WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO IATI?

IATI membership is open to any donor or developing country government that commits to the aims and objectives of the initiative. This includes donors who are not members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC).

For donors, signing up means agreeing to the IATI Accra Statement and committing to participate in shaping the details of the initiative.

IATI expects that the main changes needed would come from donors. But developing countries are also invited to endorse the initiative, which means that they support the aims and objectives of IATI and want to be involved in shaping it.

Click here for a list of donors that have signed up to IATI and developing countries that have endorsed IATI

IATI structure and governance

IATI is governed by a multi-stakeholder Steering Committee comprising representatives from bilateral and multilateral donors, partner countries, civil society organisations and experts in aid information. Current members are: Australia, Betteraid, Burkina Faso, Civicus, Colombia, Development Gateway Foundation, Development Initiatives Poverty Research, Dominican Republic, European Commission, Germany, Ghana (tbc), Malawi, Nepal, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Publish What You Fund, Rwanda, Transparency International, UNDP, United Kingdom, Vietnam (tbc), and World Bank.

The Steering Committee meets 3-4 times per year.

• Steering Committee Terms of Reference
• Minutes of the 1st Steering Committee meeting
• Minutes of the 2nd Steering Committee meeting
• Minutes of the 3rd IATI steering commitee meeting 30th Sept 2009
• Update from the IATI Steering Commitee meeting on 30th November 2009
• Steering Committee members

Technical work on the IATI standards is being led by the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) which reports to the Steering Committee. Members of the TAG include key users and providers of aid data and statistics along with experts in using technology for aid effectiveness and the development of standards. The TAG is chaired by Brian Hammond, formerly with the OECD-DAC, and the secretariat sits with Development Initiatives Poverty Research (DIPR).

• TAG Terms of Reference
• TAG Draft Plan
• Initial TAG meeting record 2nd June 2009
• Initial TAG meeting record 3rd June 2009

The IATI Secretariat comprises DFID (overall co-ordination), UNDP (partner country outreach) and the aidinfo team at the non-profit organisation DIPR (research and technical analysis). DFID acts as the secretariat for the Steering Committee, and DIPR acts as the secretariat for the TAG.

IATI is Currently funded by Finland, Ireland, Switzerland, Netherlands and DFID and future contributions are expected from Germany, Australia, Spain and Norway.