Meetings & Consultations 2002

From the period of February – October 2004, the World Bank's Social Development Department organized 26 external consultations around the world, including two electronic discussions on the draft social development strategy entitled, Social Development in World Bank Operations: Results and Way Forward. The consultations took place in The U.S., Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Middle East, Latin America, and at a variety of international conferences with representation from donor agencies, civil society, government, youth, faith-based organizations, international organizations and development practitioners.

It was generally understood throughout the course of the 26 formal consultations in 2004 that participants welcomed the Bank's increasing strategic focus on the social dimensions of development. In fact, many participants were pleasantly surprised that the Bank actually had a "Social Development Department." Although participants had various opinions on the Bank's approach to and implementation of social development, they did agree that the Bank was headed in the right direction and needed to speed up its efforts in this arena.

The Bank is seen as a leader in development finance, as noted by a participant during a consultation. They continued by stating that if the Bank can put forward a strategy on social development, the organization would be seen as both responsive to the needs of the poor, as well as a leader in responsible growth.

The sections below include lists of the consultation meetings held to date. If you have any questions about the consultations and meetings listed, please contact socialdevelopment@worldbank.org

To read the summary report prepared by Mojgan Sami, in full, please see attached.

Meetings & Consultations 2004

Date	Event and Location	Audience	Documentation
January 19-21, 2004	Stockholm, Sweden	Social Development Advisors Network	Presentation on the Social Development Strategy by Steen Lau Jorgensen to SDAN Meeting on January 19 Presentation on the Social Development Strategy by Steen Lau Jorgensen at the SIDA Meeting January 21 Presentation entitled "How does the World Bank address the rights of poor people? The World Bank's Social Development Agenda by Steen Lau Jorgensen and Anis Dani
April 2, 2004	Ankara, Turkey	Inter-European Parliamentarians	Presentation by Robert Chase to the 4th Inter-European Parliamentarian's Forum on Population and Development; Ankara, Turkey
April - May 2004	E-Forum on the Principles of Social Development: Inclusion, Cohesion & Accountability	General global audience	Click here to read the comments of the E-Forum.
May 5-7, 2004	ECA Civil Society Consultation Workshop Istanbul, Turkey	Civil Society Leaders in ECA	Click here for details of consultation.
May 11, 2004	E-discussion with Steen Lau Jorgensen on "Speak Out"	General global audience	Click here to read transcript of E-dialogue.
May 13, 2004	World Bank, Washington DC. Panel Discussion on poverty and social development strategies and potential for partnerships.	As part of the two-day conference organized by the Norwegian Embassy in collaboration with the Bank, to explore partnerships and opportunities for collaboration.	Themes, sessions and discussions include trust funds, energy, transportation, education, health and HIV/AIDS, water, GEF, and post conflict. Click here for details.
May 18, 2004	United Nations New York, New York	2 UNFP Parallel Events at the Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples: (1) Event to discuss the SD Strategy of the World Bank and (2) Event to discuss SD Strategy in Latin American perspective.	Presentation & discussion led by Steen Lau Jorgensen To view the session details, please see attached document.
May 19, 2004	World Bank Washington DC	Civil Society Leaders attending the Communications Forum at the World Bank	Dialogue with Steen Jorgensen (details forthcoming)
May 21, 2004	Monitoring & Social Accountability for Roma Poverty Reduction Workshop, Serbia, May 2004	Roma leaders in Central Europe attending the WBI course on Monitoring & Social Accountability	Click here for more information.
May 25-27, 2004	Community Empowerment Network (CEN) Annual Meeting in Almaty, Kazakhstan (Central Asia)	Civil Society Leaders and Development Practioners in Central Asia (representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikisjan, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan)	Click here for more details.
June 11-12, 2004	Dialogue on youth & cohesion in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina on June 11, 2004; and participation in the EFP-sponsored International Youth Peace Event on June 12, 2004.	Multi-stakeholders	Click here for more details.
June 14 - 15, 2004	Sustainable Development Forum Paris, France	Various stakeholders	(Forthcoming from EXT)
June 16 - 18, 2004	Local Development Conference, Washington DC	Over 500 participants from around the world representing both government and civil society.	Click here for details.
June 2004	Multi-stakeholder consultation in Rabaat, Morocco June 22-24, 2004	Multi-stakeholders	Click here for details.
June 29, 2004	Leadership Forum "Building Knowledge Based Economies" Anchorage, Alaska	Indigenous Leaders, government	Click here for details, including transcript of speech presented at the Plenary session by our Director, Steen Lau Jorgensen called "Linking Social and Economic Development: The World Bank approach to Native Peoples' Development."
July 12 - 23, 2004	Consultations with various stakeholders in Cambodia	Various	Click here for details.
July 21, 2004	Follow up Consultation with United Nations New York, New York	United Nations specialized agency representatives	Ms. Judith Edstrom, Sector Manager of the Social Development Department will be presenting and facilitating two dialogues on the strategy as a follow up to meetings and consultations with UN representatives in 2003. Please click here for details.
July - August 2004	East Asia Consultations (Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand)	Various - Government, Civil Society, Media, Academia, etc	Mr. Steen Jorgensen, Director, and Ms. Judy Edstrom, Sector Manager, will be conducting a series of consultations with various stakeholders throughout East Asia. Please click here for details. Note that the details will be updated as reports are received from the field.
August 30, 2004	Ecuador (Quito and Guayaquil)	Various	Click here for details of the consultation.
September 10, 2004	Consultation with academic leaders, students at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)	Academic community	Click here for details of discussion and feedback.
September 16, 2004	Consultation with DC-based CSO	CSOs	Click here for details.
October 19 - 20, 2004	ASEAN Meeting/Consultation	Various	Details forthcoming.
October 27 - 28, 2004	CGIAR Annual Meeting Mexico	Various stakeholders	Click here for details.
October or November 2004	SAARC Meeting/Consultation	Various	Details forthcoming.

Meetings & Consultations 2003

Meetings & Consultations 2002