An international workshop organized by the RF Ministry of Finance
and The World Bank in coordination with OECD 
Also available: Press Announcement The workshop was organized within the framework of The World Bank - Russia cooperation on development aid issues. Its objective is to present international experience and standards in development aid reporting and statistics and to discuss practical measures for setting up a comprehensive reporting system on increasing Russia development aid.  | | A. Markov - Coordinator, WB Russia Development Aid technical assistance program |
The workshop included representatives of key Russian agencies involved in implementation of recently adopted Concept of Russian international development cooperation, including: Apparat of the Government, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health and Social Development, Ministry of Emergency Situations, Russia Agency for Statistics (Rosstat), other interested Government agencies. The workshop will include key international development agencies and bilateral donors - OECD-DAC, UNDP, DFID, USAID. Several new donors will be invited to present their respective cases and learn from relevant international experience. It is expected that information from the seminar would assist in establishment of appropriate mechanism for collection of Russia aid statistics and reporting according to agreed international standards. This work would have to be completed by end 2008, to be coordinated by RF Ministry of Finance with involvement of all relevant Russian Government agencies and with support from The World Bank and OECD. Presentations: - The DAC & Official Development Assistance (ODA), by Kimberly Smith, OECD (also in Russian)
- Donor Experiences of Development Aid Statistics – United Kingdom, by Alex Stannard, DFID (also in Russian)
- Development Aid Statistics, Reporting and Aid Effectiveness, by Misha Belkindas, World Bank (also in Russian)
- OECD/DAC and U.S. aid statistics: Requirements, Relationships, Frameworks, Processes, and Assessments, by William McCormick, USAID/ODP/BMD (also in Russian)
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