General News: The International Aid Transparency InitIATIve (IATI)

What Is IATI?
IATI aims to increase the accountability and transparency of those who receive money for aid and international development by showing how and where it is spent. Relevant information will be published on the IATI Registry and announced on organisational websites. To learn more about the IATI, you can visit the IATI website here.

What does this mean for Aga Khan Foundation (United Kingdom) (AKF(UK))?
The UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID) has committed to publishing data about work that it funds to meet the IATI standard. In response, AKF(UK) is publishing information about its DFID-funded work on the IATI Registry website (not the IATI website) and on the AKDN.org website. By the end of September 2012, AKF(UK) aims to publish information about its DFID-funded programmes in this way.

Our data
The information AKF(UK) will publish will relate to its DFID-funded international projects and includes the project ID, project title, short description of the project, project start and end date, country of impact, place of impact (where available), percent of strategic aims, expenditure in 2012/13, and budget for current and future financial years by project. AKF(UK)'s information about it's DFID-funded work is published here.

Project Data

Since the instigation of IATI, AKF(UK) has secured two DFID funded grants. Details shown below:

GEC

Activity Number	5147
Title	Steps Towards Afghan Girls Educational Success (STAGES)
Description	The project aims to transform the educational opportunities of 85,000 girls through a relevant, accessible and sustainable ladder of effective education opportunities.
Funding Organisation	DFID
Country	Afghanistan
Total Project Value	£28,030,000
Receipt of Donor Funds date/value	£1,772,252 as of Q2
Disbursement Date/Value	£1,772,252 as of Q2

The following project documents can be found here:

GPAF-IMP-006

Activity Number	GPAF-IMP-006
Title	Reducing Infant Mortality in Bihar Through Optimal Infant Feeding Practices
Description	The project aims to reduce neonatal and infant mortality through improving healthy breastfeeding and weaning practices among 500,000 mothers of children under two years among the poorest and most marginalised communities in three districts of Bihar, India. The project will mobilise a strong behaviour change communication (BCC) model through 500 Peer Educators to counsel mothers and caregivers on infant and child nutrition and provide problem-solving to help overcome barriers they face.
Funding organisation or donor	DFID
Country or region	India
Commitment/Total project value	DFID Commitment: £2,195,093 Total Project Value: £3,178,163
Receipt of Donor Funds date/value	£547,401 to cover expenditure through Q4
Disbursement date and value	£592,224 to cover pre-financing through Q4