Getting Started

This is an introductory guide to organisations who want to understand the different elements of IATI implementation and the different data, policy and technical considerations that need to be taken into account. It is built on the experience of those organisations who have already published data, and the experience of the IATI TAG Secretariat in supporting organisations to publish.

Overview

• What is IATI?

Policy considerations

• Understanding transparency
• Organisational Incentives and Buy-In
• Exclusions and thresholds
• Units of aid

Managing Implementation

• Change Management
• Implementation Schedules

Data Considerations

• Data Availability
• Data Quality
• Defining an Activity

Technical Issues

• Data Architecture
• In-house capacity

Licencing

• Licence Types
• Licence Considerations

Preparing Data

• Mandatory Data
• Optional Data
• Using Codelists

Financial Data

• Transactions

Geopolitical Information

• Countries & Regions

Identifiers

• Organisation Identifiers
• Participating Organisations
• Contact Information

Classifications

• Sectors
• Namespaces & extensions

Related Documents

• Documents
• Related Activity
• Legacy data

Publishing Data

• Outputting XML
• Registering
• Updating
• The IATI Registry

Tools to Help

• Tools to Create Data
• Tools to Validate Data
• Tools to View Data