Data Use Community

I've been asked to prepare an IATI awareness session for CSOs.
Was wondering if the IATI academy e-learning material is available for use. Can someone please update us on this?
Annelise Parr - IATI Secretariat Anna Whitson - IATI Secretariat

Tracking funding to local and national responders on IATI Humanitarian Data Portal

As part of our work to support the Grand Bargain transparency workstream, DI have just released some new analysis to show which sorts of organisations are receiving funding, by looking at organisation identifiers in implementing and receiver organisations. We've also released the first analysis of the share of publishers' spending that is covered by downstream traceability. We know that there is still a lot of work to do, so welcome your feedback on all of this! Please see a blog describing this work here:

https://iatistandard.org/en/news/tracking-funding-to-local-and-national…

Dear Data Use Community,

This week, 16 Asia-Pacific governments are meeting in Bangkok (Thailand) to discuss their national planning, coordination and data systems needs. The event is a two-day workshop, co-hosted by IATI, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Learn more: https://iatistandard.org/en/news/16-asia-pacific-governments-meet-to-di…

Dear Community, last week we hosted the fourth edition of the Virtual Community Exchange (VCE4). Find all recordings and presentations via this Connect-page: https://iaticonnect.org/VCE4-Recap. Make sure to share your feedback with us via the VCE4-survey (https://bit.ly/vce4EN), as we prepare for an in-person / hybrid Community Exchange in Copenhagen on 16 March

Dear Data Use COP,

We are currently updating the list of tools where you can access data published to IATI. The list of tools can be found here: https://iaticonnect.org/Data-Access-Tools

We have updated a few links in the list that have changed. Do let us know if anything is missing here so we can add it to the list!

Best regards, Cody

Dear Data Use Community,
Please find a summary of part 2 of the Data Quality Index Consultation via this link: https://iaticonnect.org/DQI-Data-Completeness-Summary and an update via this link: https://iaticonnect.org/DQI-Consultation-2

Dear IATI Community,

The Data Quality Index Consultation, sub-section on Data Completeness, is now open for your feedback!

Check out https://iaticonnect.org/DQI-Consultation-2 and share your thoughts before 29 April.

Tune into our (live-interpreted) Webinar this Wednesday (15:00-16:00 UTC) to learn more - https://iaticonnect.org/DQI2-webinar-Data-Completeness

Hi everyone! Detail question for you. I have noticed that the participants in our publishing course sometimes put spaces in the IDs of their activities. Is this ever a problem for data users out there?

Hi everyone! The Netherlands MFA has a newsletter on IATI and every now and then, we interview someone with a nice data use case. This time I thought I'd share it with you here, because this one is particularly interesting, I think. The interviewee is Johan Meijer, and in the most simplified way you could say he tries to encourage those working in development, to find out what else is going on in the areas they work. He worked with Rolf Kleef I believe in getting the right data from IATI.
Here's the article.
https://helpdesk-opendata-minbuza.nl/2022/02/location-location-location/

Hi there,
We need your help! Philantropia is currently supporting IATI in designing an online course that will help train individuals from civil society in partner countries on how to effectively use and understand IATI development data. In this initial stage, Philantropia is tasked with designing the content and concept for this CSO-training.
As you may know, IATI is a global initiative that makes information available on development and humanitarian activities. This information can be used by civil society to better understand development activities in their communities, what organizations are involved, how funding is being spent, and the impact achieved. Civil society also uses this information to hold donors and recipients accountable for delivering as promised. With this survey, we hope to understand how civil society in partner countries uses online development information, what learning needs they may have, what training resources to develop, and what positive role IATI can play.
Therefore we kindly ask one minute of your time to share your views through this community-survey. Many thanks in advance!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/iatinewusers