Green Accountability (WB-P181271)

Regions
  • World
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
C
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Jan 11, 2024
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
World Resources Institute
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Law and Government
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 4.50 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 4.50 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Mar 14, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Aug 30, 2023

Contribute Information
Can you contribute information about this project?
Contact the EWS Team

Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the Bank’s website, the Proposed Development Objective is to strengthen the capacity of civil society actors to participate in climate policy processes through social accountability.

Component 1. Network Building, Targeted Knowledge Support, and Increased Support for Prioritizing Social Accountability in Climate Responses.

Component 2. Equipping Civil Society with Resources to Enable Fruitful Engagement with Public Authorities to Improve Climate Governance.

Component 3. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning with Capacity Building Support through Sub-grant Recipients and Knowledge Sharing with Global Partners.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

The environmental and social risk rating of the the project is Low. This project does not include any activity that will require physical works, and none of the technical assistance and activities under the project are expected to have any adverse impacts.

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

A grant from the GPSA Trust Fund in an amount not to exceed four million five hundred United States Dollars (USD $4,500,000). This Grant is funded out of the GPSA Trust Fund, for which the Bank receives periodic contributions from the Donors.

Total Project Cost: 4.50

Trust Funds (Global Partnership for Social Accountability): 4.50


Contact Information
This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

World Bank

Contact : Ann-Sofie Jespersen / Title : Senior Social Development Spec
Telephone No : 473-0143

Contact : Mariana T. Felicio / Title : Senior Social Development Spec
Telephone No : 5220+85028

Borrower/Client/Recipient

Borrower : World Resources Institute
Contact : Jesse Worker / Title : Acting Director, Environmental Democracy Practice
Telephone No : 12027297640 / Email : jesse.worker@wri.org

Implementing Agencies

Implementing Agency : World Resources Institute
Contact : Jesse Worker / Title : Acting Director, Environmental Democracy Practice
Telephone No : 12027297640 / Email : jesse.worker@wri.org

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

To submit an information request for project information, you will have to create an account to access the Access to Information request form. You can learn more about this process at: https://www.worldbank.org/en/access-to-information/request-submission

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF THE WORLD BANK

The World Bank Inspection Panel is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who believe they are likely to be, or have been, adversely affected by a World Bank-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the Inspection Panel, they may investigate to assess whether the World Bank is following its own policies and procedures for preventing harm to people or the environment. You can contact the Inspection Panel or submit a complaint by emailing ipanel@worldbank.org. Information on how to file a complaint and a complaint request form are available at: https://www.inspectionpanel.org/how-to-file-complaint

How it works

How it works