The Parliamentary Centre’s Africa Program, under the auspices of its CIDA-funded Africa Parliamentary Strengthening Program (APSP) for Budget Oversight, has developed the African Parliamentary Index (API). This index measures the level of engagement of select African Parliaments with the budget process in their respective countries. 

The first report of the API was officially launched on June 7, 2011in Nairobi, Kenya, witnessed by Members of Parliaments from partner Parliaments of the APSP – Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia; members of the Diplomatic Corps, the donor community, civil society organisations, other partners in development and the media.