- 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;…
- The Inspection Panel on April 7, 2017, joined six other Independent Accountability Mechanisms (IAMs) from international financial institutions (IFIs) to present two sessions at the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) annual meeting in Montreal. Executive SecretaryDilek Barlasrepresented the Panel. The IAMs discussed the nature of their work, using avideo as part of their…
- The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on November 22, 2016, discussed the Inspection Panel’s investigation of the Uganda Transport Sector Development Project and approved management’s action plan in response to the report. To read the news release about the Board discussion, clickhere. To read the Panel’s report, clickhere.
- On November 8 and 9, the Inspection Panel and five Independent Accountability Mechanisms (IAMs) of different international financial institutions (IFIs) held a workshop in Kiev for more than 80 civil society representatives from Ukraine and eight other countries. Panel member Jan Mattsson and Senior Operations Officer Serge Selwan explained the work of the Inspection Panel and presented a case…
- The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on February 16 approved the Management Action Plan in the Kenya Electricity Expansion Project case. The Action Plan comes in response to the findings of the Inspection Panel’s July 2015 investigation report and follows a mediation process co-facilitated by the Complaints Mechanism of the European Investment Bank (EIB-CM). The project was funded by…
- The Inspection Panel will release the third report in its Emerging Lessons Series on April 18 as part of the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Spring Meetings. The presentation and panel discussion to release the report will be held from 2-3:30 p.m. US EDT in room MC 2-800 at World Bank headquarters. The event will be livestreamed on the Panel’s website. The latest report will cover lessons…
- The Inspection Panel on March 21 issued a Notice of Non-Registration in response to a complaint filed about the Vietnam Livestock Competitiveness and Food Safety Project and its additional financing. The Panel had received a Request for Inspection on January 12 from two Vietnamese animal-protection organizations that requested confidentiality. The complainants claimed that the project failed to…
- The Inspection Panel on April 7 will join Independent Accountability Mechanisms (IAMs) from other international financial institutions for a session at the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) annual conference in Montreal. Panel Executive SecretaryDilek Barlasand representatives from other IAMs will discuss “trends in new financing structures and accountability for…
- The Inspection Panel on October 18 issued aNotice of Non-Registrationof a Request for Inspection of the Bangladesh Trade and Transport Studies RETF Project, which includes a feasibility study of route options connecting Thegamukh and Chittagong Port and detailed feasibility and design studies for the preferred route. On August 31, the Panel had received a complaint from members of indigenous…
- The Inspection Panel on October 20 hosted participants in the Human Rights Advocates Program at Columbia University for a briefing on the Panel’s mandate and process. Senior Operations Officer Mishka Zaman and Chairman Gonzalo Castro de la Mata explained how the Panel works, listed and described ongoing cases, and briefed participants on guidelines intended to address retaliation against those…