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Iraq (including Kurdistan Regional Government),{{Cite web|url=http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/070813-barton-strengthcapiraq.pdf|title=Strengthening Capacity Building and Public-sector Management in Iraq: A Report of the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project Center for Strategic and International Studies|last=Andrew Rathmell|first=Paul S. Frederiksen,Shannon Hayden, Sasha Kishinchand|date=2007-08-01|website=|publisher=|access-date=}} Kazakhstan, Kenya, Maldives, Mauritania, Nigeria, Lesotho,{{Cite web|url=http://www.ls.undp.org/content/dam/lesotho/docs/Other/RCAR_2013_LES_NAR.pdf|title=2013 Resident Coordinator Annual Report, Lesotho|last=United Nations Development Programme|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}} Pakistan,{{Cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/dac/effectiveness/Pakistan%203.pdf|title=Pakistan|date=2012-09-09|website=|publisher=Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|access-date=}} Papua New Guinea,{{Cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/dac/effectiveness/42298773.pdf|title=PAPUA NEW GUINEA|date=|website=|publisher=Organisation for economic co-operation and development|access-date=}} Philippines, Russia, Rwanda,{{Cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/dac/aft/RwandaCaseStudyFinal.pdf|title=MANAGING AID FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT RESULTS: Rwanda Case Study|author1=Richard Newfarmer |author2=Michele Savini |author3=Zangrandi Mariana Vijil |date=2013-01-12|website=|publisher=OECD, IGC|access-date=}} Sierra Leone,{{Cite web|url=https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/assessments/undp_2009_daco_final_evaluation_and_sl_aid_architecture_review_-_final_report_0.pdf|title=End-of-Project Evaluation of'Support to Development Assistance Coordination Office'& Review of Sierra Leone's Aid Coordination Architecture|author1=Stuart Black |author2=Jörg Nadoll |author3=Yaw Adu-Boahene |date=2009-09-01|website=|publisher=|access-date=}} Sri Lanka,{{Cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20060622005665/en/Sri-Lanka-Deploys-Housing-Tracking-Module-Synergy|title=Sri Lanka Deploys Housing Tracking Module in Synergy Development Assistance Database and Portal; eGovernment Solution Gives Transparent View of Asian Tsunami Recovery Progress|date=2006-06-22|website=|publisher=Business Wire|access-date=}} Somalia (including Somaliland),{{Cite web|url=http://www.so.undp.org/content/somalia/en/home/ourwork/democraticgovernance/successstories/aid-effectiveness-dad.html|title=Improving Aid Effectiveness in Somalia|date=|website=|publisher=United Nations Development Programme|access-date=}} Solomon Islands,{{Cite web|url=http://www.fj.undp.org/content/fiji/en/home/operations/projects/poverty_reduction/SOI_aid.html|title=Solomon Islands Aid Coordination and Management|date=|website=|publisher=United Nations Development Fund|access-date=}} Tajikistan, Thailand, Ukraine,{{Cite web|url=http://www.ua.undp.org/content/ukraine/en/home/operations/projects/democratic_governance/project_sample112111.html|title=Support to better coordination and management of international aid/assistance (through establishment of the development assistance database - DAD)|date=|website=|publisher=United Nations Development Programme|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307044147/http://www.ua.undp.org/content/ukraine/en/home/operations/projects/democratic_governance/project_sample112111.html|archive-date=2016-03-07|url-status=dead}} Vietnam,{{Cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/derec/denmark/42225059.pdf|title=Provision of Technical Assistance Personnel in Vietnam|author1=David Watson |author2=Nguyen Minh Thong |author3=Julia Zinke |date=2007-09-01|website=|publisher=European Centre for Development Policy Management|access-date=}} Yemen and Zambia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/countries/zambia/46750073.pdf|title=Evaluation of the Joint Assistance Strategy for Zambia (JASZ) 2007-10|date=2010-06-01|website=|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark|access-date=}}
History
Originally known as the Donor Assistance Database, the DAD was rebranded as the Development Assistance Database on August 2, 2005. The first Donor Assistance Database was a PC system developed in the scope of the G7 Support Implementation Group project for Russia in 1996 to monitor aid assistance donated from the international community.{{Cite web|url=http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pnabz352.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305223454/http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pnabz352.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 5, 2016|title=Business Toolkit for Russian Enterprises "Professional Associations Component"|date=1996-09-01|website=|publisher=Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu JLA Group Ltd.|access-date=}} The first Donor Assistance Database tracked 20,000 projects, and over US$100 billion in official development assistance delivered from 1991 to 2001.{{Cite web|url=http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/ccsi/print/region/directry.htm|title=Directory of U.S. Technical Assistance Activities in Russia|date=1996-09-01|website=|publisher=|access-date=}} The DAD was then adapted as a tool for the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union to monitor development assistance from the international community. These first generation implementations include Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Tajikistan.{{cn|date=April 2023}}
Most of these implementations have taken place through a partnership between the software company Synergy International Systems, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This partnership led to the signing of a long-term agreement in July, 2005.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sz.undp.org/content/dam/swaziland/docs/publications/UNDP_SZ_Poverty_DonorDatabaseStudy2012.pdf|title=Study to Establish a Donor database in the Kingdom of Swaziland|date=2012-09-01|website=|publisher=Government of Swaziland With Support from UNDP|access-date=}}
See also
External links
- [http://www.synisys.com Synergy International Systems, Inc.]