Bond has supported 175 UK and 44 non-UK NGOs to implement the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) standard, funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). As a member of the IATI Steering Committee and co-chair of working groups, Bond works closely with the IATI technical team and advises national NGO networks on using IATI. Bond also works with DFID and its fund managers to share guidance on IATI implementation via its website and events. A team of two staff members at Bond handle around 50 technical inquiries per month regarding IATI.

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Bond?
Has supported 175 UK
NGOs and 44 non-UK
NGOs to use IATI, funded
by DFID
Sit on the IATI Steering
Committee, co-chair of
Members Advisory Group,
co-chair of the CSO
Working Group and work
closely with the IATI
technical team
Advise NGO national
networks in countries
where IATI is becoming
part of contractual
requirements
(Netherlands, Belgium
currently)
Work with DFID and DFID
fund managers including
PWC, Triple Line (Crown
Agents), Mannion Daniels
and humanitarian funders
such as Start and DEC.
Share practical guidance,
learning and experiences
online via Bond’s website
www.bond.org.uk and at
conferences and events
2 FTE staff handling on
average 50 technical
enquiries per month,
writing content for
website and running
workshops and events
Bond and IATI (international open data
standard on development finance)

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Three things we’ve learnt from
‘practising IATI’
1.Aid information is only open and
transparent when it’s the right
information, in the right place, at
the right time and in a
recognisable format.

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Three things we’ve learnt from
‘practising IATI’
2. Be in it for the long term:
• Organisational change takes time!
• It needs monitoring systems in place
• It needs to be embedded in the culture of
an organisation
• It needs user feedback to make it better

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“NB: Until procurement of new IT
systems are complete, the budget for
the project will remain confidential.
This version of the business case does
not contain budget numbers.”
Quote from URA business case (DFID/ASI): Link within ASI’s data,
accessed via D-portal.org 05/11/2015.

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Three things we’ve learnt from
‘practising IATI’
3. Pay close attention to the
human aspects of implementing
an open data standard and be
prepared for it to be used in
unexpected ways.

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Thank you!
For more information about Bond’s
work on IATI, please go to
www.bond.org.uk/effectiveness/iati