The Aid Management Platform (AMP) in Nepal Improved Aid Coordination, Management, Transparency, and National Ownership in Nepal by Dina Abdel-Fattah

1. The Aid Management Platform (AMP) in Nepal
Improved Aid Coordination, Management, Transparency,
and National Ownership in Nepal
Open Nepal Launch Day
Kathmandu, Nepal
June 6, 2013
Dina Abdel-Fattah, Development Gateway, Inc.
AMP is an aid information management system
implemented by Development Gateway, Inc.

2. Overview
• The AMP Program
• The AMP Program in Nepal
• Current Achievements of the AMP Nepal
• Next Steps
• Q&A

3. The AMP Program
• Created by Development Gateway, Inc., in
collaboration with the OECD, World Bank,
UNDP and the government of Ethiopia

4. Nepal Aid Management
Platform (AMP)

5. Nepal AMP
• The Nepal AMP was set-up in 2010 in the MoF
• To date, more than 700 activities have been
entered in the platform, of which 325 are
considered on-budget
• The GoN has used exhaustive aid data in AMP to
produce 2 annual Development Cooperation
Reports in addition to a number of publications
based off of data within AMP

6. Key Information in Nepal
AMP
• Location information down to VDC level , when
applicable, geo-coding/mapping of projects
• Financial information: funding type (grant, loan,
etc.), mode of funding (direct payment,
reimbursable, etc.) and modality of assistance
(SWAP, project, etc.)
o Aligned with categories used in the national budget
• Records commitments, planned disbursements for
next 3 years, actual disbursements and
expenditures from donors
• Contact details of key persons and organizations
involved in the project

7. AMP Reporting
AID MANAGEMENT PLATFORM
On-Budget Projects
(GoN Red Book)
Technical
Assistance
(GoN Blue Book)
Off-Budget
Projects
GoN
Reports
Donors
Report

8. National Budget – AMP
Integration
AMP
Budget Management
Information System
Financial
Management
Information System
• Planned disbursements in budget
system
• National budget outlined in AMP
• Actual expenditures in AMP

9. AMP Public Portal
• AMP data available online, openly and freely, via
MoF website
o Data will include: commitments, disbursements, project
information, and GIS mapping tool
• Public launch event in June 2013
• Strong demand from CSOs, media to view and use
the AMP Public Portal
• Strong support within MoF for publicly releasing aid
data

10. A Look Inside the AMP Nepal
Portal

11. Geo-Coding

12. GIS Module

15. Q&A

16. Thank You for Your
Attention
Dina Abdel-Fattah
dabdel-fattah@developmentgateway.org