Fiduciary Innovations for Development Effectiveness
The fifth Fiduciary Forum, held during the first week of March 2010, brought together over 600 members of the Procurement (PR) and Financial Management (FM) Sectors, as well as colleagues from other areas of the Bank and representatives of development partners in the public and private sectors. The week was preceded by a Fiduciary Showcase in the MC Atrium, highlighting good practices and innovations from the Regions.
The Forum itself was packed with activity—presentations by senior Bank staff to plenary sessions, smaller parallel sessions focused on particular PR or FM subjects, team-building activities, and plenty of opportunities for participants to interact with one another. Participants’ reactions have been quite positive. For example, Manoj Jain, Senior Financial Management Specialist in the India Country Office, noted, “The Forum was very innovative in looking at new approaches from various Regions.
The Showcase was very well prepared and provided opportunities to share similar experiences and interesting practices.” Suhair Musa, Financial Management Specialist, MNAFM, added, “We had so many VPs in attendance at the Forum—this sent us a message that our work really matters and that it is of an important nature.” And for many staff, the most important aspect of the Forum was the opportunities to meet colleagues from around the Bank: as a Procurement staffer from the Pakistan office commented, “The sessions are helpful, but the biggest value is always in the networking and the diversity of people you meet at lunch, on breaks, everywhere.”
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