- The Inspection Panel on April 18 released the third report in its Emerging Lessons Series.The report, which identifies lessons from Panel cases related to environmental assessment (EA) issues, was released at a side event to the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group Springs Meetings. Panel MemberZeinab Elbakripresented the main findings of the report at the event, which was moderated by…
- The Inspection Panel on Wednesday, April 26, will make a presentation at the Sixteenth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Panel Chairman Gonzalo Castro de la Mata and Operations Officer Tamara Milsztajn will introduce the work of the Panel with a focus onits cases involving indigenous issues. In particular, panelists will discussa 2005 case from the Democratic Republic of…
- The Inspection Panel on May 31, 2017, issued a Notice of Non-Registration of a complaint about the World Bank-supported Floods Emergency Recovery Project in Serbia. The project supports the rehabilitation of flood protection and drainage control infrastructure and “aims to reduce imminent risk of recurring floods by restoring and/or improving the functioning of existing infrastructure.” The…
- The Inspection Panel joined with two other independent accountability mechanisms (IAMs) and five civil society organizations (CSOs) to organize a workshop for approximately 30 CSO representatives from nine Asian countries in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 6. Executive Secretary Dilek Barlas and Senior Executive Assistant Oriana Bolvaran represented the Panel at the workshop, which also included…
- Zeinab Bashir Elbakri completes her five-year term with the Inspection Panel on August 31. In a conversation with Panel Executive Secretary Dilek Barlas, Zeinab, a national of Sudan, discusses her reasons for joining the Panel in 2012, what has surprised her about the job, misconceptions about the Panel, the investigation that made the greatest impression on her, and what the Bank’s new…
- The World Bank Board of Executive Directors on July 20, 2017, approved the Inspection Panel’s recommendation to not investigate two complaints about the Irrigation System Enhancement Project in Armenia. The project is designed to convert four pump-based irrigation systems into gravity irrigation with the aim of reducing electricity use and costs. The Panel had received Requests for Inspection of…
- The World Bank Board of Directors on April 13, 2017, approved the Inspection Panel’s recommendation to not investigate a complaint about the Kenya Water and Sanitation Service Improvement Project and its additional financing. The Panel had received the complaint late last year from 47 residents of Murang’a County who claimed they could suffer harm as a result of the Bank’s failures to apply its…
- Inspection Panel Chairman Gonzalo Castro de la Mata on April 17 explained the Panel’s mandate and operations at the Civil Society Policy Forum (CSPF) Orientation. He joined colleagues from the World Bank’s Grievance Redress Service, Integrity Vice Presidency and Office of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman in addressing about 50 civil society representatives. In his presentation, Chairman Castro…
- The Inspection Panel on September 13, 2017, issued aNotice of Registrationfor a Request for Inspection of the second additional financing of the High Priority Roads Reopening and Maintenance Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The project is intended to “re-establish lasting road access between provincial capitals, districts and territories in the project implementation area in a way…
- The Inspection Panel will release the fourth report in its Emerging Lessons Series at an event at the World Bank Group-International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings.“Emerging Lessons on Consultation, Participation and Disclosure of Information” will be released as part of a panel discussion on October 10 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the World Bank’s Preston Auditorium. Chairman Gonzalo Castro de la Mata…