Directives for reporting to the aid activity database (Creditor Reporting System)

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The CRS Directives (Directives, Addendum on Aid for Trade, Addendum on types of aid,  Corrigendum on Programme-Based Approaches, Corrigendum relating to the DAC 2001 Recommendation on Untying Official Development Assistance to the Least Developed Countries, Corrigendum on Rio markers, Addendum on the climate change adaptation marker, Corrigendum for markers: biodiversity, climate change mitigation, PD/GG and Corrigendum on the Channels of Delivery) specify the resource flows covered in the database, provide information on the main uses of the data, and give practical instructions for data compilers.

In addition to the full PDF version:

• sector codes (Annex 5 from the CRS Directives) can be downloaded in Excel or Word;
• channel codes are available in Excel;
• reporting forms.  

Guidelines for reporting CRS/DAC in converged format are provided separately: CRS++ guidelines. 

See also:

• The CRS++ Multilateral reporting template containing the format and codes needed for multilateral agencies reporting to the DAC. Further guidance for agencies is available from the Secretariat (dac.contact@oecd.org); and
• The rules on the frequency to update purpose codes.