This presentation gives an update on the latest communication activities of the OECD Secretariat around the Rio markers, and proposals for future improvements.

1. Improved communication, user access,
outreach, transparency of Rio marker data &
Proposals for future improvement
Stephanie Ockenden and Anna Drutschinin, DCD
Second Experts’ Meeting of the Joint ENVIRONET and WP-STAT Task Team on improving
Rio markers, environment and development finance statistics
Tuesday 3rd June, Bonn, Germany

2. Introduction
1. Recent ENVIRONET-WP-STAT Secretariat activities
2. Updated Webpage & New Data visualisation tool
3. Future planned activities
4. Proposals for Improvement

3. Recent Communication
Activities
 New online data visualisation tool
for climate-related aid
 Refreshed and restructured the
Rio marker website
 Improved online user guide to
access activity level data
 “Prezi” video on Rio markers
 Updated statistical flyers.
 Provision of data to UNFCCC
Standing Committee on Finance
on the Biennial Assessment…
 Agreement for collaboration and
co-operation with the UNCCD,
including presentation to Training
workshop
 Presentation on the Rio Marker
system and current work at
Training Session for the Office of
ECOSOC Support Coordination
and the Department for Economic
and Social Affairs (DESA)
 Presentation to OECD DAC WP-
STAT & WP-BWE
Outreach, training activities
and continued collaboration

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Views of the Rio marker web material to date
1 April 2013 – 26 May 2014
Based on a sample of data from Google Analytics
• Views of the Rio markers website:
• 3 580 unique page views from 2 823 unique users
• Views of the statistical flyers on Scribd:
• Mitigation: 1 618 views
• Adaptation: 1 534 views
• Climate: 1 476 views
• Biodiversity: 209 views

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The new Rio markers website
http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/rioconventions.htm
• 3-minute introduction video
• Latest statistical flyers
• Rio marker visualisation
portal
• Definitions
• Access the activity-level
database
• Additional guidelines
• Events
• Previous statistical flyers
• Other related publications
and studies
On this page:

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Accessing the data visualisation portal
1. Go to the Rio markers site:
http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/
rioconventions.htm
2. Click on the icon of the data
visualisation portal.
This will take you to the data
visualisation portal.

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The data visualisation portal:
Overview of climate-related aid

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The data visualisation portal:
Selecting the data you want
“Donor view”
• Filter by OECD DAC member
• See the top country recipients from all
each/all DAC members
“Recipient view”
• Filter by recipient
• See the top donors to
each/all country recipients
Choose view: from
“donor” or “recipient”
perspective
Filter by individual
OECD DAC member
Filter by individual
recipient
Filter by year
(2002-2012)

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Selecting an individual donor
See top sectors, with largest first
See instruments used
See top recipients

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Selecting an individual recipient
See top sectors
See instruments used
See top donors
See breakdown of climate aid to Bolivia
in 2010

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Accessing the underlying data
The instructions are always displayed on the data visualisation portal:
1. Select a part of a
chart for which you
would like to see the
underlying data. The
following box will
appear:
2. Click on the icon in the
bottom right hand corner.
You will be taken to the
“Summary” data above.
3. Click on the tab
“Underlying” to get the full
list of activities, and tick
the box “Show all
columns” to get full
details.
4. Download text (txt.) file, and open in Excel

12. Future Planned
Communication Activities
 Statistical flyers/brochures on:
• Climate-related Aid to Africa flyer (June 2014),
• Aid to Desertification flyer (Q3/4 2014),
• Aid to Environment brochure (Q3 2014)
 Extension of data visualisation tool to
other environmental markers (Q3/4 2014).
 Improvements to the website.
 Special reporting exercise for UNFCCC COP
20, December 2014 – based on 2013 flows
reported to the OECD DAC by Sept. 2013.
 Online access to imputed multilateral
climate-related flows in MS Excel format
(December 2014).
 Updated Handbook and Guidance on the
Rio markers (tbd – as TT work concludes).
 Annual updates to OECD DAC statistical
flyers
 Dissemination at UNFCCC SBs.
 Participation in UNFCCC SCF
Technical Workshop, SCF Adaptation
Forum.
 Dissemination at the CBD WGRI 5
 Dissemination of Rio marker
information and analysis at
Partnership for Climate Finance and
Development events
 Participation at the UNCCD CRIC
(November).
 Potential outreach event at the
UNFCCC COP 20 (December, Lima).
Outreach, training activities
and continued collaboration

13. Scope for further improvements
Provision of training sessions and
training materials
 Proposal 1 –extend current OECD DAC
workshops to include Rio markers
 Proposal 2 – half-day Rio marker-
specific training workshop
(September)
 Proposal 3 – specific training
workshops in partner countries. This
would require additional funding.
Improvements to the OECD Rio marker
website and online presence
 Proposal 4 – Contract professional
consultant to design a sustainable,
well-used, user-friendly web presence.
Could require additional funding.
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Extension of online data access and data
accessibility
 Proposal 5 – survey of users, consider
needs and undertake further
improvements to the online data
access.
 Proposal 6 – access to imputed
climate-related multilateral data.
 Proposal 7 – access to OOF data.
 Proposal 8 – Consider options to
facilitate that the same data files can
be used for both OECD DAC reporting
and reporting to the Conventions.

14. Discussion Points
 Participants are invited to suggest future
communication, outreach and training
opportunities where Rio marker data and the
work of the Task Team could be usefully
disseminated.
 Participants are invited to comment on the
proposals for further improvements and
highlight their priority areas.
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15. For more information
The DAC and the Development Co-operation Directorate
OECD DAC CRS Rio marker statistics and analysis
www.oecd.org/dac/stats/rioconventions.htm
OECD Environment and Development Homepage
www.oecd.org/dac/environment-development

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In March the Task Team placed high priority on proposals
to improve the presentation and communication
of Rio and environmental marker data…..
 Extend coverage of statistical factsheets
 Update the OECD website on Rio markers
 Improve user friendliness and access to data online,
including training sessions
 Improve outreach to non-DAC members
 Improve guidance to users on how to use and interpret
Rio marker data (sequential, follows on from changes to
eligibility criteria etc..)