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Self Report 2017

The self-report on WHS Commitments below is organized according to the 24 transformations of the Agenda for Humanity. It is based on commitments pledged at the time of report submission. Click on the 'Expand' symbol to expand each section and read the reporting inputs by transformation.

5D
Finance outcomes, not fragmentation: shift from funding to financing

Core Commitment

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    Development Initiatives believes in the use of data to drive poverty eradication and sustainable development. We work to ensure that decisions about the allocation of finance and resources result in an end to poverty, increase the resilience of the world’s most vulnerable people, and ensure no one is left behind. Our WHS commitment is underpinned by a drive to ensure that these decisions are made using good quality, transparent data and evidence on poverty and resources.

  • Achievements at a glance

    In June 2016 we published the Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2016, a comprehensive reference tool on crisis-related requirements and resourcing. The report was launched in June 2016 to coincide with ECOSOC, Grand Bargain and Good Humanitarian Donorship discussions. Key findings from the report and other related publications were communicated throughout the remainder of the year at other key events and discussions.

    As technical lead of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Secretariat, we continue to provide guidance and support to help organisations to publish to the IATI Standard. In October 2016, with funding from the Government of the Netherlands, we began implementing a project to support the Grand Bargain commitment on transparency. The project raises awareness of the IATI Standard, improves technical capacity to publish and use humanitarian data, and monitors progress against the transparency commitment.

  • How is your organization assessing progress

    We regularly monitor progress against objectives to ensure that our research and analysis responds to and informs current developments in investments to end poverty and build resilience. Our project to support the Grand Bargain commitment on transparency includes the development of an online dashboard to monitor progress of the Grand Bargain signatories in publishing high-quality data to the IATI Standard.

  • Challenges faced in implementation

    No major challenges in this reporting period.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    We will continue to provide independent and rigorous data-led analysis to help others to make informed decisions that lead to better outcomes for people affected by poverty and crisis. This will include the publication of the 2017 Global Humanitarian Assistance report in June. Also in 2017 our work on the Grand Bargain transparency commitment will include a baseline assessment of the extent to which the signatories and other key partners currently publish information to the IATI Standard and a roadmap for the way forward to achieve greater transparency of humanitarian financing.

  • If you had one message for the annual report on what is most needed to advance the transformation 'Finance outcomes, not fragmentation: shift from funding to financing', what would it be

    We believe that greater transparency can advance the transformation ‘Diversify the resource base and increase cost-efficiency’. Transparency is a fundamental part of improving the efficiency, effectiveness and accountability of all crisis-related financing – humanitarian, development and beyond. IATI sets a clear direction for improving humanitarian transparency.

  • Cross cutting issues

    Accountability to affected people

  • Specific initiatives

    Grand Bargain

  • Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations

    5E - Diversify the resource base and increase cost-efficiency

5E
Diversify the resource base and increase cost-efficiency

Individual Commitment

Core Commitment

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    Development Initiatives believes in the use of data to drive poverty eradication and sustainable development. We work to ensure that decisions about the allocation of finance and resources result in an end to poverty, increase the resilience of the world’s most vulnerable people, and ensure no one is left behind. Our WHS commitment is underpinned by a drive to ensure that these decisions are made using good quality, transparent data and evidence on poverty and resources.

  • Achievements at a glance

    In June 2016 we published the Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2016, a comprehensive reference tool on crisis-related requirements and resourcing. The report was launched in June 2016 to coincide with ECOSOC, Grand Bargain and Good Humanitarian Donorship discussions. Key findings from the report and other related publications were communicated throughout the remainder of the year at other key events and discussions.

    As technical lead of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Secretariat, we continue to provide guidance and support to help organisations to publish to the IATI Standard. In October 2016, with funding from the Government of the Netherlands, we began implementing a project to support the Grand Bargain commitment on transparency. The project raises awareness of the IATI Standard, improves technical capacity to publish and use humanitarian data, and monitors progress against the transparency commitment.

  • How is your organization assessing progress

    We regularly monitor progress against objectives to ensure that our research and analysis responds to and informs current developments in investments to end poverty and build resilience. Our project to support the Grand Bargain commitment on transparency includes the development of an online dashboard to monitor progress of the Grand Bargain signatories in publishing high-quality data to the IATI Standard.

  • Challenges faced in implementation

    No major challenges in this reporting period.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    We will continue to provide independent and rigorous data-led analysis to help others to make informed decisions that lead to better outcomes for people affected by poverty and crisis. This will include the publication of the 2017 Global Humanitarian Assistance report in June. Also in 2017, our work on the Grand Bargain transparency commitment will include a baseline assessment of the extent to which the signatories and other key partners currently publish information to the IATI Standard and a roadmap for the way forward to achieve greater transparency of humanitarian financing.

  • If you had one message for the annual report on what is most needed to advance the transformation 'Diversify the resource base and increase cost-efficiency', what would it be

    We believe that greater transparency can advance the transformation ‘Diversify the resource base and increase cost-efficiency’. Transparency is a fundamental part of improving the efficiency, effectiveness and accountability of all crisis-related financing – humanitarian, development and beyond. IATI sets a clear direction for improving humanitarian transparency.

  • Cross cutting issues

    Accountability to affected people

  • Specific initiatives

    Grand Bargain

  • Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations

    5D - Finance outcomes, not fragmentation: shift from funding to financing