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2008 Spring Meetings

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Thursday, April 10

Welcome Breakfast and Introduction to the Civil Society Forum and Spring Meetings
NGO/CSO Meeting with the World Bank Inspection Panel
Structural Conditionalities in the IMF: A Discussion Between the IMF, IEO, and CSOs
Implementing the Governance and Anti-Corruption Strategy at the Country Level
Is There Scope for Civil Society Participation in Bank Training Programs?
Development Results Measurement at IFC
Examination of the Use of Country Systems to Address Environmental and Social Safeguard Issues
IFC and IDA: A Briefing for Civil Society
Policy Briefing on Spring Meetings Agenda and Other Issues
Reception with World Bank Group President and IMF Managing Director

Friday, April 11

Briefing on Bank Group's Six Strategic Themes
Panel Discussion and Launch of the IEG Study on Financing Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises through Financial Intermediaries
Project-Level Development Impact Reporting and Grievance Mechanisms: 2008 Advisory Work by the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO)
Macroeconomic and Fiscal Consequences of Climate Change and Policies to Address It
Briefing Session on IFC and Extractive Industries
Reviewing the Bank's Civil Society Engagement and Consultation Approaches
The Right to Development in a Climate Constrained World? A Presentation of the Greenhouse Development Rights Framework
A Dialogue with Lars Thunell, Executive Vice President and CEO, IFC
Ways to Bridge Gender Gaps
World Bank Group Climate Change Strategic Framework



Structural Conditionalities in the IMF: A Discussion Between the IMF, IEO, and CSOs
April 10, 2008
Panelists:
  Ruben Lamdany (Independent Evaluation Office), Juan Zalduendo (IMF), Lucy Hayes (EURODAD), Respondent: Peter Chowla (Bretton Woods Project), Chair: Bhumika Muchhala, Bank Information Center

 Structural Conditionalities in the IMF Structural Conditionalities in the IMF

 

Implementing the Governance and Anti-Corruption Strategy at the Country Level
April 10, 2008
Panel
: Sanjay Pradhan (World Bank), Christian Poortman (Transparency International), Peter Harrold (World Bank), Collins Magalasi, (Action Aid), Nancy Boswell (Transparency International) Chair

 Implementing Governance and Anticorruption Implementing Governance and Anticorruption
 Implementing Governance and Anticorruption Implementing Governance and Anticorruption



Is There Scope for Civil Society Participation in Bank Training Programs?
April 10, 2008
Panel:
  Meg Kinghorn (World Learning), John Garrison (World Bank), and Preeti Shroff-Mehta (World Learning)

 Is there scope civil society participation Is there scope civil society participation
 Is there scope civil society participation Is there scope civil society participation


Examination of the Use of Country Systems to Address Environmental and Social Safeguard Issues
April 10, 2008
Panel
: Anne Perrault (Center for International Environmental Law), Bruce Jenkins (Bank Information Center), Stephen Lintner and Harvey Hiimberg (World Bank)

 Examination of Use of Country Systems Examination of Use of Country Systems

IFC and IDA:  A Briefing for Civil Society
April 10, 2008
Panelists
: Nigel Twose, (Director, IDA/IFC Secretariat) and Akihiko Nishio, (Director, Resource Mobilization Department, World Bank)

 IFC and IDA Briefing IFC and IDA Briefing

Policy Briefing on Spring Meetings Agenda and Other Issues
April 10, 2008
Speakers
: Marwan Muasher (World Bank Group Senior Vice President for External Affairs), and Masood Ahmed (Director, External Relations Department, International Monetary Fund) 
Chair: Sylvain Browa (Senior Manager, Partnership and Development Impact, InterAction).

 Policy Briefing Spring Meetings Agenda Policy Briefing Spring Meetings Agenda

Reception with World Bank Group President and IMF Managing Director
April 10, 2008
Speakers:
Robert B. Zoellick (World Bank Group President), and Dominique Strauss-Kahn (International Monetary Fund Managing Director) introduced by Andrew Kumbatira (Executive Director, Malawi Economic Justice Network)

 SM08 RBZ Reception 1 SM08 RBZ Reception 2
 SM08 RBZ Reception 3 SM08 RBZ Reception 4
 SM08 RBZ Reception 5 SM08 RBZ Reception 6

Briefing on Bank Group's Six Strategic Themes
April 11, 2008
Panel: Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili (Vice President for Africa), Hans-Martin Boehmer (Controller, Strategy, and Resource Management), Nadir Mohammed  (Middle East Region), Markus Kostner (Operations Policies and Country Services Network), Jan Weetjens (Human Development Department)

 Briefing on Bank's Six Strategic Themes Briefing on Bank's Six Strategic Themes


Project-Level Development Impact Reporting and Grievance Mechanisms: 2008 Advisory Work by the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO)
April 11, 2008

Panel: Meg Taylor (Vice-President and CAO); Amar Inamdar (Principal Specialist, Ombudsman); and Henrik Linders (Senior Specialist, Compliance)

 Project Level Development Project Level Development



Macroeconomic and Fiscal Consequences of Climate Change and Policies to Address It
April 11, 2008
Panel:
Michael Keen (Advisor, IMF Fiscal Affairs Department) and Natalia Tamirisa (Deputy Division Chief, IMF Research Department), Moderator: Erich Vogt (Senior Multilateral Policy Advisor, International Union for the Conservation of Nature - IUCN)

 SM08 Climate Change 1 SM08 Climate Change 2


Reviewing the Bank's Civil Society Engagement and Consultation Approaches
April 11, 2008
Panel:
Edith Grace Ssempala (Director, International Affairs Department), Jeff Thindwa (Civil Society Team), Edith Wilson (External Affairs)

 SM08 CS Engagement 1 SM08 CS Engagement 2


The Right to Development in a Climate Constrained World? A Presentation of the Greenhouse Development Rights Framework
April 11, 2008
Panel: Tom Athanasiou (EcoEquity), Amar Bhattacharya (G 24 Secretariat), Kseniya Lvovsky (World Bank),  Liane Schalatek (Heinrich Boell Foundation North America - Moderator)

 SM08 Right to Development SM08 Right to Development





 




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