DANIDA guidelines
INTRODUCTION TO DANIDA GUIDELINES
The Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) has its own set of guidelines on how to report in IATI. These guidelines differ depending on the type of partnership your organisation has with Danida. You are not obliged to upload information in IATI if your organisation has a project-based partnership with Danida, and gets funding from thematic calls, CISU (Civilsamfundspuljen), or similar. However, if your organisation has a Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) with DANIDA, there are several rules you must follow. This is outlined below.
What are the different danida guidelines?
Organisations with single contracts
If your organisation has a project contract with Danida and receives grants from thematic calls, CISU, or similar, Danida encourages you to comply with the IATI Standard and:
Acknowledge receipt of funds, and register disbursements with sector and country code.
2022-2025 SPA organisations
If your organisation is part of the 2022-2025 SPA there are three main rules that you must comply with the IATI standard:
Acknowledge receipt of funds, and register disbursements with sector and country code
Publish three case stories
Publish two cross-cutting indicators
Danida requirements
You have now been introduced to the general DANIDA guidelines. Now let us have a look at what the guidelines require by thinking about what they are before focusing on how to meet them.Danida requirements - The iati standard
DANIDA clearly states that IATI compliance means uploading the receipt of funds (going in and out), attaching related case study PDFs, and reporting on the two cross-cutting indicators. Meeting each of those requirements, however, must be in a format IATI itself considers acceptable. Those criteria come in the form of the IATI Standard. All uploads into IATI -- whether creating an activity, uploading transactions, or reporting results -- must follow these criteria. The Standard is exhaustive, so it's important to recognize what is essential, what is "nice-to-have", and what does not need to be uploaded. Unfortunately, this may vary from organization to organization. Look through this section to learn more about the different components of the IATI Standard.