Info system on cards for tracking aid flow

The Economic Relations Division (ERD) is likely to frame an online system by the year-end, aiming to strengthen transparency and effectiveness of aid management in Bangladesh for both the government and the development partners through tracking incoming aid flows. The online system, called Aid Information Management System (AIMS), is a software application that records and processes information on development activities and related aid flows in a given country. “AIMS captures project level information on commitments, disbursements and expenditures by donor, implementer, sector and geographic location,” an ERD official involved with the process told UNB. He said AIMS will help strengthen transparency and effectiveness in the country’s aid management. “ERD wants to make sure AIMS is fully adapted to the needs of all its future users — government, civil society organisations, development partners and the public at large. This is why AIMS is being designed through a wide consultative process,” he added.