Dominican Republic Presents Use of IATI Data at Bogotá Community Exchange

At the 2024 IATI Community Exchange in Bogotá, representatives from the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development of the Dominican Republic shared how IATI data is being used to complement the country’s national system for tracking international cooperation—highlighting IATI’s added value in strengthening transparency and visibility of development finance.

The Ministry oversees SI-SINACID, the national system for monitoring non-reimbursable international cooperation projects. While SISINACID captures detailed data reported by public institutions and key development partners, the Ministry representatives explained that IATI offers additional insight. To enhance national reporting, the Ministry draws on IATI data to reflect contributions from a broader range of development actors—including NGOs, academic institutions, and the private sector—that do not report to SI-SINACID.

As part of the preparation of the 2022 Annual Report on International Cooperation, the Ministry compared SI-SINACID data with IATI records. The representatives presented the following findings:

• 765 activities were reported in IATI as taking place in the Dominican Republic in 2022
• Only 96 of these (12.5%) were already captured in SI-SINACID
• IATI revealed 683additional activities not recorded in the national system
• These activities represented over USD 11 million in development cooperation flows
• Key sectors included agriculture, education, health, environmental protection, and civil society
  
  

Using IATI data helped identify activities led by a wider range of providers and recipients, offering a more inclusive picture of development cooperation in the country. The presentation highlighted that while the data required some cleaning and deduplication, it significantly contributed to building a more complete overview of development activities—particularly those implemented by non-governmental actors.

By sharing their experience at the Community Exchange, the Dominican Republic provided a valuable example of how IATI data can complement national systems and strengthen cooperation reporting. This case also illustrates how IATI’s engagement in Latin America is helping surface national use cases and deepening collaboration with governments across the region.