Data Quality Index Consultation
DATA COMPLETENESS
Sub-sections 2.7.1 / 2.7.2 / 2.7.3 Financial
Instructions for submitting your feedback
1. Read through the proposed methodology for this measure and / or download the attached PDF at the bottom of this page;
2. Share your feedback through the comment box below, consider the guiding questions in your comments and include the question number in your response;
Proposed Measures - 2.7.1 FINANCIAL
Please find below the proposed methodology for this measure.
DEFINITION Assess if an organisation is publishing incoming funds, outgoing commitments and spend.
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METHODOLOGY |
Valid transactions
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Guiding question - please refer to the index number and question number when you respond via the comment box below!
1. Should these assessments only apply to activities with no child activities? This is to indicate that they are at the lowest level of hierarchy?
Proposed Measures - 2.7.2 FINANCIAL
Please find below the proposed methodology for this measure.
DEFINITION Assess if transactions have a value-date within one month of the transaction.
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METHODOLOGY |
For active activities:
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Guiding question - please refer to the index number and question number when you respond via the comment box below!
2. What time period should be used here to capture 'sensible' transaction value dates?
Proposed Measures - 2.7.3 FINANCIAL
Please find below the proposed methodology for this measure.
DEFINITION Assess if budgets are provided for the whole activity-period
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METHODOLOGY |
Valid budgets
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Guiding question - please refer to the index number and question number when you respond via the comment box below!
3. The current assessment provides a percentage of time covered for each activity, rather than a yes/no output. Are there other options you would suggest for measuring this?
- Please note, budgets of zero value are valid and can be added to cover periods of time when there is no expected spend on an activity.
Webinar
For each discussion, the IATI Secretariat will organise a webinar to explain the proposed methodology, answer questions and further explain how to engage.
I haven't had the time to read this thoroughly but some good general points in this document.
Thea Schepers and Elma Jenkins
For 2.7.1 incoming funds, there's the option of adding exclusions such as to exclude activities where the 'funder' is the reporting organisation. Would be good to also hear your ideas on this. This is to be picked up in the weights and measure section of the consultation.
For 2.7.3 if an activity is delayed, we would expect the budget values to be updated accordingly. In IATI it's possible to report 0 valued budgets to demonstrate time periods where no spend is expected.