The 2021 Spring Meetings will be held virtually. All attendees to the Spring Meetings must be accredited. Registration is now open for all categories. To allow sufficient time for processing registration applications prior to the Meetings, registration for Guests and CSOs will close on March 22, 2021.
Information about specific attendee categories is listed below.
Delegates are governmental officials of the member countries of the World Bank/IMF, who register through their respective Executive Director's office for the Meetings.
If you have any questions about delegate registration, please forward your inquiry to delegateregistration@worldbank.org.
Observer registration is now open. Register online: Observer Registration Form.
Observers are the representatives of international, regional, and economic organizations that were pre-approved and invited by the World Bank Group and IMF. Please see the list of 2020 Annual Meetings Observer Organizations. If you have any questions about Observer registration, please forward your inquiry to ObserverRegistration@worldbank.org.
Guest registration is now open. Register online: Guest Registration Form.
Guests fall within the following categories:
Private Sector: Representatives from financial institutions and banks, commercial enterprises, consulting, and contractor firms.
Parliamentarians and senators.
World Bank Group or IMF Guest?
Applicants should register as either a Bank Guest or a Fund Guest, based on their focus during the Spring Meetings. The choice of the Bank or the Fund will not preclude access to events at the other institution. Submitting Guest registration requests to both institutions will substantially delay the processing of your application. For information about the IMF Guest registration process, click here.
Guest registration will close on March 22.
If you have any questions about Guest registration, please forward your inquiries to GuestRegistration@worldbank.org.
CSO registration is now open. Register online: CSO Registration Form.
As in previous years, the World Bank Group and IMF will host the Civial Society Policy Forum (CSPF) as part of the 2021 Spring Meetings. The CSPF is an opportunity for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to share their views and perspectives in facilitated dialogues with Bank and Fund staff, other CSOs, and stakeholders. The CSPF will be held from March 22 to April 11, 2021.
All CSO representatives must recieve accreditation to participate in the CSPF and any other Spring Meetings events. Accreditation is not transferrable. CSOs include non-governmental organizations, community groups, labor unions, indigenous people’s movements, faith-based organizations, professional associations, foundations, think tanks, charitable organizations, and other not-for-profit organizations. All other participants - such as representatives from the private sector, academia or governmental bodies - must apply for accreditation as a Guest or other relevant registration category.
CSO registration will close on March 22.
For questions about CSO registration please email csoregistration@worldbank.org.
Journalists will be able to access press conferences via the IMF’s Online Media Briefing Center and the World Bank’s Online Media Briefing Center. For further information on media access to the various press conferences and to receive broadcast material please contact the media relations teams at the IMF (media@imf.org) and World Bank Group (press@worldbank.org), or visit www.bankfundmeetings.org.
The World Bank Group is committed to providing access to events and supporting Spring/Annual Meetings participants with disabilities. Please contact meetingsregistration@worldbank.org to let us know if you require accessibility accommodations. Every effort will be made to accommodate reasonable advance requests.
