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1 Derechos, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR); BIC Development policy financing: Opportunities for low-carbon, pro-poor outcomes 2 3IDS OGEFAS Youth and Jobs Program 3 Abiodun Adebayo Welfare Foundation Preventing Violence Against Adolescent Girls in West Africa 4 ABR West Africa NEPAD Business Group 5 ACF (Action Against Hunger International) Global Health Advocates France; ACTION Agriculture Development in the Face of Dwindling Crude Oil Earnings for African Countries Innovative Financing Mechanisms for Nutrition: Ensuring accountability through civil society 6 ACTION ACF France; Global Health Advocates France Healthy Nations, Healthy Economies: Unlocking potential through nutrition 7 8 Africa Leadership Development Initiative (ALDI AFRICA) Africa Middle East Progressive Initiative (AMEPI) Women's Leadership in Development in Africa Civil Society Contribution to the Development and Implementation of Effective Policies 9 African Immigrant Organization 10 Aids Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Remittances to Alleviate poverty in Africa: Encouraging Youth entrepreneurship as a career option (MIC) Trap - Challenges That The Middle Income Country Definition Brings to International Assistance for Public Health Anjani Renewable and Infrastructure Private Limited Arab Platform for Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency ATRIEV Computer Services for the Blind (Philippines) Belarusian Economic and Outreach Center (BEROC) Socia Infrastructure Department Integrating Environment, Migration and Politics within Post-2015 SDGs and the COP22: Tunisian WFSD NGO and APFREEE potential contributions Inclusion and Synergies: Disability, Development and Bridging the Digital Divide Main Challenges of Social System Reform 15 Bank Information Center (BIC) Interaction; Accountability Research Center (American University); World Bank Governance Global Practice (Others TBD) Citizen Engagement with the World Bank: A Panel at the World Bank Annual Meetings 16 Bank Information Center (BIC) BIC; US Campaign for Burma; IFI Watch Trends from People-Centered Projects in Transitioning Countries 17 Bank Information Center (BIC) Preventing Gender Based Violence in Development Programs 18 Bank Information Center (BIC) Center for Law and Democracy Access to Information: Developments in Boy With a Ball Global What Can Be Done to Prevent Youth Radicalization? 20 Brekete Family 21 Center for Global Development Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development; CoP on legal aspects of forced displacement Positively Influencing Citizens Participation in Governance for Sustainable Development Through Developmental and Investigative Journalism by CSOs Resilience through Work: Building an Innovative Legal and Policy Framework for the Forcibly Displaced 22 Center for Governance, Leadership and Qualitative Studies (CGLQS) International Center for Development initiatives (ICDI) Walk the Talk: Addressing the challenges of civil society groups in engaging issues of fiscal transparency and open governance 23 Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) Accountability Counsel; Program on International & Comparative The Changing Face of Accountability as Development Finance Institutions Evolve Environmental Law at American University Washington College of Law Worldwide. Page 1 of 6

2 24 Center of Concern Eurodad; Jubilee UK; Heinrich Boell Foundation Infrastructure and Public-Private Partnerships: The IMF's role 25 Centre for Law and Democracy African Freedom of Information Center; Alianza Regional The Role of the World Bank in Advancing Citizens' Access to Information in the Context of the Bank's reforms 26 Child Rights Association in Benghazi-Libya. Civil Society Commission in Libya. Foreign NGOs which work in Libya. 27 Christian Aid CAFOD 28 Christian Aid ActionAid; Oxfam Delivering on the Paris Agreement and the SDGs: what kind of energy investment would it take? The Role of the IFIs in assessing the impact of tax incentives and tax competition on inequality 29 Christian Development Partners Agency (CPDA) County Development Agenda and the Greenhouse Gas Emission Management Strategy 30 Christian Partners Development Agency United Nations Office on Drugs and Corruption; Safaricom The Role of the Private Sector in Addressing the Challenge of Corruption in the Developing World. 31 Citizens' Climate Lobby 32 Climate Bonds Initiative American Sustainable Business Council; IAAI; CliMates; Geoversiv Foundation International Cooperative Mutual Insurers Federation; International Capital Markets Association Access to Good Civil Society Stakeholder Stocktake The Growing Green Bonds Market and its Role in Sustainable economic development 33 CNCD Eurodad; Erlassjahr Stopping Vulture Funds Through National Anti-Vulture Laws 34 C-nocracy 35 Coalition for Human Rights in Development Harvard Kennedy School of Goverment; Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation; ROCA Human Rights Watch; Fundacion para el Desarrollo de Politicas Sustentables (FUNDEPS) Embracing Synocracy: Towards a 21st Century Governance Process Assessment Tools for Safeguards Implementation 36 Coast Interfaith Council of Clerics Trust Religious Radicalism and Violent Extremism Great Hindrance to Globalization 37 Cordaid CSPPS and other IDPS co-chairs Moving Forward: How to integrate a gender perspective in peacebuilding and statebuilding 38 Cotton Campaign Open Society Foundations Applying Fundamental Labour Rights in Global Cotton Supply Chains 39 Data Management Association International "China Chapter" The Current State of 'Data' - Its impact on Statistical/Supervisory Data Management 40 Debt Justice Norway 41 Elizka Relief Foundation The African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (Afrodad) and the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) United Nations Sustainable Developpment Solutions Network (UNSDSN); Global Development; Gigawatt Global Government Bonds and Responsible Finance Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development in Africa: Opportunities, Challenges and Best Practices 42 Eurodad Afrodad; Centre of Concern; Erlassjahr.de; Jubilee Debt Campaign Uk; Jubilee USA; Latindadd; SLUG/Debt Justice Norway The Reform of the IMF-WB Debt Sustainability Framework: Fit for the 2030 Development Agenda? 43 Family Services of Peel The Peel Institute on Violence Prevention A Canadian Housing Strategy for Everyone 44 Freedom House Committee to Protect Journalists; CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation; International Center for Not-For-Profit Law Combatting Corruption in Closing Spaces: Implications for Governance 45 Friends of the Earth New Banks, New Norms? Emerging Sustainability Frameworks from China and Brazil Page 2 of 6

3 46 47 Friends of the Earth US / Bretton Woods Project Future Africa, United Kingdom Entrepreneurial Development Initiative (ENDIP) Nigeria Heinrich Boel Stiftung North America; Institute for Policy Studies; Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA); Safeguarding Climate Finance: GCF, MDBs, rights, & social/environmental risk Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples International Centre for Policy Research and Education); Ulu Foundation Comic Relief; Department of Social Sciences- University of East London; Chevening Alumni Association - United Kingdom; Federal Ministry of Youth Development, Abuja, Nigeria Youth Unemployment in Nigeria: The role of development organisations in coordinating youth empowerment initiatives and harnessing theory and practice. 48 Gender Action Haiti Advocacy Working Group Are Women's and Men's Lives Improving through Bank Projects Six Years After Haiti's Earthquake? 49 Global Campaign for Education US Action Aid International; Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER); Kenya National Union of Teachers; National Education Association; Oxfam International; RESULTS Educational Fund; East African Centre for Human Rights; EACHRights Equity, Inclusion, and Education: Examining Evidence on Low-Fee Private Schools 50 Global Economic Governance Initiative, Boston University China, Emerging Markets, and Development Finance. 51 Global Growth Foundation of India Not confirmed. Would be explored subsequently 52 Global Innovation Fund TBD Awareness Creation, Sensitization and Education Stakeholders on Issues Related to Health of Mining Workers in India. Fragile States & Displaced People: Mobilizing Innovation in Humanitarian Crises 53 Global Innovation Fund Upwardly (Domestic Resource) Mobile: Fostering Innovation in Public Services 54 Global Integrity Feedback Labs; Public Service Accountability Monitor; Global Delivery Initiative; Partnership for Transparency Fund Adaptive Learning & Management in Practice - What are we learning? 55 Global Ukraine Foundation IDF Reforms Lab (Tbilissi, Georgia); Fondation Etre et Leadership (Portau-Prince, Haiti); ELU International NGO (Metz, France); RAZOM (New York, USA) The Growing CSOs Role for Moving Forward the so Needed Public Administration Reforms in Developing Countries: Local success-stories and new global challenges 56 Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation 57 Haitelmex foundation Tahirih Justice Center; Equality Now: Inter-African Committee USA (IAC-USA) An Introduction to Female Genital Mutilation Illegal Immigration and the Loss of Life and Infiltration of the Perpetrator (of Contraband). 58 Helen Keller International Upon acceptance, HKI will request co-sponsorship from 1,000 Days; Save the Children; World Vision; ACF; NCD Alliance Implementing the New Global Guidance to End Inappropriate Promotion of Foods for Infants and Young Children 59 HOPE Africa HOPE Care Services and Carefronting Nigeria Trauma Consciousness and Resilience for the Elderly and Vulnerable persons in our communities 60 IFLA, eifl Gigabit Libraries Network; ALA/PLA; IREX; Libraries without Borders Delivering Development: How Libraries Help Bring People Online and Reach the SDGs 61 Inclusive Development International Oxfam; BIC; Urgewald; Examining the IFC's Climate and Forest Footprint in its Financial Sector Investments 62 Independent Evaluation Group - World Bank Citizen Engagement in the World Bank Group: An update from the Independent Evaluation Group 63 Initiative for Food Environment and Health Society (IFEHS) The Role of CSOs in Social Mobilization, Transparency and Accountability for Sustainable Development: A Case Study of NEWMAP Project, Nigeria 64 International Association of African NGOs (IAAN) United People For African Congress (UPAC) Nigeria's Healthcare System: Challenges and Opportunities 65 International Association of African NGOs (IAAN) A Conversation with the Vice President of Nigeria, His Excellency Professor Yemi Osinbajo on 'Nigeria's quest for Good Governance and Social Accountability' 66 International Youth Foundation Professional Examination Services (ProExam) Overcoming the Skills Mismatch: Training and Assessment of Work Readiness Skills 67 IREX Three Steps to Closing the Gender Digital Divide Page 3 of 6

4 68 Jesus Banquet Ministries Peace and Justice for Africa; Make Every Woman Count Diaspora Contributions to the Development of Africa: Agenda Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities World Bank Faith Initiative; Islamic Relief USA; World Vision Religion and Sustainable Development: Evidence for the capacities, activities and contributions of faith groups towards achieving the SDGS 70 Joy for Children Uganda Drama on the Ground: Community Engagement in the World Bank Funded Projects 71 Joy for Children Uganda Roundtable Discussion on the new GBV Task Force 72 Jubilee USA Getting Trade Right 73 Junior Achievement Americas Bridging the 21st Century Skills Gap: Youth in the Fourth Industrial Revolution 74 Junior Chamber International Missouri Association of Community Action Bridging the Gap: A JCI Poverty Simulation 75 Koyenum Immalah Foundation Dialogue for sustainable livelihood for women and girls in Niger Delta, Nigeria 76 Libyan Transparency Association Libyan Transparency Association The Interplay between Transnational Organized Crime, Poverty Reduction, Financial Sector Stability, and Economic Development. 77 Massey College / Jubilee USA Erlassjahr, Massey College Next Steps on Sovereign Debt Restructuring 78 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Advocacy and Support Initiative (MSME) Youth Unemployment, Violent Extremism, and the Nigerian Government 79 Midwives Voices in Rural Berberati Community Mobilzation to Raise Awareness for Safemotherhood in Limitted Resource Settings 80 Naija Worldwide Charities (NWC) and Global Women Africa Network (GLOW) Zoweh Holdings LLC; SKJ Visioneering, LLC African Women in STEM: A Proposal for Entrepreneurial Endeavors 81 National Democratic Insitute Putting Politics to Work for Accountability 82 NAYD (Network of African Youth for Development) African Youth and Poverty Eradication Strategies in Local Communities 83 Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers KAICIID Dialogue Centre; Finn Church Aid; the International Crisis Group Behind the Profiles: Addressing violent extremism through development cooperation 84 New America The Trillion Dollar Challenge: A new business model to finance the SDGs 85 Nkafu Policy Institute, Yaounde - Cameroon Forget Double-Digit Growth. Focus Instead on Single-Digit Unemployment 86 Observatoire de Gestion de la Formation et Administration Scolaire (OGEFAS) 3IDS (Inter-regional Institute for Industrial and Development Strategies) "WomanActive" / "FemmActive" Universal Toolkit 87 Oil Change International Sierra Club What do Climate Limits Agreed in Paris Mean for MDB Energy Finance? 88 OISCA International Japan Capacity Building of Youth for Sustainable Development 89 ONE Campaign 90 OPCS - World Bank Accelerating Transformation in Nigeria through Boosting Domestic Health Budgets: The opportunity & the jeopardy! The New World Bank Environmental and Social Framework: Opportunities and challenges for implementation. Page 4 of 6

5 91 Operation HOPE, Inc. FEEDS African Economic Growth Through Remittances: Focus on small business, entrepreneurship & SME's 92 Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Managing Global Financial Risks in Uncertain Times 93 Oxfam International Accelerating Action on Universal Health Coverage: The power of public financing to end out-of-pocket payments 94 Oxfam International Tackling Inequality: Previewing an index on how governments are doing 95 Partnership for Governance Reform - Kemitraan SDGs Addressing Indonesia Poverty Gap: How effective is goverment / development/ private sectors programme in addressing poverty gaps. 96 Partnership Transparency Fund TBD. Potentially Civicus; Open Society Foundations; Asia Foundation; Foundations Center Civil Society Roles in Agenda 2030: Implications for donors, governments and CSOs 97 Passionate Africa Leadership Institute (PALI) Platform for Civic Engagement Anticipated challenges with the attainment of the goal ( 16) of the Sustainable Development Goals in the African Context 98 Patients Helping Fund, Sudan (PHF) UN International PPP Centre of Excellence; Syrian Expatriate Medical Association (SEMA); Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) Public-Civil Society Partnership in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Countries (FCAC) 99 PR Caring Foundation Children and Youth Development in Education and Sports 100 PR Caring Foundation Child Welfare and Community Development 101 PR Caring Foundation Sustainable Organic Agro Farm Project 102 Practical Action Oxfam America, International Rivers Modernizing Energy Planning: The pathway to ending energy poverty 103 PTF Asia Foundation, Inc. Xavier University (Ateneo de Cagayan de Oro University) Sustainable Cities: Overcoming Local Governance Paralysis Through Citizen Engagement 104 Public Knowledge Access Now Building Partnerships to Advance Rights-Respecting Broadband Connectivity 105 Rescue Arms Network (RANET) Clean Hands, Clean Minds for the Future as Leaders 106 Saferworld Global Forum for Media Development, the Governance Data Alliance; Institute for Economics and Peace; International IDEA; Namati; Open Society Foundations; Peace Research Institute Olso; Results for Development Institute; Small Arms Survey; Sustinable Development Solutions Network; The TAP Network; Transparency International; World Justice Project The SDG16 Data Initiative 107 Save the Children UK Save the Children with willing and appropriate collaborators Early Childhood Development and the "Leave no One Behind" Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals 108 Save the Children UK International Coalition on Advocacy for Nutrition and the SUN Civil Society network How to Scale-up Nutrition for Equality, Growth and Productivity 109 Save the Children UK TBC 110 Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) TERI Migrant and Refugee Children: Protection and access to opportunities for equitable and shared prosperity Leveraging Renewable Energy to Generate "Green Livelihoods" for Poor, Informal Sector Women Workers. 111 Sierra Club Balkan Green Foundation; Rockefeller Brothers Fund Supporting Renewable Energy Development in the Western Balkans 112 Social Justice Connection Coalition for Human Rights in Development Business, Development Finance andhhuman rights : How do these Connect? Page 5 of 6

6 113 Sociedad y Discapacidad (SODIS) BIC (BIC) Improving Inclusion of Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Children in Education Projects 114 Solidarite Agissante pour le Developpement Familial SADF 115 Somos el Presente Japan Platform for Youth and Sustainable Development Argentina Group for Analysis for Development Comment Vaincre L'Economie De La Misere Youth as Drivers of Social Change and Shared Prosperity 116 Teach for All Leadership Development: The Missing Piece in Improving Global Education 117 Terra-1530 Non-Governmental Organisation-Local Public Administration Partnership: Poverty reduction 118 Terra-1530 Local Action - Global Impact 119 Third World Network-Africa (TWN-Africa) 120 Toronto Centre 121 Tranparency International 122 Triumphant Hand of Mercy Initiative (THOMI AFRICA) International Trade Union Confederation-Africa Organisation (ITUC- Africa); (to be confirmed The UN Enviornment Programme (UNEP) ; Global Affairs Canada (GAC) Climate Investment Funds, Applied Environmental Research Foundation, Practical Action Global Finance and Domestic Resource Mobilisation in Africa: Meeting the challenge of financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Green Innovations in Financial Services: Implications for Financial Stability and Regulation Civil Society in Climate Finance: Launching the Stakeholder Advisory Network (SAN) Empowering Women to Achieve International Sustainable Development Goals 123 Ulu Foundation BothENDs, Urgewald, Green Watershed, ELSAM (TBC), CEE Bankwatch (TBC) Infrastructure Development and Natural Resources in the Context of the World Bank's Environmental and Social Framework 124 UNCTAD IMF/WBG; Dubai Chamber; WAEMU Engaging Civil Society and Policy Makers to Support Small Trades 125 Untapped Hope Foundation Sustainable Portable Water Filtration Systems in Rural and Small towns in Haiti (reducing the gap between urban and rural water access) 126 Vasudha Foundation MOTT Foundation TBC Exploring Alternative Energy Paradigm - Accelerating the Paris Agreement 127 VICEZ Global Charities Inc Feed, Read, Educate and Develop (FRED) PRE K to 12 - Poverty Alleviation Strategy 128 World Vision International World Bank; BabyWASH Coalition Practical Integration for Child Well-Being 129 World Wide Fund for Nature - France Green Bonds Must Keep the Green Promise! Effective and Credible Standards for the Green Bond Market 130 Young Americas Business Trust Organization of American States Innovative Youth Networks Leading the Entrepreneurship Revolution Page 6 of 6

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