- The Inspection Panel on May 15, 2018, held a video conference (VC) with approximately 50 civil society representatives in five French-speaking countries in Africa. Operations Officer Tamara Milsztajn and intern Alice Schoonejans explained the Panel’s mandate and operations to civil society representatives in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, Niger and Guinea, then took questions on a wide range of…
- Inspection Panel Executive Secretary Dilek Barlas on May 18, 2018, joined representatives of five other independent accountability mechanisms (IAMs) to discuss accountability issues at the International Association for Impact Assessment’s annual meeting in Durban, South Africa. The session – titled “International Finance: The Role of Independent Accountability Mechanisms” – covered a range of…
- World Bank management has released its latest report on the implementation of its action plans. The actions plans were developed in response to finding in Inspection Panel investigations, and have been approved by the Bank’s Board of Executive Directors. Management, as requested by the Committee on Development Effectiveness of the Board, began submitting these biannual implementation…
- Panel Chairman Gonzalo Castro de la Mata on May 15 joined with representatives of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman and the independent accountability mechanisms (IAMs) of the African Development Bank and the European Investment Bank at a discussion with civil society representatives co-organized by the Legal Resources Centre prior to the start of the International Association for Impact…
- The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on July 13, 2018, approved an Inspection Panel decision to defer for a second time its recommendation on whether an investigation is warranted of the proposed Amaravati Sustainable Capital City Development Project in India. The Panel proposed to report back to the Board after nine months or when Bank management authorizes the appraisal of the proposed…
- Mr. Ernst-Günther Bröder, a German national, served as the first chair of the Inspection Panel. Prior to assuming that position, Mr. Bröder was the fourth President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) from 1984 to 1993. Earlier, he held several supervisory and consultative functions in international banks and other institutions. He was a Governor of the European Bank for…