About
The Earthquake response transparency portal tracks national and international financial flows and the use of these funds for the relief and reconstruction activities in Nepal after the April 25 earthquake and its aftershocks.
- Data
- Objectives
The portal tries to establish a holistic picture of the earthquake response by capturing
The data are taken from a variety of primary and secondary sources. To keep our own work transparent each record includes its source and we are making our best effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the data.
Please see also our how to page to get a feeling for what can be done with the data and what the limitations are.
The overarching objective of the portal is to support the accountable and effective use of funds that are available for relief and reconstruction activities.
The portal and accompanying case studies support this by:
Establishing traceability for financial flows starting from their original source, via potentially many intermediaries, to implementing organizations which expend the funds for goods and services in the affected districts.
Providing a local-level overview of who is doing what, where
By providing more comprehensive data on the earthquake response than that which is currently available, from the full range of various actors, the portal provides the basis for other activities. Examples for such activities are:
Inquiries regarding the actual results on the ground from certain projects (“follow the money-approach”).
Avoiding duplication of efforts in the planning stage of projects.
Young Innovations as part of Open Nepal consortium is currently leading this initiative with the support of Development Initiatives.
We are open for collaboration with any other like-minded stakeholders (see ‘Get involved’). Please get in touch with us if you want to partner with us or have more queries by writing to us at earthquake@opennepal.net
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