| Event |
Date/Time/Location |
Organizer/RSVP/Restrictions |
Multi-day Events |
| Cancel Debt Fast |
September 6, 2007 - October 15, 2007 |
Jubilee USA
Click here for more information |
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Week of Global Action vs. Debt and IFIs -- Debtweek
A week of various forms of citizen's actions and mobilizations worldwide. Important events marking that week:
October 15 - the 20th anniversary of the death of Thomas Sankara, former President of Burkina Faso, who called for repudiation of debt
October 16 - World Food Day
October 17 - International Day to Eradicate Poverty; Stand Up and Speak Out Mobilizations
October 20 - World Youth Day |
October 14 - 21, 2007
Location: Worldwide |
To find out what you can do and to sign up visit the Debtweek website |
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National Mobilization Against the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank/October Rebellion
As part of the Week of Global Action vs. Debt and IFIs, 50 Years Is Enough, is calling for a united mobilization against the World Bank and IMF during the annual meetings. |
October 18 - 21, 2007
Location: Washington, DC |
Multiple Organizations. More about 50 Years is Enough and other organizations' Call for Action!
For more information:
www.octoberrebellion.org
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Civil Society Policy Forum
Scheduled events are included under each day's events |
Time: various
Location: World Bank (1818 H St. NW) and IMF (700 19th St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Team and CSOs |
Monday, October 15, 2007 |
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World vs. Bank
Public hearing on the World Bank in co-operation with the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal. It will take place on the 15th of October in The Hague, Netherlands, one week before the Annual Meetings of the World Bank. |
Time: 9:00am - 6:00pm
Location: Nushuis, Riviervismarkt 5, The Hague, Netherlands |
World Bank Campaign Europe
Contact: Juliane Westphal, Eurodad
or
+32 2 543 90 60 |
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 |
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Prayer Breakfast
Jubilee USA members and supporters will break the 40-day Rolling “Cancel Debt Fast” with a prayer breakfast on Capitol Hill, led by religious and political leaders including Archbishop Ndungane (Cape Town South Africa), the Episcopal Archbishop of Haiti, German Theologian Ulrich Duchrow, a Zambian Member of Parliament, civil society leaders from Zambia, and US religious and political leaders. |
Time: 8:00am - 10:00am
Location: US House of Representatives |
Jubilee USA
Space limited; RSVP to Danielle Pals:
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| Press Briefing: Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) by Jaime Caruana, Director of the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department |
Time: 9:00am
Location: Main press room, Room B-702 IMF Headquarters (700 19th St. NW) |
Closed to the public |
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Breaking the Fast: Education and Lobby Training Day
The prayer breakfast will be followed by a day of education sessions and lobbying training for Jubilee supporters and other interested participants on international debt, the IMF/World Bank, and global poverty and lobby training. Participants will have an opportunity at this time to meet with supporters from their state to plan their lobbying meeting on Wednesday. |
Time: 11:00am -5:00pm
Location: Lutheran Church of the Reformation (212 East Capitol St. NE) |
Jubilee USA
Click here to register
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007 |
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Global White Band Day: An International Day of Action to Eradicate Global Poverty
Stand Up and Speak Out for An End to Global Poverty!
Jubilee USA Lobby Day
Participants in the lobby day will set up meetings with the representative and 2 Senators. Please contact Jubilee USA if you need help in arranging the meetings. The Lutheran Church of the Reformation space will be available all day for meetings, time to -brief and connect with friends, meet the Jubilee staff, as well as for some educational events, etc. |
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Lutheran Church of the Reformation (212 East Capitol St. NE) |
Jubilee USA
Click here to register |
| Press Briefing: World Economic Outlook (WEO) by Simon Johnson, Director of the IMF’s Research Department |
Time: 9:00am
Location: Main press room, Room B-702 IMF Headquarters (700 19th St. NW) |
Closed to the public |
| Orientation/Introduction to the World Bank for CSOs and journalists |
Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Room MC4-800, World Bank (1818 H St. NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Team
By invitation only -- targeted for Bank sponsored CSO representatives/journalists only |
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Innovations for the Inspection Panel
A half-day workshop on IFI accountability to discuss the effectiveness of the World Bank Inspection Panel in providing relief to communities impacted by World Bank projects, and to share ideas for addressing any current challenges to the effectiveness of the Panel. Speakers: Mustafa Talpur (inspection claimant from Pakistan); Tess Bridgeman (researcher on WB Inspection Panel); Lori Udall (researcher on IFI Accountability Mechanisms); Richard Bissell (former member, WB Inspection Panel). |
Time: 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Location: Stewart R. Mott House (122 Maryland Ave. NE) |
Bank Information Center (BIC)
International Rivers Network (IRN)
Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
Heinrich-Boell Foundation
Limited space; Contact: Mishka Zaman, BIC or Ann-Kathrin Schneider, IRN
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Brown bag lunch with Pedro Juan Hernandez, social justice leader from El Salvador
Brown bag lunnch with Pedro Juan Hernandez, a leader in social justice in El Salvador for three decades. He was involved in the struggle for democracy leading up to the 1992 peace accords.
On July 2 of this year, in the context of a forum organized to debate the privatization of water, ten rural community members and four national leaders of CRIPDES were violently arrested by police and are now accused under El Salvador's new Anti-Terrorism law, each facing up to 60 years in jail. Pedro Juan has been instrumental in coordinating the campaign to support the defendants, and ongoing work to mobilize communities to overcome threats and fear tactics and build social and political alternatives. Pedro Juan will bring participants up to speed on the latest crack down on democratic expression in El Salvador, the legislation that undermines people's control over water and what to do about it in El Salvador and from the U.S.
(Spanish-English translation available!) |
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Location: Food & Water Watch (1400 16th St NW Suite 225)
(nearest Metro: Dupont Circle) |
Food and Watch Watch
Space limited; Please RSVP to Maj Fiil
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The State of the Economy and Energy Policy in Bolivia
Bolivia's President Evo Morales made headlines last year when he announced the re-nationalization of Bolivia's natural resources. He also stunned the investment community by letting it's last agreement with the IMF expire, and declining to negotiate a new one. Please join us for this unique opportunity to hear Carlos Villegas, Minister of Hydrocarbons and Luis Arce, Minister of Finance give an overview of the Bolivian economy as well as a summary of the accomplishments and pending challenges in terms of economic and energy issues in Bolivia.
Featured speakers: Carlos Villegas, Minister of Hydrocarbons and Energy and Luis Arce, Minister of Finance
With introductory remarks by Mark Weisbrot, economist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research |
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Conference Center (1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
7th Floor)
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Center for Economic and Policy Research
To RSVP click here |
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The Gender Impacts of Debt and the IFIs
As part of Jubilee USA's National Lobby Day, Gender Action and Jubilee USA Network will hold this education session on gender,debt and the IFIs. |
Time: 3:00pm - 4:15pm
Location: Lutheran Church of the Reformation (212 East Capitol St., NE) |
Gender Action (GA)
Jubilee USA Network
RSVP to Suzanna Dennis, GA:
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CSO Meet and Greet Happy Hour |
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: BIC (1100 H St. NW, Suite 650; (entrance on 11th St.)) |
Bank Information Center (BIC)
Contact: Ben Bryan or Srabani Roy, BIC
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Letelier-Moffet Human Rights Awards
The 31st Annual Letelier-Moffet Human Rights awards, held by the Institute for Policy Studies.
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Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Lutheran Church of the Reformation (212 East Capitol St., NE) |
Jubilee USA
Click here for more information |
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NoWarNoWarming Mobilization and Training
Legal Observer & Legal Support Training |
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Greenpeace Office, 702 H St NW, Metro: Gallery Place/ Chinatown |
For more information and to sign up for trainings:
NoWarNoWarming Training schedule |
Thursday, October 18, 2007 |
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National Mobilization/October Rebellion All Day Workshops and Trainings
Please submit proposals |
Time: all day (details to follow)
Location: TBD |
Multiple organizations.
For more information:
www.octoberrebellion.org
Contact: |
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Jubilee USA Annual Network Council Meeting
This is the annual meeting of the member organizations of Jubilee USA Network. Local Jubilee chapters and Jubilee member organizations are required to attend; others are welcome to observe the meeting, space permitting. The meeting will include an analysis of the Cancel Debt Fast, inspiring speakers, planning, and business matters. Network Council members are asked to pay a registration fee of $25 per organization to cover the costs of food and materials; non-member organizations are welcome to attend the sessions without charge but an RSVP is requested. |
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location: United Methodist Building (100 Maryland Ave. NE) |
Jubilee USA
Contact: RSVP to Mercedes Mack or
+1 202-543-0692 |
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Annual NGO/CSO Meeting with the World Bank Inspection Panel
The annual meeting of NGOs and CSOs with the World Bank Inspection Panel will be an opportunity to meet Roberto Lenton, the new Inspection Panel member. |
Time: 9:00am - 10:30am
Location: CIEL (1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite #1100) |
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
Bank Information Center (BIC)
Contact: Anne Perrault, CIEL
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| Press Briefing: World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick |
Time: 9:30am
Location: Main press room, Room B-702 IMF Headquarters (700 19th St. NW) |
Closed to the public |
| Press Briefing: IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato |
Time: 11:00am
Location: Main press room, Room B-702 IMF Headquarters (700 19th St. NW) |
Closed to the public |
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Promoting and Scaling Up Demand Side Engagement to Improve Governance
The session will bring together the experiences of CSOs and the World Bank, in promoting more accountable and responsive public governance through civic engagement. It will explore the opportunities and challenges in applying demand-side approaches to governance, from issues of access to information to problems of capacity. It will also highlight examples of WBG efforts in supporting these approaches, and the challenges of mainstreaming them. The session will address several key questions: 1) What are the experiences, opportunities and barriers of CSOs in promoting governmental accountability?; 2) What actions is the WBG taking to promote demand driven governance in its operations?; 3) Looking forward, how can the WBG and CSOs work in complementary ways in the implementation of the GAC strategy?
Speakers: Valeria Merinodirani, Transparency International, Ecuador; Preeti Shroff-Mehta, World Learning; Parmesh Shah, South Asia Rural Development, World Bank
Moderator: Sylvain Browa, InterAction |
Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm
Location: World Bank
Main Building, Room MCC1-100 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
InterAction
Transparency International
World Bank
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Workshop: Mapping Multilateral Development Banks’ Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Spending
Gender Action is launching the first report assessing the quantity and quality of Multilateral Development Banks’ (MDBs’) spending for reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. |
Time: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Location: The Moriah Fund (1634 I Street, NW, Suite 1000) |
Gender Action (GA)
RSVP to Suzanna Dennis, GA:
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Universal Access to Basic Services in Developing Countries: The Case for Public Health and Education
This session will discuss the findings of Oxfam International's report "Essential Services: In the Public Interest". The report calls on donors and developing country governments to spend more resources on building effective and sustainable public health and education in developing countries in order to win the war on poverty, rather than suggesting private sector solutions.. The report argues that only governments can reach the scale necessary to provide universal access to services that are free or heavily subsidized for the poor and geared to the needs of all citizens – including women and girls, minorities, and the very poorest.
Panelists: Max Lawson, senior policy advisor Oxfam GB; others (TBC); World Bank speaker (TBC).
Chair: Peter Bakvis, Director, Global Unions |
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: World Bank
Main Building, Room MCC1-100 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
Oxfam International |
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Moving Beyond the Privatization Debate-New Approaches to Financing Water and Electricity
Any realistic policy approach to expand and improve access to utility services requires additional and predictable financing for infrastructure investment. The event will focus on a new framework for the discussion of utility finance. Rather than weighing the benefits of private against public provisions of services it will approach the discussion from the viewpoint of a publicly owned utility and debate policy options on how to achieve increased access to water and electricity for the poor.
Speakers: Ms. Katharina Gassner, Senior Economist, Finance, Economics and Urban Department (FEU), World Bank; Mr. Jomo K.S., Assistant-Secretary-General for Economic Development, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs; Mr. David Hall, Director, Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU); Mr. Daniel Platz, Economic Affairs Officer, Financing for Development Office; Mr. Frank Schroeder, Senior Economist, Friedrich Ebert Foundation. |
Time: 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Location: World Bank
Main Building, Room MCC1-100 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
Friedrich Ebert Foundation |
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Issues and Challenges in Assessing the Impact of Policy Reforms on Affected Groups
This session provides a platform for participants to discuss how the WBG and IMF assess the impacts of the reforms they promote. Through the Poverty and Impact Analysis (PSIA) instrument the WBG and IMF conduct assessments of the likely distributional impact of policy reforms on the well-being of different stakeholder groups, especially the poor. The goal is to promote evidence-based policy choices and foster stakeholder debate on policy reform options. In a recent Joint NGO Briefing Note, however, a group of NGOs argue that while there has been some progress on PSIA, the WBG and IMF still do not consistently assess the likely consequences of their different policy actions on the poor. In this session, a representative of these NGOs will present the main arguments and conclusions of the Joint NGO Briefing Note. Representatives of the WBG and IMF will share their views, and participants will deliberate on the issues that emerge.
Presenter: Liz Stuart, Oxfam International
Discussants: Steen Jorgensen, Director, Social Development Department; Luca Barbone, Director, Poverty Reduction Group, World Bank; IMF (TBD). |
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: World Bank
Main Building, Room MCC1-200 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
Oxfam
World Bank |
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Jubilee USA 10th Anniversary Celebration/Reception
All friends and supporters of Jubilee are welcome to celebrate with us –hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be available. Donations of any size requested. |
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Stewart R. Mott House (122 Maryland Ave. NE) |
Jubilee USA
RSVP to Abbey Fisher by Oct. 1, 2007: |
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Townhall Meeting and Reception with Civil Society Representatives
Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank; Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Chairmen of the Development Committee (DC) and the International Monetary and Finance Committee (IMFC), will respond to questions from representatives of civil society organizations accredited to the Annual Meetings. The session will be followed by a reception. |
Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: Meeting Hall A&B, IMF HQ1 (700 19th St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum |
| National Mobilization/October Rebellion Spokescouncil for Friday actions |
Time: 6:30pm
Location: St. Stephens Episcopal Church (16th and Newton St NW) |
Multiple Organizations.
For more information:
www.octoberrebellion.org
Contact: |
| National Mobilization/October Rebellion Teach-in |
Time: 7:00pm
Location: St. Stephens Episcopal Church (16th and Newton St NW) |
50 Years is Enough, multiple organizations.
For more information:
www.octoberrebellion.org
Contact: |
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NoWarNoWarming Mobilization and Training
Action Spokescouncil training
Blockades Training |
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Greenpeace Office, 702 H St NW, Metro: Gallery Place/ Chinatown |
For more information and to sign up for trainings:
NoWarNoWarming Training schedule
For the Blockades training, please RSVP to: |
Friday, October 19, 2007 |
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Program of Seminars
A forum during the Annual Meetings for private sector representatives, government delegates, representatives of civil society, and senior World Bank Group and IMF officials to engage in dialogue on finding solutions to the major financial and development challenges confronting the international community.
See specific sessions listed below |
Time:
8:30am - 9:00am -- Continental breakfast
9:00am - 6:30am -- Program of Seminars sessions
Location: IFC (2121 Pennsylvania Ave. NW) |
World Bank/IMF
Click here for specific session details |
| Program of Seminars: Trends and Challenges in Globalization - The Global Expansion: Prospects and Risks |
Time: 9:00am - 10:30am
Location: IFC (2121 Pennsylvania Ave. NW) |
World Bank/IMF
Click here for specific session details |
| Group of 24 Ministers Meeting |
Time: 9:00am
Location: Meeting Hall, World Bank (1818 H St. NW) |
Closed to the public |
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From climate and carbon to forests and finance: risks and prospects of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
This interactive session will provide civil society and Bank Group participants with an opportunity to discuss the Bank's promotion of carbon finance as a way to incentivize reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and to draw lessons from the Bank's past work in forest sector reform and the carbon market to inform future efforts. The discussion will focus on the risks and prospects of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), its potential impacts on future international climate negotiations, and alternative approaches to reducing deforestation.
Speakers: Daphne Wysham, Sustainable Energy and Economy Network (SEEN); Luke Fletcher, Jubilee Australia; Susanne Breitkopf, Greenpeace; Benoit Bosquet, Forest and Climate Change, Sustainable Development Department, World Bank; other Bank participants (TBC) |
Time: 9:00am - 10:30 am
Location: World Bank
Main Building, Room MCC1-100 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
Bank Information Center (BIC)
Greenpeace
Sustainable Energy and Economy Network (SEEN)
Contact: Nikki Reisch, BIC
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| Press Briefing: Asia Pacific Economic Outlook |
Time: 9:15am
Location: Main press room, Room B-702 IMF Headquarters (700 19th St. NW) |
Closed to the public |
| Press Briefing: World Development Report by World Bank Chief Economist François Bourguignon and Co-Author Alain F. de Janvry |
Time: 10:30am
Location: Main press room, Room B-702 IMF Headquarters (700 19th St. NW) |
Closed to the public |
| Program of Seminars: The New Aid Architecture: Old Wine in New Bottles or a Paradigm Shift? |
Time: 10:45am - 12:15pm
Location: IFC (2121 Pennsylvania Ave. NW) |
World Bank/IMF
Click here for specific session details |
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Implementing Safety Nets in Ethiopia: Successes and Challenges
The debate around social protection programmes and cash safety nets globally is intensifying, with a new African Ministerial Summit likely next year and a proliferation of projects in Latin America and increasingly in Africa. Ethiopia, with the support of the World Bank and DFID, and the participation of Save the Children UK, has been at the front edge of this movement in Africa. What has been achieved, and what are the challenges that need to be addressed as these types of programmes are piloted and run elsewhere?
Speakers: His Excellency Ato Sufian Ahmed, Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Ethiopia; World Bank speaker (TBC); DFID Speaker (TBC); David Throp, Save the Children
Chair: Congresswoman Betty McCollum, Member of the United States Congress and Chair of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank (TBC). |
Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm
Location: World Bank
Main Building, Room MCC1-100 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
Save the Children |
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Open House to Discuss New MIGA Policies
MIGA is sponsoring a session for CSOs, and stakeholders to discuss the agency's new Disclosure and Social and Environmental Sustainability Policies.
Opening remarks: Yukiko Omura, Executive Vice President, MIGA.
Speakers: Frank Lysy, Director, Economics and Policy, and Moina Varkie, Director, External Outreach and Partnerships.
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Time: 11:30am - 12:30am
Location: World Bank, Room MCC1-200 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
New Date! (moved from Sunday, October 21)
To RSVP and for further information, please contact:
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| Press Briefing: Sub-Saharan Africa Economic Outlook |
Time: 11:30am
Location: Main press room, Room B-702 IMF Headquarters (700 19th St. NW) |
Closed to the public |
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Launch: World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development
World Bank will launch it's World Development Report focusing on agriculture to conicide with World Food Day. |
Time: 12:00pm
Location: World Bank (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank |
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National Mobilization/October Rebellion March/Rally
Picket and Press Conference |
Time: 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (425 I Street, NW) |
Multiple Organizations.
For more information:
www.octoberrebellion.org
Contact: |
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Forum on Agriculture’s Key Role in the Economic Transformation of Africa
The aim of the event is to stress agriculture’s potential power for reducing rural poverty in Africa and to show that the Bank is committed to a multisectoral approach to the sector. The discussion will provide a chance to hear views on agricultural development in Africa from perspective of business, civil society, government representatives, and international agencies. It will also give a change for the Bank to explain how the recommendations of the World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development can be put into practice to benefit African farmers. |
Time: 12:00pm - 2:30pm
Location: World Bank
Main Building, Room MC4-800 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum |
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Workshop: Gender Justice: A Citizen’s Guide to Gender Accountability at International Financial Institutions
Workshop launching the first Guide comparing IFI gender policies and accountability mechanisms, and providing tools for women and men harmed by gender discrimination in IFI investments to use these mechanisms to seek redress. |
Time: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Location: Environmental Law Institute 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 620 |
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
Environmental Law Institute (ELI)
Gender Action (GA)
RSVP to Suzanna Dennis, GA:
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The Role of LICs in the Governance of the IMF/World Bank
Low income countries, especially after a stream of early repayments by Fund members, represent the largest portion of borrowers from the Fund, and are those where the Fund has still the largest clout. Low income countries are also the exclusive users of the IDA window at the World Bank. This Panel will explore the following questions: How relevant is the reform of quota formula to the vote of the poorest members? How relevant are basic votes to the same purpose? What would be needed in order to bring basic votes to the original proportion? On which grounds would the participation of recipient countries in IDA discussions be justified? What forms could this participation have? What is the evaluation of past experiments with limited participation of recipient countries in some selected IDA discussions?
Speakers: H.E. Mr. Timothy Thahane, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Lesotho (TBC); H.E. Mr. Manuel Chang, Minister of Finance, Mozambique (TBC); H.E. Mr. Lazare Essimi Menye, Minister of Economy, Finance and Budget, H.E. Mr. Abdoulaye Diop, Minister of Economy and Finance, Senegal (TBC); representative from the Executive Director's Office for Nordic Countries, World Bank (TBC); Prof. Danny Bradlow, American University. |
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: World Bank
Main Building, Room MCC1-100 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
Center of Concern (CoC)
CIDSE
Eurodad
Contact: Aldo Caliari, CoC |
| Program of Seminars: 1) Trends and Challenges in Globalization: Growing Role of Private Equity and Hedge Funds; and 2) The New Aid Architecture: Foundations and the Global Scene: Are We Entering a New “Golden Age” of Philanthropy? |
Time: 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Location: IFC (2121 Pennsylvania Ave. NW) |
World Bank/IMF
Click here for specific session details |
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Discussion with the Office of the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO): Participatory Monitoring as a Means to Resolve Conflict
CAO will discuss its fact finding and monitoring experience with the Yanacocha Mine project in Peru. Minera Yanacocha is the largest gold mine in South America. IFC has been involved in this controversial project since 1993. A mercury spill in 2000 signaled the start of CAO’s involvement in the Yanacocha project. In March 2006, 30 canal users jointly submitted a request for CAO assistance.
Speaker: Ms. Meg Taylor, the CAO |
Time: 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Location: World Bank
Main Building, Room MCC1-200 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
CAO Office |
| Program of Seminars: 1) Trends and Challenges in Globalization: How to Build Support for Globalization; and 2) The New Aid Architecture in Health: the Way Forward |
Time: 3:15pm - 4:45pm
Location: IFC (2121 Pennsylvania Ave. NW) |
World Bank/IMF
Click here for specific session details |
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European Civil Society and Executive Directors Meeting
Semi-annual meeting between European civil society organisations and European executive directors of the IMF. The agenda for the meeting includes: 1) The role of the IMF in low-income countries; 2) IMF governance; 3)Transparency at the IMF |
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: IMF (700 19th Avenue, NW) |
German Executive Directors Office
International Monetary Fund
World Economy, Ecology and Development (WEED)
By invitation only.
Contact: Daniela Stetton
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Program of Seminars: Low Carbon, High Hopes: Making Climate Action Work for Development
Panelists: Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul,
Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany; Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Valli Moosa, President, IUCN - The World Conservation Union; Jon Williams, Head of Group Sustainable Development, HSBC
Moderator: Former CNN correspondent Ralph Begleiter |
Time: 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location: IFC (2121 Pennsylvania Ave. NW) |
World Bank/IMF
Click here for specific session details
Limited space; RSVP by October 17, 2007 to Sara Pais
or +1 202-473-1765
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IMF Governance Structures, Board Accountability, and Transparency
This event will revisit and further explore IMF governance structures, Executive Board accountability, and transparency initiatives. Governance structures include double-majority voting, quota formulas, and leadership selection. Accountability in the Executive Board will cover issues ranging from the leadership selection, evaluation of the Managing Director, and greater transparency of Board meeting documents. Transparency will examine the upcoming IMF Disclosure Policy Review in 2008 and the Global Transparency Initiative’s work on this.
Panelists: Héctor R. Torres, Alternative Executive Director, International Monetary Fund and Chair of the G-24 Bureau (Invited); Karin Lissakers, Executive Director, Revenue Watch; Ralph Bryant, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies, Brookings Institution; Peter Chowla, Policy and Advocacy Officer, Bretton Woods Project
Chair: Tom Bernes, Independent Evaluation Office |
Time: 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location: World Bank, Room MC13-121 (1818 H St. NW) |
Organized by:
New Rules for Global Finance
Bretton Woods Project (BWP)
Bank Information Center
Hosted by: the G-24
Contact: Bhumika Muchhala, BIC
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| National Mobilization/October Rebellion Dinner and Georgetown check-in/workshop |
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: St. Stephens Episcopal Church (16th and Newton St NW) |
Multiple organizations.
For more information:
www.octoberrebellion.org
Contact: |
| CSO Hang-out at Buffalo Billiards |
Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Buffalo Billiards (1330 19th St., NW) |
Bank Information Center (BIC)
Contact: Ben Bryan or Srabani Roy, BIC
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NoWarNoWarming Mobilization and Training
Police Liason Training |
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Greenpeace Office, 702 H St NW, Metro: Gallery Place/ Chinatown |
For more information and to sign up for trainings:
NoWarNoWarming Training schedule |
| National Mobilization/October Rebellion -- Disrupt Georgetown |
Time: 9:00pm -- ??
Location: Georgetown, 30th and M Streets |
Multiple organizations.
For more information: www.octoberrebellion.org/georgetown
Contact: |
Saturday, October 20, 2007 |
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Sustainability and the World Development Report 2008: A Look at the World Bank's Rural Development and Agricultural Strategies
The World Development Report (WDR) is the flagship publication of the World Bank and an opportunity for the Bank to present its most coherent development strategy in a given area. For the first time since 1982, the WDR 2008 deals exclusively with agricultural and rural development policies. This panel discussion will provide a critical look at the WDR 2008, propose alternative agricultural policies and through presentations of examples of policy alternatives being pursued in Malawi and Vietnam will ask: Are the development strategies of the World Bank for the rural sector in sync with the new demands of the agricultural sector? Are the ecological and social dimensions of agriculture taken sufficiently taken into account? Thus, does the WDR 2008 indicate a fresh direction for the World Bank agriculture/rural sector policies or does it merely restate a pre-disposition towards market-oriented approaches?
Speakers: Dr. Goodal Gondwe, Minister of Finance, Malawi (invited); Sophia Murphy, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, USA; Eric Gutierrez, ActionAid International; World Bank WDR 2008 (TBC); Collins Magalasi, ActionAid Malawi; Moderator: Heinrich Boell Foundation (TBD). |
Time: 9:00am - 10:30am
Location: World Bank, Room MCC1-100 (1818 H St. NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
ActionAid International
Heinrich Boell Foundation
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| National Mobilization/October Rebellion -- Gentrification Tours |
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
615 S Street NW.
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One DC, Multiple organizations.
For more information:
www.octoberrebellion.org
Contact: |
| International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Meeting |
Time: 10:00am (tentative)
Location: IMF HQ2, Conference Hall (700 19th St. NW) |
Closed to the public |
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Policy Roundtable: Climate Change and Clean Energy – Challenges and Opportunities in Addressing Africa's
Growing Energy Needs
This policy roundtable will concentrate on clarifying challenges and finding solutions with regard to climate change, clean energy policies and private sector investments that are socially and environmentally sustainable. Policy makers and researchers from the South and the North, private sector experts and development agencies will discuss how stakeholders can take measures to counteract global climate change and improve practices at national level to support more reliable and sustainable energy supplies for African development.
Speakers: Key note speaker: Hon. Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany (TBC); Partner country representative: Hon. Minister Daudi Migereko, Minister of Energy & Mineral Development Uganda (TBC); Private sector representative: Marcos Sawaya Jank, President UNICA, the São Paulo Sugar Cane Agroindustry Union, Brazil (TBC); International Organizations representative: Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (TBC).
Moderator: Günther Taube, Director Regulatory Framework, Good Governance and Economic Policy, InWEnt Capacity Building International, Germany |
Time: 10:00am - 11:45am
Location: I Building, Room I-200 (1850 I (Eye) St., NW) |
German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (Geman Technical Cooperation)
InWEnt (Germany)
KfW (German Bank of Reconstruction)
World Bank
Space strictly limited to 60 participants.
Registration required. Registration form for this event is downloadable at: www.businessandmdgs.net
Please email or fax the registration form by October 16, 2007 to:
or
+1 202 522-2164
For more information:
Martina Kampmann, GTZ Phone: +49 (0) 6196 79 1707, Mobile: +49 (0) 170 7941 973
Jochen Weikert, InWEnt Phone: +49 (0) 228 4460 1528, Mobile: +49 (0) 177 2742237
Thorsten Schneider, KfW Phone: +49 (0) 69 7431 3331 |
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Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook
This session will include a presentation of the main conclusions from the IMF's Sub-Saharan Regional Economic Outlook (REO) and the risks to the outlook, and discuss the cases studies included in the REO on the Creation of Fiscal Space for Priority spending.
Speakers: Andrew Berg and Calvin McDonald, African Department |
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: World Bank
Main Building, Room MCC1-100 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
International Monetary Fund |
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Introduction to the Office of the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO)
The CAO Office will discuss its work and share experiences around three key roles it carries out: (1) To oversee compliance reviews of IFC/MIGA, overall environmental and social performance, and specific projects; (2) To provide independent advice to the President and management on specific projects as well as broader environmental and social policies, guidelines, procedures and resources; and (3) To advise and assist IFC/MIGA to address Complaints by people impacted by projects in a manner that is fair, objective and constructive.
Speaker: Ms. Meg Taylor, the CAO |
Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm
Location: World Bank
Main Building, Room MCC1-200 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
CAO Office |
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Education’s Missing Millions: Including Disabled Children in Education Through EFA FTI Processes and National Sector Plans
This seminar will examine the issues facing disabled children in the South in regards to education and provide recommendations and examples of promising practice for how the Education For All Fast Track Initiative and its national government and donor partners, including the World Bank, can better address these.
Speakers: Philippa Lei, Senior Child Rights Policy Adviser, World Vision UK and editor of the new report "Education’s Missing Millions: Including Disabled Children in Education Through EFA FTI Processes and National Sector Plans"; Joy Phumaphi, Vice President, Human Development Network, World Bank; others (TBD). |
Time: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Location: World Bank
Main Building, Room MCC1-100 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
World Vision |
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National Mobilization/October Rebellion - March
"Drown out the IMF and World Bank."
March starting from Franklin Park and ending at Murrow Park, stopping near the World Bank/IMF along the way. The March will be followed by a People's Tribunal at 3pm. |
Time: 12:30pm - 2:30pm
Location: from Franklin Park to Murrow Park |
50 Years is Enough, multiple organizations.
For more information:
www.octoberrebellion.org
Contact: |
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Wage Bill Ceilings, Fiscal and Monetary Policies, and Absorbing Aid Inflows---Updates and Next Steps
This session will focus on an April 2007 report by the IEO on "The Role of the IMF in Sub-Saharan Africa," and related studies carried out by by CSOs and IMF staff. The discussion will center on whether the fiscal and monetary policy targets in IMF-supported loan programs are unnecessarily restrictive and impairing the ability of borrowing countries to absorb and spend new inflows of foreign aid. Further, are wage bill ceilings necessary, and under what conditions should they still be used.
Speakers: Mr. John Hicklin, Deputy Director, IMF's Independent Evaluation Office (IEO); Mr. David Goldsbrough, Center for Global Development; Ms. Akanksha A. Marphatia, ActionAid International; Mr. Jan Kees Martijn, IMF Moderator: Peter Chowla, Bretton Woods Project |
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: World Bank Main Building, Room MCC1-200 (1818 H St. NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
Action Aid International
Contact: Rick Rowden, Action Aid International
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NoWarNoWarming Mobilization and Training
Health and Safety Training for Street Medics
Facilitated by: Scott Weinstein, RN, experienced Street Medic |
Time: 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Westminster Church, 400 I St SW, Metro: Waterfront Metro Station (green line) |
For more information and to sign up for trainings:
NoWarNoWarming Training schedule |
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The Agenda of the Development Committee and the Provision of Global Public Goods
As in previous years, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) will facilitate a discussion during the IFI Annual Meetings for NGO representatives with the German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Ms. Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, to discuss current issues on the agenda of the Development Committee of the World Bank.
Speakers: Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany; Nancy Birdsall, President, Center for Global Development
Moderator: Jürgen Stetten, Director, FES New York |
Time: 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Location: World Bank "I" Building, Room I1-200 (1850 I Street, NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) |
| National Mobilization/October Rebellion - People's Tribunal |
Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Murrow Park |
50 Years is Enough, multiple organizations.
For more information:
www.octoberrebellion.org
Contact: |
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Second Generation Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) - What has Changed?
This panel will discuss weaknesses in the first generation PRSPs and ways in which they have been addressed in the second generation PRSPs. AFRODAD commissioned five country case studies to examine extent to which the second generation PRSPs are different from the first generation in terms of process and content. The studies focused on interrogating the similarities and differences and their efficacy in addressing long term problems of poverty reduction in selected African countries including, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Speakers: Vitalis Meja, Afrodad; Peter Lanzet, EED (TBC); World Bank and IMF (TBC)
Moderator: Rick Rowden, Action Aid International |
Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Location: World Bank
Main Building, Room MCC1-100 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
AFRODAD
Jubilee USA
Action Aid International |
| National Mobilization/October Rebellion Meeting |
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: St. Stephens Episcopal Church (16th and Newton St NW) |
Multiple organizations.
For more information:
www.octoberrebellion.org
Contact: |
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NoWarNoWarming Mobilization and Training
Action Spokesperson Training |
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Westminster Church, 400 I St SW, Metro: Waterfront Metro Station (green line) |
For more information and to sign up for trainings:
NoWarNoWarming Training schedule |
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IFI Watcher Dance Party!
Hosted by Bruce Rich (Environmental Defense), the party begins at 9:00 pm. at (1909 New Hampshire N.W., near the corner of New Hampshire, U and 16th, it's a yellow brick house) and will run late. Please bring friends and partners (who are ready to dance!), and something to drink. |
Time: 9:00pm - ??
Location: Bruce Rich's residence -- 1909 New Hampshire N.W. Washington, DC
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Please RSVP to Bruce Rich:
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Sunday, October 21, 2007 |
| National Mobilization/October Rebellion Breakfast at St. Stephen's |
Time: 6:30am
Location: St. Stephens Episcopal Church (16th and Newton St NW) |
Multiple organizations.
For more information:
www.octoberrebellion.org
Contact: |
| National Mobilization/October Rebellion Workshops and Training |
Time: all day (details to follow)
Location: TBD |
Multiple organizations.
For more information:
www.octoberrebellion.org
Contact: |
| Development Committee (DC) Meeting |
Time: 9:00am
Location: Preston Auditorium, World Bank (1818 H St. NW) |
Closed to the public |
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The IMF’s Policy Support Instrument (PSI): More Flexibility or Continued Belt-Tightening? Case Studies from Uganda, Mozambique and Bangladesh
This session will present a briefing paper on the PSIs under implementation in Uganda and Mozambique, as well as Bangladesh’s recent decision against a PSI and raises a key question, when will "belt-tightening" end? When will a range of fiscal policy and public spending options beyond what the IMF recommends begin to be explored? When will public expenditures and investments on essential services be prioritized?
Speakers: Specioza Kiwanuka, a Ugandan economist, Director of Programs at ActionAid-Uganda; Jesse Griffiths, Policy Analyst at ActionAid-UK and principal author of “What Progress? A Shadow Review of World Bank Conditionality”; Soren Ambrose, with Solidarity Africa Network, previously Co-Director of 50 Years is Enough. (Link by webcast to be made with Bangladesh). |
Time: 9:00am - 10:30am
Location: World Bank
Main Building, Room MCC1-100 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
Action Aid |
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A discussion of the Stolen Assets Recovery Initiative (StAR)
On September 17, 2007 the World Bank and the United Nations announced a joint initiative to help developing nations recover billions of dollars in stolen assets. The initiative estimates that US$1.6 trillion is lost each year to various illegal activities including corruption, criminal activity such as drugs, counterfeit goods, money, and illegal arms trade, and tax evasion. Corrupt leaders of developing countries skim as much as US$40 billion each year and stash their looted funds overseas. Once gone, those assets are extremely difficult to recover, as countries like Nigeria and the Philippines have discovered. Join us to discuss the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative: Challenges, Opportunities, and Action Plan
Discussants: Representative, Stolen Assets Recovery Project, World Bank (TBC); Representative, Office on Drugs and Crime, United Nations (TBC); David Spencer, United Nations Liaison, Tax Justice Network International; Tom Cardamone, Global Financial Integrity.
Moderator: Jo Marie Griesgraber, New Rules for Global Finance Coalition |
Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm
Location: World Bank, Room MCC1-100 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
New Rules for Global Finance Coalition
Tax Justice Network |
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NoWarNoWarming Mobilization and Training
Mass Action Briefing: Separate Oil and State.
***If you are planning on joining the mass action, come to this briefing!***
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Time: 12:30pm - 1:00pm
Location: Westminster Church, 400 I St SW, Metro: Waterfront Metro Station (green line) |
For more information and to sign up for trainings:
NoWarNoWarming Training schedule |
| The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) will host an exciting and unique performance of the Poverty Requiem in Murrow Park, right in front of the entrance of the main building of the World Bank. The Poverty Requiem is a vocal musical piece for choir and percussion that uses music to tell the story of injustice and poverty – and the need to change it. The performance will bring together a multi-ethnic choir and percussion ensemble from Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts and the Kutztown Percussion Ensemble. |
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Murrow Park |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP)
Contact: Ben Margolis, GCAP
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NoWarNoWarming Mobilization and Training
Nonviolent Direct Action Training |
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Westminster Church, 400 I St SW, Metro: Waterfront Metro Station (green line) |
For more information and to sign up for trainings:
NoWarNoWarming Training schedule |
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Getting What You Want from the Fund: The Global Transparency Initiative and the IMF
The Global Transparency Initiative (GTI) aims to strengthen IFIs' accountability to the public interest and to expand political space to debate development models. The GTI's Transparency Charter sets out standards and principles that should govern IFI disclosure policy. The IMF holds a vast array of information on the economies and policies of its members, but this information is not always public. The GTI has developed a Guide to Transparency at the IMF which it will launch during this session. The Guide is designed to help civil society find the information it needs to do policy and advocacy work at the Fund and at the national level. The guide also highlights the problems with the IMF's information policies and makes recommendations for improving the IMF's disclosure practice and the upcoming IMF transparency policy review.
Speakers: Peter Chowla, Bretton Woods Project; Bruce Jenkins, Bank Information Center
Chair: Bhumika Muchhala (TBC), Bank Information Center |
Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Location: World Bank
Main Building, Room MCC1-100 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
Global Transparency Initiative (GTI)
Contact: Bhumika Muchhala, BIC
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IFIWatchnet 101!
Come learn about IFIWatchnet, the premier e-network of IFI watchers globally! Learn about the latest on the international financial institutions, posting IFI related events, blogging, and becoming an IFIWatchnet animator! |
Time: 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Location: Bank Information Center (1100 H St., NW, Suite 650 (entrance on 11th St.) |
Bank Information Center (BIC)
Contact: Soren Ambrose or Srabani Roy,
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NoWarNoWarming Mobilization and Training
Legal/Jail Support Training for all support folk.
***One member from every Affinity Group should attend this training!*** |
Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: Westminster Church, 400 I St SW, Metro: Waterfront Metro Station (green line) |
For more information and to sign up for trainings:
NoWarNoWarming Training schedule |
| Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture by Dr. Alan Greenspan, former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System, on "Balance of Payments Imbalances" |
Time: 3:00pm
Location: IFC Auditorium (2121 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW) |
Per Jacobson Foundation
Please bring your Annual Meetings ID for admission |
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Macroeconomic Aspects of Aid Scaling Up and the Role of the Fund
The prospect of scaled-up aid presents low-income countries with opportunities for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Managing these aid flows, however, also poses significant challenges for macroeconomic management. These challenges arise from the potential
impact of higher external inflows on competitiveness, inflation, and debt sustainability, and the complications posed by aid volatility and uncertainty for longer-term fiscal planning. This session will focus on the fiscal, monetary, and exchange rate policy challenges of managing aid, including issues of competitiveness, inflation, government spending, and debt sustainability, and the complications posed by aid volatility.
Speakers: Hon. James Musoni, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda; Mr. Louis Kasekende, Chief Economist, African Development Bank; Donor representative [TBC]; Mr. John Ambler, Senior Vice President for Programs, Oxfam America
Chair: Mr. Mark Plant, Deputy Director, Policy Development and Review Department, IMF |
Time: 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location: Room HQ2 1-250 IMF (700 19th St. NW) |
IMF's Fiscal Affairs and Policy Development and Review Departments |
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Briefing on the IDA15 Replenishment Process
This session will focus on the 15th replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA). IDA15 will cover the period between 2009-2011, critical years for poor countries to make progress toward the MDGs ahead of the 2015 target. The replenishment discussions have been addressing the increased fragmentation of the aid architecture and the role of IDA in this new and changing environment. Other development policy topics being discussed in IDA15 are the effectiveness of IDA’s assistance at the country level and IDA’s support for fragile states. The panel will provide an update on the ongoing negotiations with donors and borrowing country representatives, and make short presentations on the key policy issues that have been discussed during the IDA15 replenishment process. Questions and answers will follow.
Speakers: Aki Nishio, Director, FRM; Jorge Araujo, Lead Economist, FRM; Ivar Andersen, Lead Operations Officer, FRM |
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: World Bank
Main Building, Room MCC1-200 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
World Bank Resource Mobilization Department (FRM)
Concessional Finance and Global Partnerships (CFP) Department
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NoWarNoWarming Mobilization and Training
NoWar NoWarming Issues & Media Panel
How does the military machine contribute to the climate crisis? What do we need to do to transition away from dirty energy and the dirty wars we fight for it? What are three quick soundbites I can give to the media? What can our movements learn from one another?
Featuring: Rev. Yearwood, President, Hip Hop Caucus; Anne Wright, Retired Army Colonel; Steve Kretzmann, Director, Oil Change International;Elizabeth Sanders, Students for a Democratic Society |
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Westminster Church, 400 I St SW, Metro: Waterfront Metro Station (green line) |
For more information and to sign up for trainings:
NoWarNoWarming Training schedule |
| Press Briefing: DC Chairman Agustín Carstens, World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick, and IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato |
Time: 4:15pm
Location: Main press room, Room B-702 IMF Headquarters (700 19th St. NW) |
Closed to the public |
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NoWarNoWarming Mobilization and Training
Dinner provided by FoodNotBombs |
Time: 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Westminster Church, 400 I St SW, Metro: Waterfront Metro Station (green line) |
For more information and to sign up for trainings:
NoWarNoWarming Training schedule |
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NoWarNoWarming Mobilization and Training
Mass Action Briefing: Separate Oil and State.
***If you are planning on joining the mass action, come to this briefing!*** |
Time: 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Location: Westminster Church, 400 I St SW, Metro: Waterfront Metro Station (green line) |
For more information and to sign up for trainings:
NoWarNoWarming Training schedule |
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NoWarNoWarming Mobilization and Training
Action Spokescouncils
We request that at least one person who is empowered to make decisions from each Action Group be present for the Spokescouncil. |
Time: 6:30pm - 11:00pm
Location: Westminster Church, 400 I St SW, Metro: Waterfront Metro Station (green line) |
For more information and to sign up for trainings:
NoWarNoWarming Training schedule |
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NoWarNoWarming Mobilization and Training
Legal Observer Training |
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Westminster Church, 400 I St SW, Metro: Waterfront Metro Station (green line) |
For more information and to sign up for trainings:
NoWarNoWarming Training schedule
RSVP to |
Monday, October 22, 2007 |
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No War, No Warming Mobilization
Stop wars for resources. End our addiction to fossil fuels. Shift resources to rebuild communities impacted by racism and corporate greed. Go green and promote environmental justice with new jobs in a clean energy economy. These are the demands of No War, No Warming, a broad network that has come together over the last six months. On Monday, October 22nd, large numbers of people will converge on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. to engage in mass nonviolent civil disobedience to disrupt business as usual in support of these demands. It's time for our peace, justice and climate movements to come together and step it up! Join us! |
Time: Please arrive by 8:00am!
Location: Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
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If you are planning to partake in the mobilization you MUST attend the trainings on Sunday (see schedule above).
For more information and to sign up for the D.C. action or for local actions:
www.NoWarNoWarming.org |
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IFIs in Post-Conflict Countries: Role, Activities, Impacts
An open-forum, question-and-answer type discussion between World Bank, IFC, and IMF staff and civil society organizations. The objective of this information session is to examine IFI engagement in post-conflict countries and fragile states, with a particular focus on funding priorities, policy formulation, project implementation and local participation. The session aims to increase the knowledge of IFI-funded activities in post-conflict countries for civil society organizations, and to promote greater transparency of these activities overall.
Speakers: Louis Dicks-Mireaux, Deputy Division Chief, Policy Development and Review Department, IMF; Sarah Cliffe, Interim Director of LICUS/Post Conflict Unit, World Bank Group |
Time: 9:00am-10:30am
Location: World Bank
Main Building, Room MCC1-100 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
Bank Information Center (BIC)
Contact: Amy Ekdawi or Bhumika Muchhala, BIC
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| Annual Meetings |
Time: 9:30am
Location: DAR Constitution Hall and HQ2, Conference Hall, World Bank (1818 H St. NW) |
Closed to the public |
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Sharing Experiences: Local Responses to Problematic IFC-funded projects in the former Soviet Union
This roundtable-discussion, organized by BIC and Crude Accountability, will serve as an exchange of ideas by local and regional activists who have challenged the lending practices of the International Finance Corporation. This exchange of ideas will include Russian, Georgian, Kazakhstani, Ukrainian and other former SU environmentalists and activists, who will participate in a discussion of best practices in mitigating the negative impacts of IFC funded extractive industries projects in the region.
Local activist participants:
1) Svetlana Anosova - Berezovka Initiative Group, Berezovka, Kazakhstan, Campaign: Karachaganak; 2) Igor Golubenkov - Saving Taman!Taman, Russia, Campaign: Russkiy Mir II; 3) Rodion Sulyandziga - Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Moscow, Russia, Campaign: Impacts of IFI financed projects upon Indigenous Peoples in Russia; 4) Andrey Rudomakha - Environmental Watch on the North Caucasus, Maikop, Russia, Campaign: Russkiy Mir II; 5) Tatiana Bulgakova - Saving Taman!Volna, Russia, Campaign: Russkiy Mir II; 6) David Chipashvili - Association Green Alternative, Tbilisi, Georgia, Campaign: Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline |
Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm
Location: World Resources Institute, 10 G Street, NE (Suite 800) (Union Station Metro) |
Bank Information Center (BIC)
Crude Accountability
Contact: George Holliday or Sonia Zilberman, BIC
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Public-Private Partnerships. The GF-WB Partnership and the We Are the Future Model
This session will examine the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model through the discussion of the We are the Future (WAF) experiences in six cities (i.e. Freetown, Kigali, Nablus) in which development and peace-building efforts are strengthened through a multi-faceted approach involving health, micro-agriculture/nutrition, sports, arts, and ICT activities. The panel will focus on lessons learned from these experiences and discuss how cities can use the PPP model to leverage inter-sectoral collaboration and attract international donor support to promote effective local development.
Speakers: Mattias K. A. Lundberg, Senior economist Children and Youth Unit The World Bank; Salvatore Nigro, Director Advocacy Dept. GF; J. Matthew Clark, Director, Global Strategic Accounts, Microsoft;
Trevor Neilson, Senior Advisor, APCO Worldwide;
Moderator: Nell Derick Debevoise, Director Intercultural Dept., GF |
Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm
Location: World Bank
Main Building, Room MCC1-100 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
The Glocal Forum |
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“Tapping the Gusher! Can EITI Implementation Leverage Funds for MDGs?"
The session will draw from a variety of individuals whose experiences from the classroom to the field will contribute to the debate on the opportunities for reversing the oil curse in resource rich developing countries.
Lead Speaker: Dr Ebenezer Obadare, Department of Sociology, University of Kansas.
With Contributions from: Dr Siyan Malomo, Chairman, NEITI; Hajia Amina Ibrahim, SSA MDGS to President of Nigeria; Chris Albin Lackey, Human Rights Watch; Yunus Carrim, MP South Africa; Dr Brown Ogbeifun, NEITI CS Steering Committee; Allian Destexhe, MP Belgium; Ian Gary, Oxfam America; Michelle Sieff, Revenue Watch Institute; Nancy Boswell, Transparency International USA; Awar Ravat, International Finance Corporation. |
Time: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Location: World Bank, Room MCC1-200 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) |
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“Race, Inclusion and Inequality in Latin America: Can CSOs, Governments, and Donor Agencies Work Together to Address it?”
The panel allows an opportunity for representatives of the African descendent community, government and the private sector to take stock of progress toward and the challenges to inclusion of African descendants in the social and economic life of Latin America.
Speakers: Giovanni Harvey, Incubadora Afro Brasileira - IA and Instituto Palmares de Direitos Humanos - IPDH, Brazil; Andrés Fernando Palacio Chaverra, Ministry of Social Protection, Colombia; Beatriz Ramírez, Secretary of Afro-Descendant Women Directorate, National Institute of Women (INAMU), Ministry of Social Development (MIDES), Uruguay; Luis Gilberto Murillo, Former Governor of Chocó, Colombia, Fellow Associate Phelps Stokes Fund- Washington, D.C
Moderator: Judith Morrison, Inter-American Foundation. |
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: World Bank
Main Building, Room MCC1-100 (1818 H St., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
Inter-American Foundation |
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A Dialogue with Lars Thunell, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Executive Vice President and CEO
This is an open dialogue with the IFC EVP to discuss the organization's work. IFC fosters sustainable economic growth in developing countries by financing private sector investment, mobilizing private capital in local and international markets and providing advisory and risk mitigation services.
Moderator: Bruce Moats, Head, Corporate Relations, IFC |
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Room L-103 IFC (2121 Pennsylvania Ave., NW)
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World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
International Finance Corporation
To attend this meeting please RSVP to
or Cynthia Gears at: |
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Raw deals for raw materials? A civil society dialogue with the Bank and Fund on contract transparency and governance in the extractive industries
The aim of this event is to provide an opportunity for civil society organizations, IMF and Bank officials and industry representatives to discuss the state of the debate regarding contract transparency and the human rights, environmental, and social impacts of investment agreements in the extractive industries. Participants in this interactive session are invited to share their views on the role of the Bretton Woods Institutions in the promotion of natural resource exploitation and governance reforms in the EI sectors, and particularly vis-à-vis issues of contract justice.
Discussants: Abdulai Darimani, TWN-Africa; Sarah Pray, PWYPay-US; Heike Mainhard-Gibbs, BIC; Anton Op de Beke, Policy Development and Review Dept, IMF; Charles McPherson, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF; Clive Armstrong, Lead Economist, COCDR, WB; Michael Levitsky, Principal Energy Economist, COCPO, WB;
Motoko Aizawa, Head Policy and Standards Unit, CES, IFC; David Harris, Chief Counsel, CLEOG, IFC. |
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: Room L-103, IFC (2121 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
Third World Network (Africa)
Bank Information Center (BIC)
Publish What You Pay Campaign (PWYP-US)
Oxfam-America
Contact: Nikki Reisch, BIC
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The Interaction of African Civil Society with Regional Entities in Africa
The focus of this discussion session is the inclusion of African civil society voices in regional policy debate in the context of African regional bodies, and the role that the World Bank Group can play to help foster that process. It will bring together African civil society participants at the 2007 Annual Meetings with officials from regional enties such as COMESA and ECOWAS, as well as government officials, to explore these issues, and identify potential strategies. |
Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: World Bank "J" Building, Room J5-099 (701 18th Street) |
World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum
World Bank Africa Region |
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 |
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Decent Work: Forging a New International Consensus on Globalization
Globalization is fueling considerable anxiety in America as workers face competition from countries in which living standards, wages, and social protection levels are lower. U.S. workers therefore have a stake in improving living standards and promoting decent work in developing countries, thereby building middle classes and boosting demand for our own goods and services. Efforts to spur job creation, safeguard core labor standards, and strengthen social safety nets and economic institutions abroad are part of the Decent Work Agenda of the International Labor Organization. What role could the ILO play in forging a new international consensus on globalization through the Decent Work Agenda? What role could the United States and other developed countries play in advancing this agenda? Keynote speaker ILO Director-General Juan Somavia will explore these themes from an international perspective. A distinguished panel will then discuss how to develop a broader domestic consensus on globalization and decent work that builds on the recent bipartisan agreement on labor standards in trade agreements.
Keynote Address: Juan Somavia, Director-General, International Labor Organization
Featured Panelists: Representative Sander Levin (D-MI), Trade Subcommittee Chairman, Ways and Means Committee Barbara Shailor, Director, International Department, AFL-CIOGene Sperling, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Director, Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations
Moderated by: Richard Samans, Managing Director, World Economic Forum
Opening Remarks by: John Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for American Progress |
Time: 1:00pm to 2:30pm
Location: Center for American Progress
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005 |
Center for American Progress Action Fund
Contact: Marlene Cooper Vasilic
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