Over time, the National Directorate on Aid Effectiveness is hoping to build what we like to call a ‘one-stop-shop’ for use by Development Partners and Government. The documents and links you will find below will, we hope, assist you by providing access to information essential to the monitoring of aid effectiveness in Timor-Leste. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact us at ndae@mof.gov.tl

The document’s full name
(1) Development Partners’ Spending in 2008 by Country & Agency
(2) Development Partners’ Spending in 2008 by Ministry
(3) Development Partners’ Spending in 2008 by District
(4) Overview of Development Partners’ Spending in 2008

What information it contains
The information contained consists of data provided by individual Development Partners representatives in February 2009. Only those projects that provide development, humanitarian and emergency assistance are entered into the database. Thus, military and security-related assistance to Timor-Leste have not been included in this report, at this stage.

Why it is important for DPs and Government Ministries to know
Timor-Leste and many of our Development Partners are signatories of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness in 2005 and following Accra Agenda for Action (AAA) in 2008. The two pacts stressed ‘Mutual Accountability’, i.e., donors and partners are accountable for development results. Against this background, the Government of Timor-Leste, for the first time, collated annual actual disbursement of Development Partners projects implemented in 2008. It is expected that these reports help the Government of Timor-Leste and Development Partners to gain a comprehensive overview of the flow of development assistance extended to the country as well as assisting in policy decision making. The Government of Timor-Leste is grateful for the cooperation of our Development Partners in providing project data and the production of the report would not have been possible without their continual support.

How often it is updated
The National Directorate of Aid Effectiveness (NDAE) intends to update Development Partners spending quarterly and also asks Development partners to provide annual disbursement around February.