- Dear friends, As of Friday 31 October, I am stepping down as Chair of the Inspection Panel, after completing my five-year term. Gonzalo will be taking over to guide the Panel through the next round of challenges that no doubt lie ahead. I would like to take the opportunity to thank the friends of the Panel for the very rewarding five years; I have learnt enormously from all of you, and I hope…
- Washington D.C., December 4, 2013 - The Inspection Panel is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Gonzalo Castro de la Mata as a new Member of the Inspection Panel. Dr. Castro de la Mata replaces Mr. Alf Jerve, whose term expired on October 31, 2013. Dr. Castro de la Mata, a US and Peruvian national, will bring to the Panel more than twenty years of development experience. His career…
- Washington, D.C., December 16, 2013 - It is with great sadness that we have learnt about the death of Mr. Ernst-Günther Bröder on December 13, 2013, at the age of 86. Mr. Bröder was the first Chairperson and Panel Member of the World Bank Inspection Panel (1994-1999). Mr.Bröder was the fourth President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) from 1984 to 1993. Prior to that, he held several…
- It is with a heavy heart that we at the Inspection Panel announce the passing of former Panel member and Chairperson, Alf Morten Jerve. A Social Anthropologist by training, Alf brought with him close to three decades of work in the field of development, including extensive field research in Africa and Asia. Alf was with the Panel from November 2008 until end October last year when his term ended…
- The appointment of Inspection Panel Member Zeinab Elbakri is due to end on August 31, 2017. Her departure will create a vacancy on the Panel. In accordance with the procedures approved by the Bank’s Board of Executive Directors (R2003-0043), a Selection Committee has been convened that consists of Executive Director Otaviano Canuto, chairman of the Bank’s Committee on Development Effectiveness;…
- Inspection Panel has briefed the World Bank Board's Committee on Development Effectiveness on the experience of the first pilot case to support early solutions in the Inspection Panel process applied to the Nigeria Lagos Metropolitan Development and Governance Project. Please view thePress Releasefor more details. The Panel also responded to the concerns voiced by a number of Civil Society…
- Washington, D.C., April 10, 2014 - On March 24, the Panel's Executive Secretary Peter Lallas moved to an exciting new position with the Global Environment Facility. Before joining the Panel in 2005, Peter worked for many years on global environmental treaties and cooperation in a variety of capacities. Panel members and Secretariat staff express their deep appreciation to Peter for his guidance…
- The 11th Annual Meeting of the Network of Independent Accountability Mechanisms of the IFIs is taking place in London on September 18 and 19, 2014, hosted by the EBRD Project Complaint Mechanism. The Network’s meeting will be preceded by an Open Symposium on the Practice of Independent Accountability Mechanisms and a Roundtable with Civil Society Organizations. Find outMore.
- In its Letter to Amnesty International as of September 12, 2014, the Panel clarified and addressed the concerns expressed inthe Amnesty International's Public Statement on the Pilot Approach applied to a complaint related to Nigeria Lagos Metropolitan Development and Governance Project, issued on September 2, 2014. For additional information and complete set of documents on the case related to…