ANALYSIS

The Netherlands ranks sixth out of 49 bilaterals. While there has not been any major decline in the amount of aid information published by the Netherlands, there has been a relative decline in its ranking. Several organisations now publish higher quality data to IATI. While the Netherlands performs well on some of the activity-level indicators, it performs less well on the provision of project-related documents. It also does not score for performance data. The Netherlands does not include links to planning documents and forward-looking country budgets in its IATI organisation file, or links to project-related documents in its activity files. Since the end of data collection, it has published budgets for all projects and begun publishing geo-coded location data for some projects.

RECOMMENDATIONS

• The Netherlands should continue to improve its publication to IATI so it uses all fields, including more comprehensive information in its organisation file and links to activity documents and performance data. It should also update its implementation schedule accordingly.
• It should segment its IATI data into one file per country or region, as all activities are currently contained within a single 24MB file.
• The Netherlands should update its OGP National Action Plan to include more stretching commitments to implement IATI fully.

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