Activities

TFESSD activities are managed in four Windows which correspond to the four Sector Boards (Environment, Social Development, Poverty, and Social Protection) managing the fund.

• Activities in the Environment Window primarily support strategic environment work in the whole World Bank Group.
• Activities in the Social Development Window serve as a catalyst for mainstreaming the social development agenda into World Bank lending and advisory support to governments.
• Activities in the Poverty Window support the development of poverty reduction strategies, poverty analysis, and the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of poverty reduction.
• Activities in the Social Protection Window  primarily support thematic and cross-cutting work on social protection and labor.

You may also find information on activities under the Reports section.

 

Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries
Agenda for a seminar held May, 2008 in Helsinki, Finland

Sustainable Development Workshop
Presentations made at the 2007 TFESSD Bank-Norway-Finland Sustainable Development Workshop

• Social Development at the World BankGroup by Kristalina Georgieva, Director, Sustainable Development Network, The World Bank (pdf file)
• World Bank-funded Research on Impact of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Agricultureby Ariel Dinar, Lead Economist, Development Research Group (DEC), The World Bank (pdf file)
• CEA and SEA: How Much and How Well Are They Used?by Kulsum Ahmed, Team Leader, Institutions and Governance Program, Environment Department, The World Bank (pdf file)
• Climate Change and Poverty: Towards an Integrated Frameworkby Louise Cord, Sector Manager, Poverty Reduction Group, The World Bank (pdf file)
• Cost of Pollution in China Economic Estimates of Physical Damages(pdf file)
• Challenges and Opportunities Triggered by the Disability Conventionby  Ronald Wiman, Senior Social Development Advisor, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland (pdf file)  
• The World Bank: Inclusive Development and Disabilityby Robert Holzmann (pdf file)
  Director, Social Protect & Labor, Human Development Network, The World Bank (pdf file)
• Mainstreaming PSIA at the World Bank Achievements and Challenges by Renate Kirsch, Senior Social Scientist, SDV and Hassan Zaman, Lead Economist, PREMPR, The World Bank (pdf file)
• PREM Shared Growth Work Programby Ken Simler, Senior Economist, Poverty Reduction Group, The World Bank (pdf file)   
• TFESSD Dissemination Plan – Ideas for Discussion (pdf file)

Donor-Bank Consultations

 

The Bank and the donors meet in Spring every year in a donor country and generally in the Fall in Washington to discuss progress under the Trust Fund.

 

Minutes of recent meetings are available below.

• Minutes of the Bi-Annual Consultations, Helsinki, May 2008
• Minutes of the Semi-Annual Consultation, Washington, DC, November 2007
• Minutes of the Annual Consultations, Oslo, May 2007
• Minutes of the Semi-Annual Consultations: Washington, DC, November 2006
• Minutes of the Semi-Annual Consultations: Helsinki, June 2006
• Minutes of Semi-Annual Consultations: Washington, December, 2005
• Minutes of Semi-Annual Consultations: Oslo, June 2005
• Minutes of Semi-Annual Consultations: Washington, November 2004
• Minutes of Semi Annual Consultations: Helsinki, June 2004
• Minutes of Semi-Annual Consultations: Washington, December 2003
• Minutes of Semi-Annual Consultations: Oslo, June 2003

Annual Conferences

 

As a part of the work to promote a substantial dialogue between the World Bank and the Sustainable Development Network communities in the donor countries, Annual Conferences are organized each year in connection with the Spring meeting. The conference is open to all.

 

The agendas and background notes from the last conferences are available through the links below.

• Seventh Annual Conference 2007
• Sixth Annual Conference 2006
• Fifth Annual Conference 2005
• Fourth Annual Conference 2004
• Third Annual Conference 2003