The German Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy “DART 2020” was developed in 2015 by the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG), the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Due to its fundamen-tal significance, it was then approved by the Federal Cabinet. With the DART 2020, Germany set out a national plan of action in 2015, which also complies with that which has been stipulated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in this area.