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  • IATI Data: Prepare, Publish & View


    • Prepare

      Before publishing an activity in line with the IATI data standard, there are various considerations that you should discuss and plan for within your organisation.

      1

      Ensure that there is endorsement at Senior Management level to maintain the commitment to aid transparency at an organisation wide level

      2 

      Engage with the relevant colleagues where different IATI data points are managed within your organisation (Project, Finance and Results) and agree on role responsibilities and timeline consideration

      3

      If you are publishing as part of a consortia, initiate a kickoff meeting to agree on data points and reporting considerations.

       


      There are different data point considerations for publishing to IATI data which are displayed below: 

    • Before publishing to IATI via AidStream, there are 2 key steps which you must complete: 

      • Create a publisher account on the IATI registry, there is a step by step process available on the IATI website. 
      • Create an account on Aid Stream, you will be unable to create an account on AidStream if you do not have an IATI registry reference. 


    • publish 

      There are several publishing tools available out there. For organisations beginning their IATI publishing journey, AidStream is the most common tool that can be used to publish data to IATI.
      Aid Stream is a free to use platform for organisations that need to publish up to 20 activities. For organisations with more than 20 activities, reach out to the IATI support desk for bespoke support at: support@iatistandard.org. 

      Before you can register and start using AidStream for inputting and publishing your IATI data (section C), you need to Register your organisation in IATi Registry (section A + B).



      Section A

      If your organisation have yet not been registered - Please follow these steps.


      Section B.

      Is if your organisation is already registered and are ready for setting up and account on AidStream.


      Section C

      If you do have an account on AidStream and wish to publish data - go to here.



      section A

      Create a publisher account on IATI Registry and organisation identifier

      Organisations who publish data to IATI are referred to as 'Publishers'. Before publishing data, organisations need their own 'Publisher Account' on the IATI Registry (iatiregistry.org)


    • section B

      Start using AidStream

      When you already have a publisher account - you can create an account on AidStream.


    • Section C

      How to publish data on your AidStream account

      The series of videos below are designed to support organisations in setting up an activity and following the: project, finance and results level to simplify the different stages of publishing to IATI. 

      Project Level Information 

      The videos below for project level information provide a clear of instructions on, how to set up an activity, how to record location data, how to note down the participating organisations and the thematic sectors that it includes.  


    • Activity Checklist

    • Setting up an activity



    • Recipient country

    • Add a participating Organisation

    • Financial Level Data 

      The two videos below demonstrate how to upload financial level data, the first is on budget data and the second is on financial transactions. 


      Uploading Budget data 

    • Financial Transaction information



    • VIEW

      Where to find and view published data on IATI

      IATI data can be found on several online platforms and databases that aggregate and present the information in a user-friendly format. 

      Some of the most popular platforms to find and view IATI data include:

    • These platforms allow you to search and view IATI data by various criteria, such as the country or region, the sector, the organization, or the funding source.
      However in this training we would like to introduce you to IATI d-portal (content pending)




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      More about how to use the data: 

      There are numerous tools and resources to help you use the data. These range from simple tools anyone can use to see the information, through to technical resources for developers who want to integrate data into other systems or build new tools.

      Click here to read more about HOW:
      https://iatistandard.org/en/using-data/
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