IATI Virtual Training for Civil Society launched

  • Jan. 8, 2024

Do you need help with understanding IATI data? Want to know how to access and analyse it in your work? Then take IATI's new online course: IATI Virtual Training for Civil Society​​.

Start IATI Virtual Training for Civil Society today!

CSO course

IATI Virtual Training for Civil Society

This online course supports civil society actors working within the international development and humanitarian sectors to use IATI data to strengthen decision-making and accountability. It includes the following modules:

Module 1: What is 'development cooperation data'?

Module 2: What is IATI and what kind of data can I find?

Module 3: How can I use IATI data and for what purpose?

Module 4: How do I use IATI’s tools to access the data I need?

Module 5: Engaging further with the International Aid Transparency Initiative

How can IATI data support the work of CSOs?

The course was designed in consultation with a range of civil society stakeholders and provides training on how IATI data can inform specific areas of their work:

  • Coordination: non-governmental organisations (NGOs) can search IATI data to identify other organisations working in the same (or similar) locations or sectors. This information can be used to strengthen collaboration, reduce gaps and overlap across the development and humanitarian sectors.
  • Accountability: Journalists and CSOs can use IATI data to investigate the delivery of development and humanitarian funding and activities, to understand if resources are delivered as planned.

Journalists and CSOs can use IATI data to investigate the delivery of development and humanitarian funding and activities

  • Evidence to inform policy and advocacy: IATI data can be used to inform the policy of CSOs and their advocacy efforts. For example, they can gain evidence of where funding is being allocated and spent and advocate for a different allocation of resources (e.g. more funding for health or education, or more funding for a particular region/country).
  • Identifying funding: IATI data can be used to understand donors when and where they plan to deliver resources, making it possible for CSOs to discover funding opportunities or trends.

IATI’s Virtual Training for Civil Society is a free online resource and is available in English, French and Spanish.

Any questions?

If you experience technical difficulties or would like to share your feedback on this course, please email the IATI Secretariat: [email protected].

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