# International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI)

URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/the-organisation/international-aid-transparency-initiative-iati
Type: The Organisation
Published: 2019-11-28
Updated: 2020-03-26

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Transparency and accountability are at the heart of our work. Transparency International believes that these core principles apply equally to all sectors, including aid and development.

Transparency International has been a Steering Committee member of the [International Aid Transparency Initiative](http://www.aidtransparency.net/) (IATI) since its creation in 2008. IATI aims to make aid information more timely, comparable, compatible and accessible to the most important stakeholder: people. Through IATI we have worked to develop a common donor reporting standard to track how much aid goes where and for what purpose. Now we are working with other [civil society actors](http://www.bond.org.uk/pages/ngos-and-iati.html) to also adopt this standard for our own organisations. Below you can see what we have already published. The full Transparency International Secretariat IATI implementation plan can be downloaded [here](https://images.mutualcdn.com/transparency-org/images/IATI_TIS_Implementation_Schedule.pdf).

Opening our books to the public is not new. Transparency International is a member of the [International NGO Accountability Charter](https://www.transparency.org/en/the-organisation/governance-reporting), which outlines clear common guidelines for transparency and accountability. Since 2008, our secretariat has also provided detailed and open information on its income and expenditures through its use of the [International Financial Reporting Standards](http://www.ifrs.org/) (IFRS).

In addition to publishing our [financial statements](https://www.transparency.org/en/the-organisation/audited-financial-reports), we also make public [external evaluations](https://www.transparency.org/en/the-organisation/evaluations), [implementation plans](https://www.transparency.org/en/the-organisation/our-strategy) and our secretariat's [operating budgets](https://www.transparency.org/en/the-organisation/our-operating-budget).