25 September 2005
See logistical information, who's coming to town, events, and more. Civil society accreditation deadline September 5th!
This page was last updated September 19, 2005
As civil society organizations prepare for events surrounding the World Bank/ IMF Annual Meetings (held in Washington, DC, September 24-25, 2005), the Bank Information Center (BIC) is again pulling together information from various networks on planned actions, seminars, workshops, visiting colleagues, and other relevant information.
We will regularly post updates to our website and use IFIwatchnet.org to increase awareness of the range of activities planned as well as to improve coordination among civil society groups. If you are a civil society group that would like to receive email updates regarding events and other important announcements, please send a request to Karen Showalter (kshowalter@bicusa.org).
Accreditation
Registration closed on September 5, 2005.
Please contact the World Bank civil society team with any questions about your registration: .
Who’s in Town?
To facilitate NGO coordination and assist media with finding informed critical voices on the WB/IMF, a list of colleagues who will be in the Washington, DC area during the week surrounding Annual Meetings is posted on the IFIwatchnet "Who's in Town" webpage.
Colleagues can directly post their arrival and departure dates, contact information and issues of interest to the IFIwatchnet.org website. Please note that if you already have a contact profile on IFIwatchnet.org, you just need to login and update your contact information to reflect that you will be in town for the 2005 Annual Meetings.
Official Agenda
Development Committee Provisional Agenda
1. Following up on Recent Initiatives on Development Agenda
a. Strengthening the Development Partnership and Financing for Achieving the MDGs: An Africa Action Plan
b. Debt Relief
2. Doha Development Agenda and Aid for Trade
3. Progress Reports
a. Aid Financing and Aid Effectiveness
b. Infrastructure and the World Bank: A Progress Report
c. Review of World Bank Conditionality
d. Voice and Participation of Developing and Transition Countries
e. The 2005 Review of PRS Approach
f. HIPC Initiative: Status of Implementation
g. Climate Change, Energy and the World Bank
4. Other Business
Events Calendar
We are compiling information about events related to the World Bank and IMF that will be taking place in Washington during the weeks surrounding the Annual Meetings. Please find a calendar of scheduled and tentative events below.
Post your events
Please contribute information about events you or others are planning:
- Civil society organizations are encouraged to begin posting all public events to the shared IFIwatchnet.org calendar. If you do not have password access to post events to IFIwatchnet.org, you may send details to Karen () who will post them for you.
- Inform BIC about unconfirmed or tentative event details ().
Official Events Calendar
Calendar of events
Monday, September 19 |
Date/Time/Location | Event | Organizer/Comments | |
8:00AM World Bank H Building, 600 19th St NW
| CSO Badge Pick-up Begins | Over the weekend of the meetings, CSO representatives who have not picked up their badges should go to the off-site registration in the Washington Marriott Hotel ( 1221 22nd Street, N.W., GeorgetownBallroom). The site will remain open until the close of the meetings on Sunday Sept. 25. | |
Wednesday, September 21
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Date/Time/Location | Event | Organizer/Comments | |
8:30AM – 9:00AM CSO Meetings Room, C1-100, World Bank Main Complex Building, 1818 H Street NW | Welcome Breakfast Meeting with CSOs and members of the World Bank and IMF civil society teams | World Bank Open to all accredited CSOs. | |
9:00AM – 11:00AM | CSO meeting with European Executive Director Issues covered will include DRC and conditionality | World Bank Only open to European CSOs. Attendance by invitation only. Contact: Jeff Powell: or +44 207 561 7546. Mandatory pre-meeting for participants Tues. 7-8 pm at BIC. | |
9:00AM Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters 1 Building, 700 19th Street NW | Press Briefing: World Economic Outlook | IMF Open to accredited CSOs on a first-come, first-served basis. CSOs can attend but cannot ask questions. | |
10:00AM – 11:00AM CSO Meeting Room, Room C1-100, World Bank Main Complex Building, 1818 H Street NW | CSO discussion with IFC/MIGA CAO: Meg Taylor and Amar Inamdar (Part of the Civil Society- WB Policy Dialogue Sessions) | World Bank Open to all accredited CSOs. | |
11:00AM IMF Headquarters 1 Building, 700 19th St. NW, Room R-710 | Press Briefing: International Finance Corporation Annual Report 2005 | IMF Open to accredited CSOs on a first-come, first-served basis. CSOs can attend but cannot ask questions. | |
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See also
World Bank (IBRD & IDA)
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