Making Aid Work for Georgia
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At the Brussels conference in October 2008, donors from 38 countries and 15 international organizations pledged a total of USD 4.55 billion in international aid to Georgia for three years. More than one year has passed since then and although there are clear commitments from a number of government agencies to ensure transparency of the provided aid, questions and concerns remain about the impact of this aid and its effective implementation. The complexity and opaque processes of large-scale assistance packages makes it difficult for the Georgian public to understand and track aid flows. In January 2009, TI Georgia launched Phase I of the Making Aid Work for Georgia program, which sought to monitor these aid flows and to hold government, donors and implementing agencies accountable for their spending. The goal of the second phase of the project is to improve the transparency and effectiveness of international aid to Georgia.
Objective 1: To increase transparency and accountability of aid to Georgia Outputs:
• Aid Monitoring database is updated and expanded, plus two actionable reports analyzing trends in aid, based on the database and further research
Objective 2: To monitor and raise awareness of aid Issues, and IDPs in particular Outputs:
• Final report evaluating IDP policy and implementation processes during 2010
• Monthly blog posts about relevant aid issues (9 posts in total), and three to four articles printed in the magazine Liberali on topics related to the reports and blog posts
• Ongoing contributions to technical expert groups working on IDP policy and planning documents
• Two-way system of sharing information on IDP policy developments with main stakeholders established
• Annotated bibliography on IDPs in Georgia updated and shared via an interactive tool on TI Georgia’s website
• Presentations in Tbilisi and Lisbon, Portugal on “Post-war Aid to Internally Displaced Persons in Georgia: A Case Study of Government and Donor Accountability Mechanisms”
Objective 3: Increasing efficiency, integrity and accountability of aid to Georgia Outputs:
• Case study on best practices in aid coordination and effectiveness
• Monitoring report on the quality and costs of the MDF’s rehabilitation of collective centers and construction of new houses