International Development Grant
Strengthening Information Management for Transparent and Accountable Governance
Project Number: CA-3-D000758001
Status: Closed
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Maximum Contribution: $4,300,000.00
Start Date: March 23, 2015
End Date: July 07, 2020
Duration: 5.3 years
Project Description
This project aims to contribute to poverty reduction in Myanmar by enhancing accountability and transparency in the collection management analysis and dissemination of socio-economic and development data. The Government of Myanmar has identified reliable and accurate gathering of statistical data as a priority and requested donors to provide support in this area. The project works with the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Myanmar Information Management Unit which serves as an information-sharing platform for over 170 development actors. Some project activities include: (1) managing a database of over 160 key socio-economic indicators to support poverty reduction planning and programming by the Government of Myanmar and its development partners; (2) training Government of Myanmar officials to better manage and use development data; (3) generating information and analytical products and services on indicators and trends based on demand from the Government of Myanmar and other development partners; and (4) maintaining and further developing a national-level repository of humanitarian and development activities in the country and facilitate information sharing among development partners.
Expected Results
The expected intermediate outcomes of the project include: (1) improved information management systems to support coordinated planning and programming by the Government of Myanmar and development partners; (2) increased effectiveness of public institutions to collect manage and analyze socio-economic and development data; and (3) increased access for public and private sector actors to socio-economic and development data.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (July 2020) include: (1) the Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) team delivered 208 days of technical training for 1 451 participants (of which 47% were women) with courses focused on data and spatial data management and visualisation information management village mapping and use of MIMU-developed platforms; (2) a 23% average yearly increase of individual users of the MIMU’s website that brings together socio-economic disaster risk reduction humanitarian and sector data analysis and maps. The MIMU website with the Canada logo was viewed over 18.7 million times with a steadily increasing usage from the first year of the project (2.33 million page views) to the final year (5.14 million); (3) 718 different maps including 379 customized maps requested by humanitarian and development agencies 240 thematic/planning maps and 99 base/planning maps showing various aspects of the layout of the country. The project has successfully produced over 1 800 new maps over the 5-year period; and (4) an innovative country study called “Vulnerability in Myanmar: A Secondary Data Review of Needs Coverage and Gaps” the first comprehensive country-wide township analysis produced in Myanmar was launched. These results have contributed to: (1) the strengthening of core data support to emergency preparedness humanitarian response and development programming that enables combination and comparison of datasets from different sources according to location; (2) an increased awareness and use of data and evidence for coordinated humanitarian and development initiatives in Myanmar; and (3) a greater understanding of specific vulnerabilities faced by populations across the country in relation to conflict quality of house water and sanitation education and availability of identity documents.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
OGM Indo-Pacific
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Department-Initiated