IATI Virtual Community Exchange 3

To date, global humanitarian data transparency efforts, including the commitments made through the original Grand Bargain (GB), have primarily focused on data and decision-making from global donors, agencies and international non-governmental organisations. For the activities of local and national actors to become more visible in humanitarian data and for open data to meet their needs, it is imperative that data-driven transparency efforts are now extended to include them.

In support of the GB transparency workstream, Development Initiatives worked with GB signatories and partners to identify how we could support the enhanced traceability of funds and the greater visibility of local and national actors in open humanitarian data.

In July, DI published a technical report, 'Improving the visibility of local and national actors in humanitarian aid data,' authored by David Megginson and Mark Brough, outlining our methodology, findings and recommendations from building a prototype tool to combine IATI data and 3W (Who? What? Where?) reports from the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

This session will briefly demonstrate the tool, present the key findings and opportunities with a focus on how IATI publishers and the IATI community can support greater transparency of humanitarian funding data and increased visibility of local actors and their activities.

Please note the link to access this session: https://undp.zoom.us/j/83213853850