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Update 2010 IDB Annual Meeting - Cancun 21 January 2010 All the latest news from the IDB Global Capital Increase (GCI-9) and the Annual Meetings taking place from March 19-23, 2010 This update provides the most recent information regarding the 2009 Annual Meetings of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) held in Medellin, Colombia. Medellin IDB 50th Anniversary Meeting Activities from Amazon Watch on Vimeo. Contents Inter-American Development Bank Program of Activities CSO communication on the GCI-9 and related reform agenda at the IDB Resources from Prior Annual Meetings IDB Watch Daily Press Press Releases Useful Websites Who's in Town? 1. Inter-American Development Bank Program of Activities Inter-American Development Bank Annual Meeting 2010 Program of Activities (IDB website) Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo Agenda de Actividades de la Reunión Anual 2010 (BID) 2.CSO communication on the GCI-9 and related reform agenda at the IDB Civil Society Results Matrix for IDB GCI-9 The challenge of transparency in the construction of megaprojects Global Capital Increase (GCI-9) IDB RUSH TO INCREASE CAPITAL FAILS G-20 STRESS TEST, BIC GCI-9 Concept Note 10.1.09 (PDF, 844KB) IDB RUSH TO INCREASE CAPITAL FAILS G-20 STRESS TEST, BIC GCI Concept Note, Exec. Summary, 10.1.09(PDF, 483KB) Civil society organizations challenge IDB commitments to development results and sustainability: Achievement - more than effort - is needed to qualify for a 9th capital increase (6.30.09 IDB financial losses and glaring lack of accountability invalidate replenishment request: "Stress Tests" in store for struggling MDB (3.22.09) United States reform priorities for MDB capital increases (2.1.2010) IDB GCI consultation at early crossroads (Nov. 5, 2009) GAP Report Identifies Racial Inequality in IDB Projects and Employment (10.10.2009) IDB Office of Evaluation and Supervision (OVE), Evaluation findings regarding IDB-8 guidance and implications for future Capital Increase Agreements RE-354 (7.1.2009) OVE Evaluation of New Lending Framework (2005-2008) RE-342 (9.30.2008) OVE Results Framework for the Realignment OVE views RE-329 (6.1.2007) Accountability and Participation in the Design of World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank Projects: Starting Down the Road from Rhetoric to Action (PDF, 812KB) Global crisis is good news for IFIs in Latin America 1/9/2009 (PDF, 2,706KB) IDB record $2 bn losses force replenishment request (2.12.09) IIRSA See BICECA Monthly Newsletter, IIRSA Case Studies and Project Campaign Resources BIC signs letter congratulating IDB on sustainable transportation project (12.22.09) IDB rejects CSO concerns over IIRSA Corridor in Peru (Nov. 2009) IIRSA: Development for business, an attack on lives - video was presented to the Inter-American Comission on Human Rights (11.13.09) IDB & IIRSA: Continuity in Question: Exchange between civil society and IDB reflects uncertainty about IIRSA future (7.20.09) 20 Civil Society Organizations and networks call on IDB to withdraw from IIRSA (7.2.09) Apreciaciones al préstamo CO-L1019: Proyecto Corredor Vial Pasto Mocoa - Variante San Francisco Mocoa (PDF, 24KB) IIRSA forum of strategic reflection - chronicle of a death foretold (7.2.09) Directors of IIRSA reject petition for participation of civil society at 2009 CDE Meeting (9.21.08) IDB rejects civil society dialogue: dismisses a proposal for a joint seminar on Amazon infrastructure and sustainability planning mechanisms at upcoming civil society meeting in Montevideo (9.2.08) Propuesta Reunion BID sociedad civil IIRSA Final - July 2, 2008 7/2/2008 (PDF, 49KB) IDB response to letter SEAs 07/01 9/8/2008 (PDF, 48KB) BID Montevideo Carta final August 29 2008 8/29/2008 (PDF, 15KB) Policy and Evaluation Committee - Evaluation of the IDB action in the Initiative for Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA) 5/8/2008 (PDF, 4,151KB) Policy and Evaluation Committee - Management's comments to OVE's report "Evaluation of IDB Action in the Initiative for Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA) 5/8/2008 (PDF, 597KB) IIRSA CCT meeting on infrastructure and the Amazon: IIRSA's future in doubt (9.29.08) Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (ICIM) Organizaciones indígenas y de la sociedad civil envían al BID recomendaciones para mejorar el Mecanismo Independiente de Consulta e Investigación (MICI) Civil Society Letter to IDB on ICIM second draft transparency 11.6.09 (PDF, 28KB) IDB Organizational Realignment Discontent, Confusion, Non-Transparency: How to Become Relevant in Latin America 7/25/2007 (PDF, 495KB) Proposed IDB Organizational Chart (Dec. 2006) (PDF, 32KB) IDB Current Organization Chart 5/18/2007 (DOC, 60KB) Blue Ribbon Panel Letter on Sustainability Concerns with the IDB Realignment 5/8/2007 (PDF, 98KB) Indigenous Peoples fall backwards in the Realigned IDB (4.1.08) IDB Restructuring: What Does It Mean?: Risks and Opportunities (2.16.07) IDB 50 Year Campaign Activities IDB.50: 50 years financing inequality (Jan. 26, 2009) BID.50: Cincuenta años financiando la desigualdad ¡Basta Ya! 1/27/2009 (PDF, 481KB) BID50 Declaracion Español 2/13/2009(PDF, 289KB) BID 50 Declaracion Portugues 2/13/2009 (PDF, 290KB) 3. Resources from Prior Annual Meetings 2009 IDB Annual Meeting in Medellin, Colombia 2008 IDB Annual Meeting in Miami, U.S. 2007 IDB Annual Meeting in Guatemala City, Guatemala (2007) 4. IDB Watch Daily/BID en la Mira BID en la Mira (IDB Watch) 2010 BID en Medellin - Carta a Moreno (PDF, 96KB) IDB Letter of protest regarding transparency at Medellin Annual Meeting, April 2009 (PDF, 163 KB) BID en la Mira #1 2009 Medellin (PDF, 1,121KB) BID en la Mira #2 2009 Medellin (PDF, 717KB) IDB Watch Issue #1 4/5/2008 (PDF, 1,658KB) IDB Watch Issue #2 4/5/2008 (PDF, 1,593KB) 5. Press January 2010 Candidates emerge to head Inter-American Development Bank (Jan. 22, 2010) February Low take-up closes US$300-m IDB liquidity support Jamaica Observer (Feb. 3, 2010) Brazil, Argentina To Take IDB Reform Proposal To G-20, Wall Street Journal, (Feb. 5, 2010) Brigida Benitez to Head Inter-American Development Bank's Institutional Integrity Team, Hispanic Business, Feb. 4, 2010 Thursday, March 18th Moreno's management questioned as IDB funding increase pared (Bloomberg) Brazil and Argentina oppose reelection of Luis Alberto Moreno (La Republica, Colombia) Brasil y Argentina se oponen a la reelección de Luis Alberto Moreno (La Republica, Colombia) Friday, March 19th BID llega debilitado a reunion en Cancun por mala gestion (El Semanario) Saturday, March 20th Sunday, March 21st Monday, March 22nd Tuesday, March 23rd 6. Press Releases Tip Sheet for Civil Society- IDB Annual Meeting 2010 CSO IDB Consultation Guadalajara Press Release 11.4.09 Eng (PDF, 34KB) 7. Useful Websites IFI Watch Net Amazon Watch (United States) Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL, United States) Centro de Derechos Humanos y Medio Ambiente (CEDHA, Argentina) M'Bigua Ciudadanía y Justicia Ambiental (Argentina) Instituto Latinoamericano de Servicios Legales Alternativos (ILSA, Colombia) Oxfam America (United States) Derecho, Ambente y Recurso Natural (DAR, Peru) Government Accountability Project (GAP) NALACC Accion Cuidadana Camisea FUNDAR FrenteBID2009 (frentebid2009) Official Annual Meeting website of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB website) 8. Who's in town? Vince McElhinny, Bank Information Center: Christian Donaldson, Bank Information Center: Andrew Miller, Amazon Watch: Pualina Garzon, Amazon Watch: Atossa Soltani, Amazon Watch: Juan Martin Carballo, CEDHA: Pilar Camero Berríos: Javier Dávalos: Maria Jose Romero, ITem . Cesar Gamboa, DAR: Magarita Florez, ILSA Valeria Enriquez, FUNDAR Beatrice Edwards, Government Accountability Project (GAP) Kristen Genovese, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) See also Argentina BICECA Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Latin America Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela Inter-American Development Bank Accountability at the IDB Environmental & Social Policies at the IDB Environmental Policy at the IDB Indigenous Peoples and the IDB Transparency at the IDB U.S. Government Oversight Print this page Email this page		Search Regions Africa Asia Europe/Central Asia Latin America Middle East and North Africa Institutions AfDB CAF ADB Bank of the South EBRD IDB IFC IMF MIGA World Bank Key Issues Forest Carbon Partnership Facility IFC Policies and Standards Review World Bank Energy Strategy Review World Bank Transparency Review Stay Informed! Sign up for our e-newsletters. SignUp

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