17/10/2025
Join us tomorrow at 2:30 PM EST
Transparency as a Twin-Engine: Driving Community Ownership, Development Effectiveness, and Investment Efficiency at the IFC
📍 World Bank Group | Room I 2-250
🗓️ October 17, 2025 | 2:30 – 4:00 PM (DC time)
Transparency isn’t just a principle. it’s infrastructure for accountability. This discussion brings together voices from across the IFC, civil society, and oversight institutions to unpack how limited access to information undermines both community ownership and investment efficiency.
Hosted by the Arab Watch Coalition, this session will present concrete policy recommendations to strengthen the IFC’s Access to Information framework, ensuring that development finance truly serves people, not just portfolios.
🎙️ Speakers:
Moderator: Amy Ekdawi — Executive Director, Arab Watch Coalition
Brenna Lundstrom — Communications Officer, Access to Information, IFC
Janine Ferretti — Vice President, Compliance Advisor and Ombudsman (CAO), IFC
Carolina Juaneda — Environment Director & LAC Coordinator, Bank Information Center (BIC)
Raphael Vagliano — Legal Officer, Center for Law and Democracy (CLD)
You can also watch it live here
https://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2025/06/16/civil-society-policy-forum-annual-meetings-2025
The session will be translated to French, Arabic, and Spanish
