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🌍 A powerful day of collaboration at the #IATI Community Exchange 2025 in Nairobi!

From opening remarks on data for resilience to user-centred visions for quality, traceability, and local impact — our global community came together to shape the future of aid transparency. 💡✨
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🌍 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗜 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲

Yesterday's Community Exchange in Nairobi, we shared how IATI data is being used to strengthen public finance across education, health and crisis response.
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
@WinnieKamau254 from the Association of Freelance Journalists welcomed the Strategic Plan. She said data empowers accountability and storytelling, and called for IATI to to deepen engagement with local actors.

#IATI2030 #OpenData
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“Development finance is changing fast. IATI must capture the full picture — from blended finance to emerging providers.”

— Gates Foundation
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“This Strategy is not just timely — it’s essential.”
— BMZ Germany. They shared strong call to strengthen IATI’s political relevance and interoperability.

#IATI2030
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“Timely, interoperable data matters for planning, budgeting, and accountability.” — Government of Sierra Leone. Partner countries at the Members' Assembly strongly welcomed the new IATI Strategy.

#DataUse #IATI2025
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“IATI’s Strategy must be co-owned by all members — every dollar and every ounce of community energy must count.”

— Charlie Martial Ngounou, IATI Vice-Chair
#IATI2025
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🌍 A big moment for IATI in Nairobi.

Today, members unanimously endorsed the IATI Strategic Plan 2026–2030. IATI Executive Director @YemearachAssefa presented the plan — setting a bold direction for better data, better decisions, better outcomes 🙌

#IATI #AidTransparency
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Alejandra Claros Secretary-General:

🔹 Transparency is a facilitator of trust
🔹 The IATI Standard gave CAF a clear, inclusive method to publish decades of data
🔹 CAF, serving 24 countries, is extends transparency across Latin America and the Caribbean
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
IATI Chair, Thea Schepers set the tone:

“It is quite extraordinary to look back and see what our initiative has achieved in just 17 years.”

Two-thirds of global ODA now published through the IATI Standard. 1800+ orgs publishing data! #IATI2025
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
✨ Inspiring remarks at the opening of the 2025 #IATI Members’ Assembly in Nairobi.

💬Kenya - National Treasury & Economic Planning
💬CAF – Development Bank of Latin America & the Caribbean
💬IATI Chair

Great milestone: IATI’s first annual gathering on the African continent🌍
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We extend our appreciation to the Saudi Fund for Development for joining us in Nairobi and look forward to continued collaboration.

💙https://iatistandard.org/en/events/ma-ce-2025/
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🎉𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗜’𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗶

IATI was pleased to welcome the 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗦𝗙𝗗) as an observer at our Members’ Assembly.
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🤝 Meeting Kenya’s National Treasury ahead of IATI’s 2025 Members’ Assembly in Nairobi!

Today, IATI Executive Director Yemesrach Workie met with senior officials at The National Treasury Kenya and Economic Planning to discuss how IATI data supports national planning, budgeting & coordination.
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
📣𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗧𝗢 𝗚𝗢!

We’re counting down to the 𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗜 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, taking place 𝟮𝟲–𝟮𝟳 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗶, 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗮.
November 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Timeliness isn’t just a technical issue. Up-to-date IATI data helps governments plan ahead, humanitarians respond faster, donors track resources in real time, and the public see impact as it happens.
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲:
💬How to re-engage organisations that have stopped publishing
💬Whether the IATI Standard should evolve to include new guidance or rules on timeliness
💬And how the community can build shared incentives for more frequent, consistent updates
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Today, in our 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦: 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, we explored how often organisations update their IATI data, what “#timely” really means in practice, and why it matters for decision-making across the ##development and #humanitarian system.
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
🗓️R𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲: lnkd.in/e-nWYTfv
⏰ 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 | 10 am EST / 3 pm UTC

Join the discussion and explore how organisations can improve the timeliness of the IATI data they publish.
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🔎 I𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀:
𝟭𝟬% 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟴𝟬% 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗜 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮
𝟭𝟱 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆, covering 11% of all activities
Over 𝟮.𝟵 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 and multiple years
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
📊The IATI Secretariat has released a new State of the Data interactive analysis. It explores how timely IATI data really is:

🔎𝟴𝟴𝟰,𝟬𝟳𝟰 unique #development & #humanitarian activities analysed across 𝟭,𝟳𝟱𝟰 organisations.
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
📢 New Date Announced:

We’re pleased to share that the 1st webinar of State of the Data Dialogues “Timeliness” will be held on Monday, 17 November 2025.

⏰Time: 10:00 AM EST/3:00 PM UTC (Online)
🔗Register Now: lnkd.in/e-nWYTfv
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
✅ Greater visibility into subcontracting can support aid untying, enhance local participation, and advance locally led development.
November 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
How does aid flow through global delivery chains more visibly?

A new collaboration between the OECD Development
Co-operation Directorate(DCD) and the IATI is shedding light on this question, using both OECD and IATI data to make subcontracting more visible, transparent, and accountable.
November 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
By 2024, a report to the UN Economic and Social Council showed that 61% of UN development system entities now publish financial data through IATI — a milestone in open, effective cooperation.
October 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM