AMP Kosovo

Institutional strengthening. The coming two years will further deepen the gains AMP has already made. It will continue to build the Government’s capacity to analyze trends and make informed decisions about resource allocation as well as improve coordination with and among donors. Key activities will include: training for additional user groups, including line ministries, journalists, researchers, and NGOs; technical assistance to MEI to assume complete administration of the system and associated processes; conducting process analyses, surveys and impact evaluations; holding knowledge-sharing workshops where Kosovo can benefit from the experience of other AMP countries; and other activities to ensure that the system supports and becomes fully embedded in MEI and donor aid management processes.

Public view. On October 11, 2010, AMP became available to the general public at https://amp-mei.net. As a result, the government, donors and the general public can access information on donor funding, as well as use maps and data dashboards to make it easier to visualize and easily understand aid flows to Kosovo.

Explore integration with Government systems. Plans are also underway to conduct an assessment to explore the potential for integrating AMP and the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS). An AMP-IFMS integration would enable government decision-makers to have a complete picture of all resources in Kosovo—both domestic and external—and could facilitate the inclusion of the large proportion of “off-budget” donor activities into the budget planning process.

Strengthen and extend the data in AMP. A continued focus on data quality will be reinforced through regular data validation workshops, support to donors in providing data that is compliant with the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) standard, and through the inclusion of additional information in AMP. Additional information may include: expenditures, performance indicators, physical progress of activities, and annual program commitments. In addition, donors plan to provide forward-looking information to improve aid predictability and planning, and to enable AMP to track the entire project cycle—from the “ideas” stage to project planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation.

One year after adopting AMP, the program has achieved a number of important results. In November 2009, AMP was implemented by Development Gateway International (DGI), and is now managed by MEI. DGI, along with MEI, has provided training to over 20 donor agencies and 10 line ministries, with nearly all donors providing complete, accurate and current information on ongoing projects in Kosovo. DGI and MEI have worked extensively with donors to integrate AMP into regular business processes, including donor coordination meetings, Sector and Sub-sector Working Group meetings, and the individual procedures of each donor. Regular data validation workshops are held to ensure complete, accurate and timely data. As of February 2011, over 550 projects had been entered into AMP, totaling over €1.1 billion in commitments.

On October 11, 2010, MEI launched its 2009 donor funding report, using data from AMP. Past donor funding reports had required a cumbersome Excel-based data gathering process that took over four months to yield the final report. With AMP, MEI was able to produce a more detailed donor funding report in just two weeks.

• Visit AMP Kosovo
• 2009 Annual Report on Donor Activities
• Press Release: EC supports transparency and coordination of the EU and donor funds in Kosovo
• AMP discussed on Kosovo television
• USAID Kosovo Country Strategy, 2010-2014, which mentions AMP on page 6
• Kosovo MDG Progress Report, which mentions AMP as an achievement under MDG8, "Developing a Global Partnership for Development”