- The Inspection Panel along with theCompliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) participated in a CSO Outreach Workshop in Beirut, Lebanon on September 20 and 21, 2015. The workshop was organized by theBank Information Center (BIC) in partnership with local CSOs, and brought together over 60 Civil Society representatives from six Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon,…
- A group of law students from the Columbia University Human Rights Advocates Program visited the Panel on October 19, 2015 to discuss the role and work of the Panel. This visit was part of the Inspection Panel’s ongoing relationship with law schools of various universities, such as American, Yale, and New York Universities. In the course of the two-hour meeting, Bank staff gave a presentation on…
- TheInspection Panel(IPN) and theCompliance Advisor Ombudsman(CAO) hosted a high level session on April 16 during the2015 WBG/IMF Spring Meetings titled “Accountability for Better Development Outcomes: A Conversation with Government, Industry and Civil Society”. The panel was co-chaired by Gonzalo Castro de la Mata (Chairman, Inspection Panel) and Osvaldo Gratacós (Vice President, CAO) and had…
- On Friday, April 17, 2015, in the context of the Civil Society Forum at the Spring Meetings, the Inspection Panel and the Forest Peoples Programme hosted an event titled “Accountability Mechanisms and Indigenous Peoples Rights: Experiences from the Field”. The session was chaired by Antonio Henrique Pinheiro Silveira (Executive Director for Brazil at the World Bank). The Panel speakers included…
- The Inspection Panel hosted two policy dialogue sessions during the2015 Annual Meetingsheld in Lima on October 6 – 12 around the issues of accountability and community redress. The first event was a session within the Annual Meetings Program of Seminar titled “ENSURING INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT: Good Practices in Promoting Accountability in Latin America”. This session brought together high level…
- The Inspection Panel joined other Independent Accountability Mechanisms (IAMs) and leading Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to organize a regional outreach workshop in Lima, Peru on October 5, 2015. The “IAMs – CSOs Accountability Workshop” brought together some 100 civil society representatives, indigenous leaders, and accountability experts from over 15 Latin American countries to discuss…
- Several Independent Accountability Mechanisms (IAMs) hosted a Civil Society Outreach Workshop in Istanbul, Turkey on May 12 – 13 with representatives from leading Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from Turkey and other countries from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region. The purpose of the two-day workshop was geared to sharing information about the compliance work of the IAMs;…
- The Inspection Panel has just launched a new “Accountability Dialogue Series” to promote discussion around issues of accountability and compliance. In the more than 20 years since its creation, the Panel’s work has resulted in redress to many people as well as highlighting many lessons for the Bank. Although the main tool of the Inspection Panel is compliance review, the understanding of the…