ANALYSIS

The AA scores 10.0%, placing it in the very poor category. It ranks 41^st out of 49 bilateral organisations, scoring on just two activity-level indicators – MoUs and contact details. It publishes no other information at the activity level on a systematic basis. No comprehensive list of activities could be found on the AA’s website or the websites of the implementing agencies listed by the AA. At the organisation level, it does not publish annual reports, forward budgets for recipient countries or its procurement policy. Of the 22 indicators that take format into account, none are published by the AA in machine-readable formats and only two – contact details and one year forward-looking organisation budget – are published in other formats. Overall, it does not score on 30 of the 39 indicators included in the Index.

RECOMMENDATIONS

• The AA should work with BMZ to complete an implementation schedule by early 2014 to address the AA’s specific institutional challenges and opportunities. It should begin implementation of IATI in 2014, so it can aim for full implementation of the IATI standard by the end of 2015.
• It should engage with other ministries and agencies with which it works in development cooperation to ensure that Germany’s IATI publication includes a coherent and full picture of the activities and funds for which the AA is responsible.

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