Civil Society Organizations
Our Civil Society Team serves as a link between the WBG and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) globally. We work to strengthen our interactions with civil society, provide platforms for dialogue, and co-create strategic alliances at local, regional, and global levels. By facilitating exchanges and amplifying CSO perspectives, we work to ensure that:
- Civil society voices inform our policy dialogue, project implementation, and development outcomes.
- Civil society’s expertise and local knowledge are integrated into our work through advocacy, consultation, information sharing, policy dialogue, and operational collaboration. This ultimately advances our shared mission of ending poverty on a livable planet.
- We work to ensure stakeholders have the opportunity to engage with the WBG effectively, aiming to always ensure there is sufficient clarity, information, and opportunity to provide their insight.
We engage with CSOs in multiple ways:
- Advocacy: CSOs help generate public awareness and build momentum towards goals around shared priorities.
- Consultation: CSOs provide input through consultations.
- Knowledge Exchange: we proactively share information with CSOs via monthly newsletters, and seek CSOs’ expertise via regular calls and roundtables with our senior leadership.
- Policy: our policy dialogue with CSOs takes place frequently at both the country and global levels. In addition, twice a year, CSOs convene at the Spring and Annual Meetings to take part in the Civil Society Policy Forum (CSPF).
- Operations: when there is operational collaboration, CSOs receive financial support to implement development projects or provide key services monitoring project outcomes, in line with our operating model.
We know that CSOs care deeply about accountability. The Accountability Mechanism, Grievance Redress Service, and Integrity Vice Presidency are ways in which we aim to ensure our work benefits people and communities in the countries where we work.
