PNoWB Launches Balkans Chapter
Oct. 3 - MPs from Southeast Europe and Turkey agreed to work more closely with each other and with the World Bank to create a “common economic space” in Southeast Europe.
Full Story and
Press ReleaseSeptember 25, 2006, PNoWB and World Bank hold videoconference on Chad - Cameroon pipeline
September 18, 2006, Development Committee Approves Governance Strategy
September 10-14, 2006, CGIAR Parliamentary Field Visit to Kenya
The Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) reports: Congo-Brazzaville : A Sensitization Campaign Brings Together Parliamentarians and Local Communities
July 21, 2006, PNoWB Launches Local Chapter in Liberia
July 13, 2006, Country Director Ian Porter responds Ms. Tioulong Saumura, MP (Cambodia) on concerns over parliamentarians role in decision making processes in World Bank projects and programs. Click here to read Ms. Tioulong Saumura's letter sent via e-mail to PNoWB Board Members on June 19, 2006. Click here to read Ian Porter's response
July 7, 2006, US Senators McCain & Lieberman Join 80 legislators in International Climate Change Dialogue
June 20, 2006, PNoWB Trade sends letter to EC Trade Commissioner, Peter Mandelson as part of follow-up to May videoconference
June 14-16 2006, PNoWB Launches West Africa Chapter
New Brochure! World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz dialogues with Parliamentarians in Helsinki
May 25-26, 2006, European and African Parliamentarians meet to discuss Europe - Africa Relations and the new EU strategy for Africa
May 24-25, 2006, Towards Improving the Oversight Capacity of Arab Parliamentarians - The Arab Parliamentary Conference to Fight Corruption
May 11, 2006, Cologne, Germany: In the Leadup to the G-8 St Petersburg Summit Global Climate Change Dialogue launched in Carbon Expo (A unique alliance of legislators, business leaders, international organizations and civil society)
World Bank Study: Parliamentary Systems Mean Less Corruption
Dr. Nasser Saidi, Executive Director, Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance, and former Minister of Economy and Trade in Lebanon speaks on Economic Reform and Building a Better Investment Climate using the ‘Doing Business Report’ during the MENA Development Forum (MDF)
April 17-21, 2006, Seminar on the Role of the National Parliaments in Good Governance and Poverty Reduction in Africa
Norbert Mao, MP (Uganda) and PNoWB Board Member Speaks on HIV/AIDS at the Irish Parliament
April 8, 2006, Strengthening Parliamentarians as Champions for Reform in the MENA Region, a Parliamentary Session during the MENA Development Forum
March 30-13, 2006, PNoWB Board Member Norbert Mao participates in Deepening Voice and Accountability to Fight Poverty: Dialogue of Communication Implementers, organized by DFID, the OECD and The World Bank
March 5-10, 2006 Parliamentary Field Visit to Lao
February 27-28, 2006 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and World Bank Regional Development Seminar for Asian Parliamentarians
February 27-28, 2006 Regional Seminar: The Role of Parliament and Parliamentarians in Addressing Small Arms, Conflict Prevention and Transitional Democracy and Justice in Africa
February 24, 2006 GLOBE and COM+ International Launch of the G8 + 5 Legislators, Business Leaders, and Civil Society with a message of support from Tony Blair
January 31 - February 3, 2006 Parliamentary Field Visit to Rwanda
2005
December 1, 2005 Parliamentary Statement on World Aids Day - released by IEPFPD and endorsed by AFPPD and IAPG
November 27-28, 2005 Conference of Chairmen of EU Development Cooperation Committees
November 23-24, 2005 The Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) holds their 26th General Assembly in Tirana, Albania. For more information on PABSEC please visit http://www.pabsec.org
November 15, 2005 NATO-Parliamentary Assembly passes Resolution 340 on advancing the Doha Development Agenda (Resolution 340 en français)
November 12-13, 2005 8th General Assembly of the AFPPD
October 21-23, 2005 PNoWB Annual Conference held in the Parliament of Finland
October 21, 2005 Parliamentary Dimension in Global Organizations (Global Group of the Parliament of Finland)
October 19, 2005 PNoWB releases Progress Report for Annual Conference
October 11, 2005 PNoWB Japan meets with World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz
October 10, 2005 Click here to download the Conference Report
Update! PNoWB Japan Chapter Activities
Call for comments! The IMF has completed a draft guide for IMF staff to assist them on outreach to legislators. Please send your comments and suggestions
July 24-28, 2005 Parliamentary Field Visit to Ghana
June 15, 2005 Abdelmoula M. Ghzala, responsable du projet Pmurr échange avec les parlementaires de la République Démocratique du Congo (en français)
June 6-8, 2005 G8 Parliamentarians' Conference on Development in Africa, Edinburgh, Scotland
May 2, 2005 Parliamentarians participate in Sustaining Participation in Poverty Reduction Strategies, Accra, Ghana (a multimedia announcement!)
April 15, 2005 International Parliamentary Petititon
April 5, 2005 A Parliamentary Field Visit took place in Madagascar (a PRSP country) on in cooperation with the Assemblée Parlementaire de la Francophonie's Réseau des femmes parlementaires
Press Release! Parliamentary Field Visit to Vietnam
Other News Articles on the Field Visit to Vietnam
March 21-24, 2005 Parliamentary Field Visit on the PRSP in Vietnam
March 16, 2005 PNoWB India Chapter meets with World Bank trade expert Carlos Braga
March 15, 2005 World Bank holds special session on Development in an Enlarged Europe with Chairpersons of Foreign Affairs Committees from the EU, the European Parliament, and the Parliaments of the Candidate States in Luxembourg... Read More
March 14 - 15, 2005 Francophone MPs from the Assemblée Parlementaire de la Francophonie's Commission de la coopération et du développement discuss the WTO Doha Round with the World Bank... view World Bank presentation
March 4, 2005 Seminar for Colombian Parliamentarians (en español)
Development and Aid in 2005 |
|
A High Level Seminar
for
Donor Country Parliamentarians
February 27 & 28, 2005
Naples, Italy
The Naples seminar gathered 35 MPs from donor countries with top officials from the World Bank, the UN and other parliamentary and development organizations
| | | 
| | |
|
|
2004
Dec 14, 2004 WBI and CPA - Meeting on Parliamentary Standards for Democratic Legislatures
Dec 6, 2004 World Bank Chief Economist François Bourguignon speaks with Canadian Parliamentarians
Dec 3, 2004 PNoWB Field Visit to Nicaragua
Nov 22, 2004 What role for EU MPs in meeting the MDGs
Nov 16, 2004 World Bank Lead Economist Brian Ngo exchanges views with PACE's Economic Affairs and Development Committee
Oct 20, 2004 Read about the outcomes of the Study Group on the Role of Parliament in Conflict Affected Countries
Oct 18-19, 2004 View World Bank Adviser for Population and Reproductive Health Elizabeth Lule's presentation on resource mobilization for the 2004 International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action: click here
Oct 7- 8, 2004 The World Bank Discusses the Fight Against HIV/AIDS with Francophone Parliamentarians (Version française)
Sept 29- Oct 3, 2004 Parliamentary Organizations Participate in the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings (Version française)
Sept 14, 2004 CPA Secretary General Visits the World Bank
Sept 8, 2004 The World Bank’s Mexico Country Office Holds First Meeting with Mexican Congress
April 20, 2004 PNoWB Launches Int'l Trade Working Group
April 5-8, 2004 PNoWB Field Visit to Yemen
Feb 14-16, 2004 PNoWB holds their Fifth Annual Conference at the French Senate
2003
Spring 2003 Philippine Legislators Study the Budget and Appropriations Process in the US
RSS