Civil Society Policy Forum October 9-12, 2018 World Bank Group / IMF 2018 Annual Meetings Schedule Day 1 - Tuesday, October 9, 2018 9:30 am 2:00 pm 2:30 pm 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 6:30 pm WBG Orientation Session - Lunch Session with Moderator of CSO Roundtable with WBG Executive Directors Crowdsourcing for Climate: Community-Centric Technology to Address Climate-Induced Vulnerabilities Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) with Pacific Disaster Centre, Peta Bencana Does the World Bank and Other IFIs Citizen Engagement Framework Work in Myanmar and Other Transitioning Countries? IFI Watch Myanmar with Bank Information Center, Paung Ku, Natural Green Alliance, Karen Environmental and Social Action Network BNDCC Singaraja Room Civil Society Roundtable with World Bank Group Executive Directors Followed by a light Reception The Big Shift: Has the IFC Lived up to its Promise to Improve its Work with Financial Institutions? Bank Information Center Europe with Oxfam, The Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations Economies in Transition: Inequality, Social Spending and International Financial Institutions Policies in the Arab Region Arab NGO Network for Development with Tax Justice Alliance in the Arab Region
Day 2 - Wednesday, October 10, 2018 9:00 am 10:30 am 10:30 am Scaling Up Renewable Energy Access & Aligning with 2050 Pathways Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G), Tearfund and Christian Aid with Big Shift Global, Bretton Woods Project, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, Climate Action Network, SE4All, Spectrum, BIC Europe Global Lessons from Nam Theun 2 The World Bank s Model Hydropower Project in Laos Inclusive Development International with Bank Information Center Europe Infrastructure Reloaded: Agenda, Human Rights and Financing Modalities from a Civil Society Perspective Society for International Development and International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development with CSO FfD Group, Eurodad, APMDD, Counter-Balance, TWN-A, Latindadd, Observatory for Sustainable Infrastructure, Heinrich Boell Foundation Results for Children: Faith Actors High-Level Advocacy Forum on Investing in Early Childhood Development Arigatou International, Endorsed by Members of the Moral Initiative: The Faith- Based Action Framework to End Extreme Poverty and Realize the Sustainable Development Goals CSO perspectives on Operationalising Gender and Income Inequality at the IMF Bretton Woods Project (BWP) Unexpected Leaders? Highlights in Beneficial Ownership Transparency Progress Transparency International The Future of Work and the World Bank Public Services International and International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) with Building and Woodworkers International Asia Pacific, UNI Global Union Asia Pacific Regional Organization Rethinking IMF Loan Conditionality Eurodad with Bretton Woods Project 1:30 pm Lunch Session with Moderator of CSO Townhall
1:30 pm 3:00 pm 2:00 pm 3:00 pm 3:00 pm 3:30 pm 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Scaling Up Climate and Clean Energy Ambition - The Need for a Systems Change Environics Trust with Oxfam, NGO Forum on ADB, Asian Peoples Movement on Debt and Development Development in the Context of Obstructed Civic Space: Cases from the Asia region CIVICUS with Bank Information Center For History Not to Repeat Itself: Learning from Failed PPPs Latindadd and Asia Pacific Research Network with Eurodad, Heinrich Boell Foundation, BfW, BWP, APMDD, Public Services International, Society for International Development, Counter-Balance, Afrodad, FAHAMU Medan Room, Bali Westin - CSOs meeting with International Finance Corporation CEO, Philippe Le Houerou Meaningful Social, Environmental and Gender Consent Consideration Needed in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects Climate Watch Thailand with Aksi! for Gender, Social and Ecological Justice Indonesia, Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network Bangladesh Building Human Capital Through Investing in Children and the SDGs: Charting a Way Forward Save the Children UK SOGIESC Inclusion in Regional MDBs Taking a Leaf Out of the World Bank s Playbook APCOM Foundation and GAYa NUSANTARA Foundation with Human Rights Campaign, Bank Information Center Europe, Council for Global Equality, VOICE Education Equity, Financing and Privatization: Challenges and Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific Region Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education with NEW Indonesdia, Oxfam International, ActionAid International, E-Net Philippines Are We Building Back Better? Lessons from South Asia Disaster Report (2016) All India Disaster Mitigation Institute with Duryog Nivaran, Practical Action - Nepal 5:30 pm 6:30 pm BICC Mangupura Hall CSO Townhall with WBG President Jim Yong Kim and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde Followed by a Networking Reception
Day 3 - Thursday, October 11, 2018 9:00 am 10:30 am 10:30 am 2:00 pm Towards Social Justice and Feminist Alternatives: Reshaping Economies to Work for Women's Rights ActionAid with Fight Inequality Alliance, Public Services International, Solidaritas Perempuan (Women's Solidarity for Human Rights) The Business Case of Women Leadership: Investing in Women s Economic Empowerment Papua New Guinea Women s Business Resource Centre and Self Employed Women s Association (SEWA) Lunch Break Wanted: Increased Global Policy Alignment on Anti- Corruption and Financial Transparency Civil 20 (C20) with Poder Ciudadano, Transparency International, Tax Justice Network Practices and Lessons Learned for the Implementation of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent of Indigenous Peoples Coalition for Human Rights in Development, International Accountability Project and the Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience (SURR) Global Practice of the World Bank EMEs and Volatile Capital Flows: Policy Challenges and Solutions Madhyam with SOMO, Bread for the World Tackling Inequality Through Tax Justice Freedom from Debt Coalition with Tax and Fiscal Justice Alliance Asia Building a Better IMF: Strengthening the IMF s Legitimacy and Credibility International Monetary Fund Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) The Energy Transition in Emerging Economies: Role of Policy-Makers Sustainable World Inc. AirQualityAsia and Global China Research Foundation
2:00 pm 3:30 pm Accountability 2030 in the Asia Region: Lessons learned from CAO and IPN Cases and Way Forward Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) and Inspection Panel Leading or Following: Shaping the Fight for Tax Justice The Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT) with Oxfam International, Friedrich- Ebert-Stiftung, Financial Transparency Coalition, The South Centre Advancing Effective Development Cooperation Principles in Private Sector Development Financing CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) & IBON International with Institute for National and Democracy Studies, Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organizations, ANND, ITUC The Unrealized Potential of International Financial Institutions to Reduce Corruption through Conditionalities Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) 3:30 pm 4:00 pm 4:00 pm 5:30 pm Reducing Inequality for the SDGs: Are Governments on the Right Path and are IFIs Helping Them get There? Oxfam International and Development Finance International with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, ITUC, New Rules for Global Finance Youth Empowerment to Transform Indigenous Communities through Entrepreneurial Innovations & Job Creation for 4th Industrial Revolution 1M1B Foundation with Hypershift Innovation, University of California - Berkeley Rebuild Trust in Government and Improve Infrastructure Spending in Southeast Asia Through Open Contracting and CoST Hivos South East Asia with CoST the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative MFD and its Implications: Extent, Implications and Impacts of Greater Private Sector Involvement in Sustainable Development NGO Forum on ADB and Reality of Aid Network Asia Pacific with Eurodad, Center for Research and Advocacy Manipur, Reality of Aid Network Africa, Hoenrich Boell Foundation, Center for Environmental Justice, AKSI Indonesia
Day 4 - Friday, October 12, 2018 9:00 am 10:30 am Early Learning in Deprived Context Inequality in Asia and the International Financial Institutions (Launching of the report on inequality in Asia) Financing Climate Change Without Contributing to Debt Crises? Sin-Tax Policy Reform: Policy Tools to Improve Health Behaviors and Increase Financing SDG 3 Yayasan Sayangi Tunas Cilik - Save the Children Indonesia Asian Peoples Movement on Debt & Development with Fight Inequality Alliance Debt Justice Norway with Erlassjahr, Jubilee Debt Campaign UK Perkumpulan PRAKARSA with Health Policy Center - University of Illinois at Chicago 10:30am Peacebuilding Innovations in Fragile States Update on the World Bank Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) Too Many Cooks: Addressing Evolving Creditor Coordination Challenges in Sovereign Debt Crisis Resolution 12:30 pm Mercy Corps with Peace and Development Initiative/Kintha World Bank Erlassjahr - Entwicklung braucht Entschuldung (German Jubilee Network) with Eurodad, Afrodad, Debt Justice Norway, Latindadd 2:00 pm Lunch Session CSO Feedback Session
2:00 pm 3:30 pm Sustainability and Institutionalization of Social Accountability, Review of Lessons Learned and Challenges from Asia Enhancing Social Development Through Meaningful Youth Participation Challenging Immunity of International Financial Institutions A Step Towards Accountability? Withstanding the Next Storm: Resilient Economies Require Resilient Tools to Weather Crisis and Natural Disaster World Vision International Cambodia with Save the Children International Independent Young People Alliance/Yayasan Aliansi Remaja Independen Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) with Bank Information Center Jubilee USA Network 3:30 pm 4:00 pm 4:00 pm 5:30 pm Investing in Human Capital to Make Progress Towards SDG #4 Teach For All Fighting Corruption in the Extractive and Natural Resources Sector Publish What You Pay Indonesia with Transparency International-Indonesia, Global Witness