10/13/2026
🌍 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁, 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲
Last month, IATI and CAF - banco de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe hosted a high-level Transparency Forum during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 81) in New York.
🔎 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆, 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴.
💡Yemesrach Workie, 𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗜 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, highlighted how more than 2,000 organisations have published IATI data covering one million development and humanitarian activities. She emphasised the need for timely, high-quality and interoperable data to support decision-making.
💡 Pablo Bartol, 𝗖𝗔𝗙, shared the bank's institutional transparency reforms. Since adopting the IATI Standard in 2024, CAF has published information on more than 280 activities across 14 countries. He highlighted how transparency can strengthen investor confidence.
💡Gary Forster, Publish What You Fund, drew on findings from the DFI Transparency Index to highlight improvements in development finance transparency. He called for greater disclosure of project results, evaluations and private sector operations.
💡Jesús Rogado Zuriaga, AECID highlighted Spain's recent decision to join IATI and the launch of AECID's Open Data Portal. The portal enables citizens to explore development projects, financing and implementing partners, supporting greater public accountability.
💡Dima Al-Khatib, United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), highlighted UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Framework for the Measurement of South-South Cooperation as an important step towards improving visibility of South-South cooperation. She also recognised the information already available through IATI, including more than 3,000 South-South and triangular cooperation activities.
💡Kenneth Durell, The ONE Campaign presented their Development Finance Observatory, which uses AI to help users explore information on aid, debt, remittances and domestic resources. He highlighted IATI's contribution of timely, structured project-level data.
💡𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗿-𝗫𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘀, 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻 (𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗖), provided closing remarks, emphasising the importance of transparency for public trust and effective resource allocation. He stressed that better development finance data must ultimately deliver tangible results for people and communities.
📖 Read highlights: https://iatistandard.org/en/news/unga-81/
