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Scaling Up World Bank Group
Engagement with Civil Society:
A Strategic Priorities Paper
Civil Society Team
EXTIA
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Introduction
Significant expansion of “space” for civil society
since early 1990s
CSOs substantial players in global development
assistance
Technological and communications advances
have aided CSO growth and linkages
Enabling conditions help CSOs to thrive
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WBG has continued engagement: in sectors,
projects, policies and strategies, and new
constituencies
Background
CSO engagement a key part of WBG
business model, calls for periodical
reviews
Last review 2005 Issues and Options
Paper
Identified 5 key priorities, and a 10 Point
Action Plan
Progress review shows both progress and
gaps on Action Plan
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Objectives:
Assess internal environment for
CSO engagement
Identify constraints and emerging
opportunities
Recommend priorities for scaling
up
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Rationale
Key Opportunities and Imperatives:
Expansion of Bank-CSO relations
WBG leaders strong interest
Key changes in global and national context
GAC-IP emphasizes role of civil society
Six strategic themes
Need to improve internal synergy
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Approach and Methodology
Phase 1
Establishing Steering Group and Core Strategy Team
Developing preparatory documents and Draft Outline
Internal WBG consultations – staff interviews and group
discussions
External outreach: Semi-structured interviews, group
discussions (e.g. Spring Meetings)
Web-based consultation
First zero draft of Paper, review with EXT and Steering
Group
Phase II
Broad external consultations on zero draft
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Final revision
Board process
Lessons and Issues from Stocktaking
Shift of engagement from ‘constituency’ to
‘issue- driven’.
Shift from ‘do-no-harm’ advocacy to ‘do-good’
advocay on Bank
Specific themes dominate: climate change;
fragile/conflict-affected regions; food security,
etc.
Rising CSO interest in more operational
relationships
Policy dialogue more intense, but requires
better follow up
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Policy consultations (e.g. GAC-IP) have improved
but require more uniformity and quality
Lessons and Issues from Stocktaking
Incentives and capacities of Bank CS focal points in
regions reduced
Engage CSOs up and downstream in project cycle,
and improve guidance to task teams
Help governments improve knowledge of and
engagement with CSOs
Help access to information/FOIA processes and
enabling environments for civil society
Improve WBG information disclosure and
translations
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Increase accessibility of Bank staff by CSOs
Lessons and Issues from Stocktaking
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Need to improve analytical work and generate
more knowledge products on civil society.
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Monitoring of CSO engagement/participation
needs to be enhanced
Opportunities for Scaling up Issuebased Engagement
Governance and Anti-Corruption (GAC)
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Harness CSO knowledge and experiences at the
country level, linking it to global level lesson
learning
 Explore collaboration with CSOs around piloting
anti-corruption based on civic engagement
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Systematically capture lessons from civil society
monitoring of GAC
Opportunities for Scaling up
Issue-based Engagement
Agriculture and Food Security
 Improve joint planning with CSOs
 Link analysis to financial crisis
 Identify and engage focal points in WBG, to
promote country-level engagement
 More systematically ‘map’ CSO actors at all
levels to expand and deepen dialogue
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Identify specific focus areas for collaboration
Opportunities for Scaling up Issuebased Engagement
Climate Change
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Build on long-standing engagement
with environmental CSOs
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Develop measures to address CIF and
other contentious issues
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Innovate partnerships and scale-up
engagement
Opportunities for Scaling up
Issue-based Engagement
The Bank’s Six Strategic Themes
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
Identify CSOs whose work intersect with
Strategic Themes
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Pilot and develop sustained CSO
engagement in planning, implementation
and monitoring of Strategic Themes
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Explore partnership in core areas
Opportunities for Scaling up
Issue-based Engagement
Global Financial Crisis and IFI
Governance
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Facilitate systematic CSO engagement in
WBG governance reforms
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Continue to map and engage CSOs
working on global economic governance
issues
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Define specific strategies and
mechanisms for dialogue
Recommendations on Strategic
Priorities
i.
Substantial global report on CSOs as development agents
ii.
Intitute global survey to track and enhance operating
conditions for CSOs
iii. Establish programmatic partnerships with global NGO
platforms (i.e. InterAction, Coordination Sud)
iv. Establish CSO advisory group for WBG president
v.
Develop instruments to enhance funding to CSOs and help
capacity building
vi. Improve WBG coordination on civil society engagement,
enhance role of Civil Society Team
vii. Improve monitoring and evaluation system to track CSO
engagement
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Next Steps
 Management review of current draft
 Internal and external consultations
 Further revisions
 Technical briefing of Board
 Final document and dissemination
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Questions
What are we doing right in our relationship with
CSOs?
Where can we improve
What priorities should our engagement focus on?
How can we balance formal and informal
approaches?
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