Improving Humanitarian Transparency with the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) and the UN OCHA Financial Tracking Service (FTS)

Author(s)
Buczek, M.
Publication language
English
Pages
15pp
Date published
26 Jan 2018
Type
Programme/project reviews
Keywords
Funding and donors, humanitarian action, System-wide performance
Organisations
Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC), United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Development Initiatives (DI)
Link
https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/humanitarian-financing-task-team/docume…

At the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) in Istanbul in May 2016, leading donor governments, non-governmental organisation (NGO) networks, and multilateral and UN agencies agreed the ‘Grand Bargain: A Shared Commitment to Better Serve People in Need’. This includes a set of proposals and commitments to increase the transparency of humanitarian financing.