Building digital and analytical capabilities to support budget rationalisation
Client’s Challenge
Faced with shrinking donor support and the country’s economic and financial collapse, Lebanon’s Interior Ministry was under pressure to make more effective use of available resources. The absence of a government wide strategic framework guiding aid programming hampered coordination and encouraged an ad-hoc approach to program funding and design. Ministry staff lacked the means to effectively lead the dialogue around funding, owing to the absence of clear policies, systems and processes to collect, process and analyse data related to aid programming.
Approach
Combining systems-thinking, a client-centered approach and custom-built digital solutions, Siren helped embed evidence driven decision making around aid programming at the Ministry. This involved supporting the creation of:
OUTCOMES
Standardised data collection in relation to donor programming
Relevant donor and project information digitised on the Donor Coordination Platform
Ministry staff better able to oversee funds and projects, avoid duplication and resource wastage, and effectively lead funding dialogue
Optimised processes for donor and inter-ministerial coordination
Fit-for-purpose offices for the APC Unit