The goal of this new business case framework is help your organisation to create insights in and value the benefits and costs involved in adopting the IATI standard. It can be used for: helping in decision-making between different options to improve reporting gaining alignment between everyone involved obtaining management commitment and approval for investment in an IATI adoption project understanding the qualitative and quantitative value and cost of the estimated IATI investment tracking success during and after the IATI investment Mika Välitalo, Plan Finland, took the initiative to create the framework: “Development funds are precious and we, as development organisations, have a moral responsibility to organise our work as well as we can and overcome any waste. This framework is created to help provide understanding of the benefits IATI can have for your organisation, to assess them over time and to help advocate to others.” See for more information: http://akvo.org/blog/mapping-iati-a-business-case-framework/

1. IATI business case framework

8. Project reports | Project portfolios | Progress reports |
Results data in Excel | Annual plans | Annual reports |
Mid-term reports | Project references | Storytelling | etc.

12. IATI business case framework:
http://bit.ly/iati_bc
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