International Aid Transparency Initiative

What International Aid Transparency Initiative does

International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) is a global membership-based initiative founded in 2008 and operated by a Secretariat of approximately 10 employees hosted by UNDP in New York under a consortium arrangement with UNOPS and Open Data Services that runs through 2028. IATI maintains the IATI Standard, an open technical schema defining rules and guidance for publishing activity-level data on development and humanitarian resources, and supports a free integrated toolset including IATI Publisher (for organisations to register and publish), IATI Validator (for data quality checks), the IATI Datastore (for complex queries and API access with CSV/JSON/XML export), d-portal (a web-based visualisation tool), the Country Development Finance Data dashboard, and the IATI Account and Registry management portals. All data and tools are freely accessible online, with a community platform (IATI Connect, available in 100+ languages) supporting working groups and Communities of Practice.

The initiative serves governments (donor and partner countries), multilateral institutions such as the World Bank, African Development Bank, CAF, and the Green Climate Fund, civil society organisations, philanthropic foundations, and private sector actors, providing a machine-readable complement to OECD DAC's verified annual reporting. As of mid-2026 the platform covers 1,038,446 activities from 1,846 publishers, representing over USD 3.5 trillion in development spending and more than two-thirds of OECD official development assistance, with 106+ member organisations including recent additions The Gambia and the Green Climate Fund.

IATI is governed and funded entirely through membership contributions; it has no commercial product revenue and operates as a non-profit transparency initiative rather than a traditional software company. Its strategic positioning received explicit endorsement from G7 Finance Ministers in May 2026, and it coordinates with OECD DAC and the TOSSD International Forum through the Sevilla Platform for Action on Bridging Data Systems for Financing for Development.

Name

International Aid Transparency Initiative

Legal name

International Aid Transparency Initiative

Website

https://iatistandard.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

IATI is a global membership initiative that maintains an open data standard and free tooling suite enabling governments, multilaterals, civil society, and philanthropies to publish and access project-level data on development and humanitarian resource flows.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Open Data Standards and Development Finance Transparency

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (519), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Engineering, Integration & ETL/ELT Services (BPAEAHAB)

Keywords

• Open data standard
• Aid transparency
• Development finance data
• Humanitarian data publishing
• Open government data

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Contributions: IATI is governed and funded by its members, which include governments, multilateral institutions, development finance institutions, civil society organisations, and private sector organisations. Membership contributions fund the initiative's operations, secretariat services, and development of the IATI Standard.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

IATI provides the IATI Standard, a set of rules and technical schema for publishing activity-level data on development and humanitarian resources, and operates a suite of free, web-based tools (d-portal, IATI Datastore, IATI Publisher, IATI Validator, IATI Account, Country Development Finance Data tool) that allow organisations to publish, validate, search, and use that data. The initiative is supported by the IATI Connect community platform and serves as a global mechanism for transparent, machine-readable, real-time aid and development finance data.

Product overview

IATI (International Aid Transparency Initiative) is a global initiative and open data standard rather than a traditional commercial product company. IATI provides a comprehensive ecosystem of tools and resources for publishing, accessing, and using development and humanitarian data. The core offering is the IATI Standard—a set of rules and schema for publishing activity-level data. This is supported by an integrated suite of tools including IATI Publisher (for publishing data), IATI Validator (for checking data quality), IATI Datastore (for complex data searches with API access), and d-portal (for web-based data exploration). Additional tools include IATI Account (for registration and data management), Country Development Finance Data Tool (for country/region-level analysis), and IATI Connect (for community engagement in 100+ languages). The platform provides reference documentation and developer documentation for technical implementation. All IATI data is freely available as open data.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• IATI Standard: A set of rules and guidance on how to publish useful development and humanitarian data.
• d-portal
• IATI Datastore
• IATI Publisher
• IATI Validator
• IATI Account
• IATI Connect
• Country Development Finance Data (CDFD)

Products and services

• IATI Standard A set of rules, guidance and technical schema defining what information should be published about development and humanitarian activities, including the Activity Standard and Organisation Standard. Used by publishers and data consumers worldwide.
• d-portal A web-based tool for searching IATI data on development and humanitarian activities, presented through charts, graphs and maps. Recommended for users new to IATI data.
• IATI Datastore A searchable database for performing complex searches on IATI data with the ability to export data in CSV, JSON and XML formats, and access data via an API.
• IATI Publisher A free online tool that lets organisations register with IATI and publish data on their development and humanitarian activities.
• IATI Validator

Quantifiable outcome

• Over USD 7 billion in development finance tracked by Nigeria through IATI data integration into national systems
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Green Climate Fund (GCF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026The Green Climate Fund joined IATI as a member in May 2026, committing to report its finances to the IATI Standard. GCF is a global climate fund for developing countries with over USD 20 billion committed across 134 countries. GCF plans to publish activity-level data including financial and results information, and has committed to actively engage in IATI's membership and technical working groups.
• OECD DAC (Development Assistance Committee)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025IATI works closely with OECD DAC to promote interoperability between complementary global data systems. Ambassador Carsten Staur, Chair of OECD DAC, highlighted ongoing work to link IATI and CRS data to enhance transparency, coherence and usability. Both organisations are jointly working through the Sevilla Platform for Action on Bridging Data Systems for Financing for Development.
• International Forum on TOSSDcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025IATI collaborates with the International Forum on Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD) to improve interoperability between global data systems. Julia Benn, Head of Secretariat of TOSSD, highlighted commitment to working with IATI through the Sevilla Platform for Action on Bridging Data Systems for Financing for Development.
• Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025IATI co-hosted the 2026 UN ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum side event with GPEDC and other partners including OECD DAC and TOSSD. GPEDC Co-Chair Annika Otterstedt emphasised the importance of mutual accountability and trust as foundations for effective partnerships.
• World BankcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025The World Bank's Global Food and Nutrition Security Dashboard highlighted the importance of IATI data in improving tracking and decisions on food and nutrition security, providing standardised, timely data on resources, partners and projects to inform crisis preparedness. World Bank co-hosted the FfD4 side event with IATI.
• Open Contracting Partnership (OCP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Open Contracting Partnership co-hosted the FfD4 side event with IATI and advocated for stronger open data commitments to ensure aid, procurement, and development finance are transparent and accountable, enabling end-to-end financial tracking. OCP and IATI recognise that strengthening both data systems can make full end-to-end financial and results tracking demonstrably possible.
• CAF - Development Bank of Latin America and the CaribbeancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024CAF joined IATI in 2024 and published data about financing of over 150 development activities across 14 countries totalling over USD 5 billion. CAF uses IATI data to improve transparency and decision-making in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• UNOPS (United Nations Office for Project Services)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2023UNOPS provides IATI's legal and operational functions as part of the new Secretariat hosting arrangement (2023-2028). UNOPS has worked with IATI since 2013 and brings experience in operational service delivery.
• Open Data Services (ODS)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 July 2023Open Data Services is the Secretariat's technology delivery partner, contracted via UNDP. ODS is a dedicated member of IATI and brings a wealth of industry best-practice in delivering other open data standards. ODS worked closely with Development Initiatives to ensure seamless transition of IATI's technical products on July 1, 2023.
• Development InitiativesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2023Development Initiatives served as technical lead in the first hosting consortium for IATI from 2013-2023 and helped establish the initiative in 2008. DI became the first NGO to publish to IATI and led development of the IATI Standard. Development Initiatives chose not to continue in the consortium role after 2023 and remains an IATI member.
• UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2023UNDP hosts the IATI Secretariat and is responsible for IATI's policy and technology services. The hosting arrangement began on July 1, 2023, for a five-year period (2023-2028). UNDP brings invaluable experience having served on IATI's Secretariat since 2013. UNDP assumed responsibility for IATI's technical estate, working with Open Data Services to deliver technology services.
• Global Alliance for Food Security (GAFS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023In 2023, IATI partnered with the Global Alliance for Food Security (GAFS) to help them use IATI data to track, monitor and respond to the global food crisis. This collaboration tracked over 43,000 transactions helping 25 countries respond to food and nutritional crises more effectively.
• African Development BankcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023The African Development Bank's MapAfrica tool uses IATI data to improve transparency and decision-making across over 5,500 development projects in Africa. This case study is highlighted as an example of IATI data use to improve regional decision-making.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Open Knowledge Foundation: Open Knowledge Foundation is a global non-profit promoting open data and open knowledge across many domains. It is thematically aligned with IATI's open-data ethos and supports related standards and tooling but does not directly compete in development finance transparency.
• Sunlight Foundation: Sunlight Foundation focuses on US government transparency through open data, civic tools, and policy advocacy. Its mission overlaps thematically with IATI's transparency goals but operates in a different geography and policy domain.

Direct peers

• Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI): EITI is a global multi-stakeholder transparency standard that requires companies and governments to disclose payments and revenues in the extractives sector—the direct conceptual analogue of IATI for natural resource finance. Both operate as membership-based international initiatives with comparable governance, validation, and reporting standards.
• AidData: AidData is a research lab at William & Mary that produces geocoded data on development finance and humanitarian flows, often using IATI-published data as a primary source. It is comparable to IATI in scope and audience but operates in research and analytics rather than as a publishing standard.
• Publish What You Pay (PWYP): PWYP is a global civil society coalition advocating for mandatory disclosure of company payments to governments in extractives, structured around a transparency standard analogous to the IATI Standard. Both rely on member organisations and standardised disclosure to drive accountability in financial flows.
• Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT): GIFT is a multi-stakeholder action network promoting fiscal transparency principles and standards for public finance. Its mission and peer-network approach closely parallel IATI's, with comparable emphasis on open standards and member-driven adoption.
• Open Government Partnership (OGP): OGP is a multilateral initiative that brings together governments and civil society to promote transparency, accountability, and citizen participation—the same multi-stakeholder model IATI uses. OGP and IATI both operate via member commitments and shared standards in the broader transparency ecosystem.
• Open Contracting Partnership: Open Contracting Partnership is a multi-stakeholder initiative promoting open data standards for public procurement, closely aligned with IATI's mission and methodology. Both work to standardise and open up government financial flows data to improve accountability, and they actively co-host events and advocate jointly for transparency.

Broad incumbents

• Open Data Institute (ODI): The Open Data Institute is a non-profit focused on building an open, trustworthy data ecosystem across sectors. It operates in adjacent territory to IATI with overlapping open-data tooling and policy work, but as a broader cross-sector enablement organisation rather than a specialised standard.
• Transparency International: Transparency International is a global civil society organisation working broadly on anti-corruption and transparency. While its scope is far broader than IATI's development-finance focus, it operates in the same transparency ecosystem and overlaps with IATI's civil society segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/IATI_aid
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCAVH1gcgJXElsj8ENC-bDQQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/international-aid-transparency-initiative

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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