Background - Introduction - History - Objectives

1. Development Assistance Responsibility
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2. Background
• “The costs of corruption are four-fold - political, economic, social and
environmental .. and aggravates poverty in poor countries”
Transparency International 2007
• “The credibility of future aid will depend on the ability of the aid system
to demonstrate that it can address corruption pro-actively and
comprehensively” Transparency International 2007
• “30 % of development aid failed to reach its final destination owing to
corruption. We cannot let it persist” UN’s Ban Ki Moon 2012
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3. Introduction of DEAR
• Real-time surveillance and hands-on supervision of aid transactions
should replace and complement historical control/audit procedures to
secure that funds reach its final destination
• The basic idea of DEAR is transfer of knowledge and technology from
key industries to aid by introducing a new scalable and transparent
governance model with global potential
• DEAR offers a visible anti-corruption strategy implemented by a digital
transformation of the core business model
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4. History of DEAR
• Idea-originated by Sverre Lilleng and Jan Erik Audsen in 2011
• A core project group supported by Sven Arild Andersen and Brian Taylor
was formed and project scoped during 2011-2012. Oda M. Myklebust
participated from 2016
• Presentation towards Norwegian governmental departments and
industry in 2013-2015, well received, but with some hesitation to
engage
• Chronicle and interview, Bistandsaktuelt, February 2017
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5. DEAR objectives
• Increase and multiply the desired direct effects of
development assistance and thus contribute to reduced poverty,
economic growth and better distribution of welfare
• Improve confidence to national political systems, government and
institutions and pave the way for foreign industrial investments and
traditional risk capital
• Strengthen Norway’s position within modern aid efficiency and anti-
corruption
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