BIC trains civil society in Afghanistan on World Bank and ADB engagement
29 June 2004
The training materials, in English and Dari, are now available on BIC’s Afghanistan Web page.
BIC’s Afghanistan Project Coordinator has now completed three training sessions on Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) reengagement in Afghanistan. The training focused on World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) activities and covered:
- Differences between MDBs and UN agencies/NGOs
- Pre-1979 history of the World Bank and ADB in Afghanistan
- Current World Bank and ADB lending programs following MDB reengagement in 2002
- World Bank and ADB policies such as the environmental and social "safeguard" policies that require consultation with civil society groups and NGOs.
Trainings were conducted in April and June 2004 in partnership with three organizations in Kabul: the Afghan Civil Society Forum (ACSF), the Foundation for Culture and Civil Society (FCCS) and the Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief (ACBAR).
The training materials, in English and Dari, are now available on BIC’s Afghanistan Web page. Materials include:
- Fact sheets on the ADB and World Bank
- Summary project lists for pre-1979 and post-2002 projects
- Summaries of environmental and social "safeguard" policies
- An outline of the presentation
- BIC’s report: "Rush to Reengagement in Afghanistan: The IFIs’ Post-conflict Agenda with a Special Focus on the National Solidarity Program
- Contact information for World Bank and ADB staff.
See these and additional materials including summaries of World Bank and ADB projects on BIC’s Afghanistan Web page.
Listen to a BBC interview (in Dari) with BIC's Anne Carlin about the training she conducted by BIC at the Foundation for Culture and Civil Society on June 10, 2004: