Data Sources

How we collect and attribute event data

Our Approach

ForaHub aggregates publicly available event information from organizational websites, official event calendars, press releases, and RSS feeds. All event data sourced from third parties remains the intellectual property of the respective organizations.

Source Categories

UN Agencies & Bodies

WHO, UNICEF, UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO, FAO, WFP, ILO, UNHCR

International Financial Institutions

World Bank, IMF, African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, IADB

Global Health Organizations

Gavi, Global Fund, CEPI, PATH, MSF, Partners in Health

Climate & Environment

UNFCCC, IPCC, Climate Investment Funds, Green Climate Fund

Academic & Research Institutions

London School of Hygiene, Johns Hopkins, Harvard T.H. Chan, Oxford

NGO Networks

CIVICUS, InterAction, Bond, CONCORD, Devex partner organizations

Government Ministries

Health ministries, finance ministries, foreign affairs offices

Regional Bodies

African Union, ASEAN, ECOWAS, SAARC, Commonwealth Secretariat

Conference Aggregators

AllConferences, Eventbrite (development category), UN Calendar

Event Update or Removal Requests

If you are an organization and need to update, correct, or remove an event listing, please contact us. We aim to process all requests within 24 hours.

Request Update or Removal

Data Quality

All events are reviewed for quality and accuracy. We use AI-assisted classification to tag events with relevant SDG goals, regions, and formats. Human review is applied to featured and promoted listings. Despite our best efforts, event details can change — always verify with the organizing institution before registering.

Open Data Partners

Our organization directory blends our own curation with open public-domain datasets. We credit each source per its license terms. If you spot a missed attribution, write to hello@forahub.org.

Research Organization Registry (ROR)

CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication · ror.org

Open registry of research organizations — universities, institutes, hospitals, government labs, funders — maintained by Crossref, DataCite, and a community of contributors. ForaHub imports ROR records (names, aliases, types, country, official website, Wikidata / GRID / ISNI / FundRef cross-references) to seed the global organization directory.

International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) — Bulk Data Service

CC-BY 4.0 (per source row) · bulk-data.iatistandard.org/reporting-orgs

The IATI Reporting Orgs Index — a single open JSON file maintained by the IATI Standard team. We import names, IATI organisation identifiers, organisation types, HQ country, and official websites for the ~2,000 bilateral donors, multilateral agencies, INGOs, national NGOs, and foundations registered with IATI.

OpenStreetMap, OpenMapTiles, Stadia Maps, CARTO

ODbL / provider terms · OSM · CARTO

Base map tiles and geocoding for the events map. Stadia Maps is our primary tile provider (Outdoors / Alidade Smooth Dark), with CARTO as a safety fallback. Reverse and forward geocoding via Nominatim and LocationIQ.