World Bank Group Day
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This special meeting provides a forum for impact assessment practitioners to get an update on the World Bank safeguards review process, including the evolving ideas concerning the development of the next generation of environmental and social safeguards; to get insights from their respective specialties in the way in which IFC carries out due diligence of environmental and social risks, analyzes strategies issues in its portfolio and informs corporate decision-making; and to discuss recent experiences on the management of environmental and social risk of projects supporting public and private sector activities funded jointly by the World Bank and IFC.
This special event consists of three parts:
Part 1: Update of the World Bank safeguards review process.
Part 2: Innovative environmental and social risk management system adopted by IFC for the management of the environmental and social risks of its portfolio.
Part 3: Managing environmental and social risks of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). Simultaneous translation from Spanish to English is provided for this special event.
Pre-registration by 19 March required.