Global and Regional Learning Activities

Global Grantmaking for Small Grants Workshop
Washington D.C. February 2005

Representatives of foundations and International donor agencies, including World Bank Staff, gathered in Washington D.C. for the Global Grantmaking for Small Grants Workshop that was held on February 7, 2005. The participants exchanged their views and knowledge about how small grants could be used as a tool for social change. Global Greengrants Fund and the World Bank Grants Facility for Indigenous Peoples co-sponsored the one-day forum.

Workshop on Grantmaking Approaches and Good Practices
Bangkok, Thailand

The Small Grants Program convened the Workshop on Grantmaking Approaches and Good Practices that was held in Bangkok on February 5-6, 2004. This workshop brought together 58 representatives of multilateral development agencies, foundations and grantees. It focused strongly on lessons learned on partnership for development; innovative approaches to development; and good grant making practices. The Asian Development Bank and the UNDP/Global Environment Facility/Small Grants Programme were co-convenors. The Development Grants Facility provided additional funding while the Bangkok Office provided organizational support from the Philippines and other Asian countries.

South Asia Region Workshop on Sharing Grantmaking Good Practice and Approaches to Civic Engagement: South Asian Perspective
Islamabad, Pakistan

The South Asia Region Workshop on Sharing Grantmaking Good Practice and Approaches to Civic Engagement: South Asian Perspective is being organized by the Pakistan Country Office in coordination with other Small Grants Programs from South Asia countries. Among the objectives of the workshop are to share and formulate innovative approaches to civic engagement in South Asia, with particular emphasis on youth and development, and to facilitate regional dialogue on best-practice in outreach, selection, monitoring and evaluation of activities funded by the Small Grants Program.

Youth Knowledge Forum
Argentina

In May 2005, the World Bank Country Office in Argentina will host a regional and cross-regional youth knowledge forum with the theme, Breaking Walls and Building Bridges, Striving for an Inclusive Youth Dialogue, The purpose of the forum is to foster youth inclusion by providing a venue for dialogue on approaches to involve the youth, especially those from marginalized and vulnerable groups, in decision making about policies affecting them. Youth representatives from the Latin America and the Caribbean Region as well as from the Middle East and North Africa Region are expected to participate.

Capacity Building Seminar Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay

The award ceremony and capacity-building seminar for the Small Grants Program winners were held in Cordoba, 19-20 August, 2004 back-to-back with the Congress of Values organized by the Bank's administrative partner, the iDeas Foundation. Several organizations and institutions from Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay participated in the three-day event which provided an excellent window for the awardees to network and interact with organizations dedicated to the same issues. Moreover, the Bank organized the event, Voices of the Girls as a separate part of the capacity building seminar. The objective of the deliberation was for the girls representing the winning organizations to express their opinions about the future, as well as their hopes and aspirations. The girls were also expected to try coming up with an action plan on how to resolve their problems in conjunction with other actors. In this sense, the activities also helped improve interaction between the organizations and their beneficiaries.

• Regional Civic Innovation Forum, Civic Engagement for Empowerment - Case examples from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam Working Document(288 Kb DOC)
  
  
• Overview of Afro-Latin Americans Issues at the World Bank
  
  
• Initiative for South East Europe