Who has tried each use, and what came of it. Each entry names the organisation and the year, with one line on the outcome.
145 use cases, 396 precedents.
Each use case below lists organisations that have tried something close to it. Projects change and some have ended, so read the source before you rely on a claim. Whether a use fits your work is a separate question, and the answer is often no.
Send money to the people you serve in another country with fewer banks and agents in between, so more of each payment reaches them and it arrives sooner.
Pay staff in several countries on time and at lower cost, without delays from banks or compliance holds along the way.
Pay suppliers in remote places without relying on cash or long chains of banks and agents, so they receive usable money quickly.
Move money between your country offices faster, and give both offices one agreed record that each transfer is complete.
Get cash to affected people within hours of an emergency decision, even when they are spread out and few banks are working.
Hold and move funds in several currencies with less manual reconciling, and keep a clear view of your position in each currency.
Match each donor's contribution to how it was spent, with less manual work, so every donor sees figures that agree with yours.
Bring the financial records of every country programme into one report that stays current, so you do not wait for month-end consolidation.
Check spending against each donor's grant conditions as it happens, and produce the compliance report from that record instead of building it by hand.
Track small cash spending in field offices in one shared record, so receipts and balances match without long reconciliation.
Keep a record of each purchasing decision, from choosing the vendor to final approval, that cannot be changed later and that auditors can check themselves.
Pay vendors automatically once the agreed delivery conditions are met, so disputes over whether a milestone was reached happen less often.
Let approvers in different time zones sign off one payment, each seeing the same information, without waiting for everyone to be online together.
Keep each donor's restricted funds apart from general funds, and show at any time that money was spent only for its agreed purpose.
Release each grant instalment once the agreed milestone is confirmed, so funding does not stall while someone checks the evidence.
See whether money passed to a partner reaches the sub-grantees and people it was meant for, and not only the first recipient.
Give donors evidence that funds were spent as stated, in a form they can check without relying only on your own reports.
Let donors see spending as it happens, rather than waiting for a quarterly report, with figures taken directly from field and payment records.
Offer small loans to people who cannot use ordinary banks, and keep repayment records that every lender involved can rely on.
Keep the savings and loan records of community savings groups in one shared record, so members and facilitators do not end up with different figures.
Release funds automatically when a forecast passes an agreed warning level, so help reaches people before a flood or drought hits.
Pay out insurance to beneficiaries automatically when a measured event, such as low rainfall or a flood level, is reached, with no claims process.
Set up a local payment system that keeps spending inside a community, for places where cash is scarce or the local economy is weak.
Protect the value of your funds where the local currency is losing value or hard to exchange, and ordinary protection is not available.
Pay claims for staff and equipment faster, based on agreed evidence, where commercial insurers serve fragile or conflict-affected areas poorly.
Record zakat (religious giving) and qard hasan (interest-free loan) payments to eligible recipients so donors and religious supervisors can check them, without revealing who received them.
Register each person once and let every programme and partner recognise the same record, so nobody is counted twice or left without an identity.
Record the births of children born in displacement and give families a certificate that services and authorities in other places will accept.
Keep a reliable record of deaths, so widows and orphans can claim benefits and inheritance without waiting for disputed paperwork to be settled.
Record marriages and family relationships in a way that other organisations and countries accept, so families can claim household and spousal benefits.
Let a person carry their record of help received from one country or organisation to the next, so they do not have to prove it again.
Let staff prove their qualifications in each country where they work, and let employers check them quickly instead of writing to the issuing body.
Check a volunteer's identity and background once, and let your other sites and partners accept the result, so checks are not repeated.
Confirm that a health worker's or teacher's licence is genuine and current, without a slow exchange with the licensing body each time.
Check the identity and qualifications of partner staff and subcontractors once, in a form that you and your other partners can rely on.
Give displaced students proof of what they have studied that schools and universities will accept, even when their original papers were lost.
Issue training certificates that employers can confirm are genuine within seconds, so participants' skills are recognised when they apply for work.
Record the skills a participant has shown, and let employers confirm that the record came from a credible assessment.
Show who is eligible to take part in a community decision, so results are less likely to be disputed, without exposing members' personal details.
Keep a record of what each person agreed to share and with whom, so partners can see the permission and the person can change it.
Confirm that a child meets an age requirement without storing or sharing more about the child than needed, and keep the answer consistent across programmes.
Let humanitarian staff carry verified qualifications between agencies, so a secondment or surge deployment does not mean every credential is checked again.
Give each cooperative member a verified record of membership and contributions that buyers and lenders can check without paper logs.
Let a clinic share a patient's records with another provider who can confirm they are genuine and unchanged, while the patient controls which parts are seen.
Keep vaccination records that follow a person between clinics and countries, and that health workers can confirm are genuine without seeing the whole medical file.
Keep counselling and support records private, with the person deciding which providers see which sessions, so fear of exposure does not stop them seeking help.
Protect survivors' case files so that only the people a survivor approves can see them, with a trustworthy record of who looked and when.
Find out whether a person is already registered with another programme or agency without sharing their full details, so aid is not given twice.
Make reported results, such as people served or outcomes reached, hard to change after the fact and easy for donors and auditors to check.
Record what each person agreed to, when and in what form, so you can prove it later and apply any change they make across every system.
Let several agencies share beneficiary data with each other without any one agency holding everything, and without one agency having to trust another.
Follow a referral from the first service to the next provider, so you can see whether the person arrived and received the help they needed.
Keep logs of who accessed or changed data in a form that nobody inside the organisation can alter or delete, so auditors can rely on them.
Let researchers check that programme data has not been manipulated without seeing who the people are, and let participants withdraw their consent.
Keep feedback from the people you serve in a form that staff and management cannot quietly change, so donors and evaluators can trust what was said.
Keep needs assessment results in a form that cannot be changed unnoticed, so donors and partners can trust the figures used to target aid.
Show that reports sent through your whistleblowing channel are not lost, delayed or altered, so people trust it enough to use it.
Keep a record of each animal's vaccinations and movements that buyers and border officials accept, so herders can sell across borders.
Let farmers check that seed is genuine and certified, so counterfeit or wrongly labelled seed does not reach them.
Let clinics and distributors check that a medicine is genuine and came from the stated manufacturer, to keep counterfeit or substandard stock out of the supply chain.
Record temperatures from the factory to the clinic, so you know quickly whether vaccines or medicines were spoiled and which batches to discard.
Follow nutrition supplements from warehouse to clinic, so you can compare what was sent with what arrived and check that quality was kept.
Follow food aid from its source to the household that receives it, so you can see where food goes missing along the way.
Show where donated goods came from, so donors can see they came from the stated source and you can turn away goods of doubtful origin.
Record gifts of goods from donor to beneficiary and agree their value with the donor, so there are fewer disputes over what was given.
Count shelter materials and household items out of the warehouse and into the hands of families, to spot diversion or losses early.
Follow water, sanitation and hygiene supplies from manufacturer to community, so you can catch substandard or contaminated items before they are used.
Keep one record for each piece of equipment showing where it is and how it has been maintained, even as it moves between sites.
Keep one shared record of each vehicle's fuel use and repairs, so the people who drive vehicles and the people who maintain them work from the same figures.
Confirm that goods reached the intended person, with proof that is hard to fake, rather than relying only on signed paper receipts.
Record what was bought locally and from whom, so each purchase can be followed from vendor selection to the final recipient.
Keep stock records across several warehouses in step with each other, so counts agree without manual checking.
Track expiry dates across storage sites, so items are used or redistributed before they expire and you know what happened to any that did.
Help small farmers show where and how their produce was grown, so they can reach buyers and earn fair prices with fewer middlemen.
Spot and trace aid that goes missing between the warehouse and the beneficiary, and identify at which point in the chain it was lost.
Record that a named person received what was meant for them, in a form donors accept as proof before they release the next payment.
Trace materials back to their source, so donors and regulators can see they did not come from a conflict zone or a banned supplier.
Keep import and customs paperwork in one record that all parties can check has not been altered, to reduce delays and disputes at the border.
Check that suppliers meet your ethical sourcing rules, and keep the evidence in a record that donors and auditors can inspect.
Track the safety and quality checks on food aid from production to distribution, so contaminated or poor-quality food is found before it reaches people.
Record claims on, and refills of, shared humanitarian stockpiles, so each agency can see what it drew and what it owes.
Give families vouchers that can only be spent on eligible food at approved vendors, and settle vendors' claims without manual reconciliation.
Run votes and group decisions across partners and locations with a count that everyone can check, so results are not disputed.
Keep a record of how communities chose who receives help, so the choices can be checked and cannot be altered under pressure.
Show how a shared fund was divided among partners and when each received its share, so partners can see the process was fair.
Keep what partners report about results exactly as first submitted, so inflated or later-edited figures can be spotted.
Let staff and community members report concerns without revealing who they are, with a record that nobody can quietly alter or delete.
Let organisations see who is already receiving help from whom, so people are not assisted twice or missed, without exposing personal details.
Keep the decisions and actions from coordination meetings in a record that cannot be edited afterwards, so everyone agrees on what was decided.
Give people a way to raise complaints and see that they were received and acted on, with a record that cannot be lost or changed.
Check and record the qualifications and training of local partners, so you can confirm their claims instead of relying on documents alone.
Record how consortium funds were allocated and passed to implementing partners, so members can compare actual use with the agreed plan.
Give agencies one shared record of who is doing what in an operation, so aid is not duplicated and no agency has to hand over its data.
Build shared systems that several independent organisations can use and rely on, without any one organisation controlling them.
Keep a record of board decisions and who approved them that cannot be changed later, for trustees in different countries and for auditors.
Keep every version of each policy and record who confirmed they have read the current one, so you can show donors that staff are up to date.
Record conflict of interest declarations from trustees and decision-makers with dates, and keep them private where needed but available to auditors.
Keep a record of your standards certifications and their expiry dates that donors can check themselves, so a lapse does not interrupt funding.
Let agencies in a consortium share the results of partner checks and sanctions screening, so each partner is vetted once instead of by every agency.
Show that the agreed trigger for early funding, such as a rainfall level, was reached, with a record that partners and funders can check.
Show donors the path their money took, from the first deposit to the final beneficiary, without staff compiling the figures by hand.
Let many small gifts be pooled to cut payment fees, while each donor can still see what their share paid for.
Accept donations made in cryptocurrency, and record when and at what rate each one was changed into ordinary money.
Link each donor's gift to the results it helped achieve, and let the donor check those results for themselves.
Produce donor reports on spending and results directly from your records, so staff spend less time compiling them each quarter.
Run crowdfunding campaigns where money is released as milestones are met, and backers can follow how their gift was used.
Track corporate gifts against the company's own giving goals, and report the verified results back to each company.
Collect regular donations automatically and keep a running total for each donor, applying your screening rules to every gift.
Receive gifts that come through donor-advised funds, and show the fund sponsor and the donor how the money was used.
Confirm that a matching gift promised by a company or individual was actually paid, and let everyone involved see the same record.
Check donors' identities once and give regulators and partners proof of the result, without passing on the underlying personal details.
Track money from UN pooled funds and similar pooled grants down to the final recipients, so you can meet donor audit requirements.
Release funds automatically when an early warning reaches an agreed level, so money is in place before the crisis arrives.
Set funds aside before a disaster so they are released as soon as one is declared, without waiting for fresh approvals.
Release funds before a crisis occurs, based on forecasts, and let funders and implementers check that the agreed trigger was really met.
Track climate adaptation funding from donor to project, with results that funders can check for themselves rather than taking your reports on trust.
Record how resources were shared among groups in conflict areas, and show that each decision was made to avoid doing harm.
Keep records of human rights violations in a form that cannot be altered, with a clear account of who handled them, so they can serve as evidence.
Document atrocities with a secure record of who held the evidence at each step, so it can be relied on in court or by truth commissions.
Fix the date and time of each witness statement, so that nobody can later change it or claim it was made at another time.
Keep checked records of where displaced people came from and where they went, shared safely across the organisations helping them.
Create or rebuild land registers in areas hit by conflict or disaster, so people can show that they own their land.
Record and check property claims made by displaced people, without exposing where they are now to the authorities they fled.
Follow each housing, land and property claim through checking and decision, so every organisation involved sees the same status and evidence.
Record customary land rights in a way that respects traditional leaders and that the community, the government and outside bodies can all check.
Track how much is extracted from natural resources, and where, so communities and regulators can compare it with company reports.
Calculate and record the share of resource income owed to affected communities, so members can check that each payment was correct.
Allocate water between farms and towns by agreed rules, so everyone can see who received what during a shortage.
Manage fishing licences and catch records so that communities with traditional fishing rights and government agencies work from the same figures.
Issue and trade renewable energy certificates so buyers can be sure each one is backed by real generation and has not been sold twice.
Keep one trusted list of carbon credits and who owns them, so buyers can see that no credit has been sold twice.
Show that a green energy project needed the funding and has not been paid for twice, without revealing sensitive project details.
Make sure environmental readings from many sensors cannot be changed after the fact, and spot gaps that suggest a fault or tampering.
Follow waste from collection through recycling to reuse, so each party can check the quantities and types reported at every stage.
Check that planted trees exist and are surviving, using satellite images and visits on the ground, so funders can trust the results.
Record wildlife and plant observations from field surveys and cameras, so conservation managers can trust the data and spot false or duplicate reports.
Track where clean cookstoves were delivered and whether households really use them, so you can measure the effect of the programme.
Keep one shared record of results from climate and conservation programmes with several funders, so each funder sees its share and no result is counted twice.
Record volunteer hours and activities in a way that volunteers and managers both accept, so credit goes to the right people.
Keep reliable records of where staff are deployed across field locations, so headquarters and field offices hold the same information.
Keep training records that staff can carry with them and show to a new employer or partner, without you verifying them each time.
Confirm that staff completed safeguarding training and passed any assessment, in a form that employers and funders can check.
Manage who is cleared to enter which sites and systems, and keep a record of every access decision that cannot be changed.
Track where staff are during an emergency, and raise an alert automatically when someone has not checked in.
Check contractors' and consultants' qualifications and track record, including problems known to other organisations, before you engage them.