The 2015 Annual General Meetings (AGM) for the World Bank/IMF were held from October 9-11, 2015 in Lima, Peru. Thousands of government officials, private sector, journalists, civil society representatives, and other interested observers gathered in Lima for the week. There was also an alternative event (in Spanish, Plataforma Alternativa Frente al Banco Mundial y Monetario Internacional) hosted by local civil society groups held October 6 – 9 in Lima.
Civil Society General Information
“Lima Declaration”: compiled by participants at the Alternative Platform
Coverage and commentary:
The World Bank’s Impotent Human Rights Advocacy (TeleSUR, Oct 10)It’s Time for the World Bank to Pay Its Debt (TeleSUR, Oct 9)
5 questions about the World Bank annual meetings (DevEx, Oct 9)
Walking the Talk? World Bank Energy-Related Policies and Financing, 2000-2004 to 2010-2014 (Institute for Policy Studies, Oct 8)
Aspiration or Obligation? Testifying for a World Bank Human Rights Framework (CIEL, Oct 8)
How a World Bank Translator Became a Hunted Man(ICIJ, Oct 8)
Civil Society Comes Together in Latin America to Challenge the World Bank’s Annual Meetings (Oakland Institute, Oct 6)
2015 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings kick off on Monday (Andina, Oct 3)
The full schedule of events for the alternative event can be found here.
BIC Partners
Amaranta Gomez SIPIA: Secretariado de Pueblos Indigenas frente al VIH, la Sexualidad y los Derechos Humano (Mexico)
Andres Rivera Organización de Transexuales por la Dignidad de la Diversidad (Chile)
Belissa Andia Instituto Runa de Desarrollo y Estudios sobre Genero (Peru)
Edson Hurtado Journalist, author of “Ser gay en Tiempos de Evo” (Bolivia)
Marcela Romero Argentine Transvestite Transsexual Transgender Association (Argentina)
Nandin Solis International Secretariat of Indigenous Peoples and Afro-Descendants and HIV/AIDS, Sexuality and Human Rights (Panama)
Ronald Cespedes Consejero Departamental de Culturas de Chuquisaca (Bolivia)
Silvia Martinez REDTRANS (Nicaragua)
Tamara Adrian ADRIAN & ADRIAN, ABOGADOS CONSULTORES & Professor (Venezuela)
Reem Abdelhaliem Tadamun (Egypt)
Ziad Abdel Samad Arab NGO Network for Development (Lebanon)
BIC Staff
Joe Athialy Bank Information Center (India)
Rachel Baker Bank Information Center (USA)
Rachel Burton Bank Information Center (USA)
Chad Dobson Bank Information Center (USA)
Christian Donaldson Bank Information Center (USA)
Jolie Schwarz Bank Information Center (USA)
Nezir Sinani Bank Information Center (USA)
Other Civil Society Participants
Bodo Ellmers Eurodad, European Network on Debt and Development (International)
Maria José Eurodad, European Network on Debt and Development (International)
Tiago Stichelmans Eurodad, European Network on Debt and Development (International)
Elaine Zuckerman Gender Action (USA)
Nadia Daar Oxfam (USA)
Gretchen Gordon Bank on Human Rights
Ryan Schlief International Accountability Project (International)
Carolin Vollmann International Trade Union Confederation (International)
Gaia Larsen World Resources Institute (International/USA)
Korinna Horta urgewald (Germany)
Athena Ballesteros World Resources Institute (International/USA)
Antonio Gambini CNCD-11.11.11 (Belgium)
Juan Carballo FUNDEPS – Fundación para el Desarrollo de Políticas Sustentables (Argentina)
Leonardo A. Crippa Indian Law Resource Center (USA)
Sandra Smithey C.S. Mott Fdn (USA)
Kate Geary Oxfam
Liliana Penaherrera Sociedad peruana de Sindrome Down (Peru)
Visar Azemi Balkan Green Foundation/KOSID (Western Balkans/Kosovo)
Gonzalo Roza FUNDEPS – Fundación para el Desarrollo de Políticas Sustentables (Argentina)
Chloe Schwabe Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns (USA)
Luiz Vieira Bretton Woods Project (UK)
Manana Kochladze CEE Bankwatch Network (CEE/Georgia)
Maren Hemsett Debt Justice Norway (Norway)
Towards COP21: A panorama of the WBG’s Agenda if they are Serious About Ending Poverty Oct 6, 4:00-5:30 pm
Sponsored by 11.11.11
Co-sponsored by BIC, Oxfam
Why Human Rights Must be Part of the World Bank’s Agenda if they are Serious about Ending Poverty Oct 8, 11-12:30 pm
Sponsored by BIC
Co-sponsored by Human Rights Watch, Oxfam, Save the Children
The role of Transparency in Development Loans: An Assessment from Mexico, Brazil and Peru Oct 8, 11:00-12:30 pm
Sponsored by FUNDAR
Co-sponsored by International Rivers – Brazil, Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR) – Peru, Bank Information Center (BIC) – USA
Discapacidad y Desarrollo Inclusivo / Disability and Inclusive Development Oct 9, 9:00-10:30 am
Sponsored by Sociedad Peruana de Síndrome Down
Co-sponsored by International Disability Alliance (IDA); Bank Information Center (BIC); Sociedad y Discapacidad (SODIS); Asociacion de Destrofia Muscular (ADM); Fundacion Uruguaya Sobre Discapacidad y Desarollo Inclusivo
Child Rights and Mining Conflict: Protecting the Needs and Interests of Children in Communities Impacted by Mining Projects Oct 9, 9:00-10:30 am
Sponsored by Save the Children
Co-sponsored by Bank Information Center
