aidrating strives to contribute to better aid by measuring effectiveness/impact of interventions and making them comparable. In order to achieve this, we support full project related transparency by donors and contracting agencies.
The measurement is standardized and expressed quantitatively on an absolute scale. This allows full comparison at all levels: Between donors, projects, project types, etc. The concept focuses on project relevant information which can be aggregated to provide a full overview.
It has been tested with Swiss agencies, but can be applied to any donor, project or implementing agency.
Partner NGOs are invited to contact us for further details and cooperation.
» Transparency rating methodological overview [99 KB]
(Nov 2011)
» Impact rating methodological overview [144 KB]
(Nov 2011)
15 February 2012
New Swiss » 4-year Plan for International Cooperation published. Parliamentary debate expected in summer 2012.
January 2012: Insights into SDC plans 2013-16
DEZA- Direktor Martin Dahinden (Bild: EU)
In spring 2012, the Swiss Parliament will discuss a new 4-year plan for development cooperation 2013-2016. The constellation in 2012 is interesting, as the Department also has a new head, Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter.
There is no public information on these plans yet in Switzerland, but the SDC Director, Mr Martin Dahinden, revealed some details to » DEVEX. Here is a » transcript with comments [67 KB]
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Busan HLF4 and its results
The 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness has come to an end on 1st December. Here two readworthy contributions on the event:
» -Reflections on Busan by Judith Randel
-» What happened in Busan, by Owen Barder
09 December 2011
At the occasion of the » Civil Society Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea, IDEAS AidRating presented the results of its Transparency rating 2011 (» Presentation pages in English [99 KB] ) in front of a large international audience. The » rating results in German [741 KB] have been published on 09 December 2011.
07 Dec 2011
IATI Homepage: Logo anklicken
Decision taken at HLF4 in Busan: AidRating, represented by Mr Jan Stiefel, becomes member of the Technical Advisory Group of » IATI.
05 Nov 2011: A Universal Evaluation standard
A universally applicable evaluation format would greatly enhance the utility of standardized reporting systems as discussed at present in the development community. » Read what requirements such a standard would have to meet [46 KB] .
02 October 2011
Think that it will never be possible to compare development projects and programs? Wrong. » Read this! [382 KB]
AidRating in a Nutshell
it's comparability that counts!
» 10 Key Questions for any Project [43 KB]
08 June 2011
MAKE AID MORE TRANSPARENT! We have been voicing this demand for years much to the displeasure of the established aid industry in Switzerland. Today it has been launched as a demand by 50 signatary NGOs the world over. Read » why this is important [140 KB]
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sign our petition here: » MAKE AID TRANSPARENT!
13 April 2011
Aid transparency is seen by some as a new trick to harass aid agencies, or a useless pile of data. In this » Devex blog contribution, Jan Stiefel, project head of aidrating, explains what could become possible once full transparency would be a reality.
03 March 2011
» IDEAS Article on aid transparency in Switzerland 2010 [325 KB]
» Link to International Initiative on Aid Transparency (IATI)