Join IATI at Africa Open Data Conference

Past event

Are you at the Africa Open Data Conference (AODC 2017) in Accra this week? Join IATI at two sessions exploring the benefits of open data in development.

Both events have an excellent line-up of speakers: Annelise Parr (IATI Secretariat), Reid Porter (InterAction and the Initiative for Open Ag Funding), James Coe (Publish What You Fund and the Initiative for Open Ag Funding) and Camille Clerx (Akvo).


Mass Collaboration: Using development data for planning, learning and coordination

Date: Wednesday 19 July
Time: 10:45-12:00
Location: Committee Room 1

Info: Open data can be an effective tool for aid transparency, but it is also an invitation for mass collaboration among a variety of development actors. This session will explore the user needs represented by our audience, propose new ideas and share tools that can help us all become more aware of what our colleagues and counterparts in other organisations are up to. By knowing who is doing what, where, and to what effect, governments and organisations can target resources more effectively, learn from other actors more efficiently, and coordinate their interventions more easily.

Making Data Available: Publishing via the IATI Standard

Date: Wednesday 19 July
Time: 15:00-17:00
Location: Meeting Room 3

Info: This session provides an overview of what IATI is and is not, with examples from data users and publishers. The IATI Secretariat will present the types of data published, as well as findings from its recent survey of partner countries, exploring the challenges identified by government when accessing data. Akvo will present stories of innovative tools and uses based around particular sectoral challenges (HORTImpact) that are addressed using IATI data. OpenAg sharing its work on IATI data publication tools, followed by breakout discussions to explore potential challenges around publishing data and how they can be rectified.