Development Partnership Management Unit

9 Part 3: Improved Development Partnership

3.1 Development Partnership Management Unit

The Development Partnership Management Unit DPMU, Ministry of Finance MoF, was established under the new Organic Law for the MoF in 2012. The DPMU is situated directly under the supervision of the Minister of Finance. The responsibility of DPMU includes coordinating and reporting on development assistance provided by the State of Timor-Leste to other countries. Additionally, it helps to ensure the effective use of the external assistance provided by DPs to Timor-Leste, so as to guarantee coordination and harmonization in accordance with the development priorities set by the Government. The DPMU works with the g7+ Secretariat, which provides technical and administrative support to Timor- Leste’s participation in the group of member countries in the g7+ initiative, in order to improve the efficiency of development assistance. 3.2Aid Transparency Portal The ATP https:www.aidtransparency.gov.tl is based on the Aid Management Platform AMP, which is the system that now forms the central database for all aid information in Timor-Leste. The ATP is unique in that it is dependent on development partners’ cooperation in providing information on their external assistance; all data are input by development partners themselves. The ATP has enabled the Government to collect more accurate and predictable data and to disseminate the data into more meaningful reports with analyses. Since 2012, the Budget Book No. 5 and the Development Cooperation Reports have been produced through the ATP. The ATP is also a tool that is not only utilized by DPMU, but allows all government ministries and development partners to better understand the level of Official Development Assistance to Timor-Leste. Equipped with the ATP, DPMU is able to further contribute to preparing quality State Budgets. The integration of the ATP with the Governments budgeting systems will allow for ease of access to current information on all DP assistance, by Government beneficiary institution, region, sector, SDP pillar, DP, providing information on obligations and disbursements. Part 4: Trend of Development Assistance to Timor-Leste

4.1 General trend