The Civil Society Group, through active engagement and knowledge exchange with civil society organizations, positions the IDB Group as a leading regional knowledge institution and strengthens its commitment to advancing sustainable and inclusive development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Through interactions, conversations, dialogues, and public consultations with CSOs, we work to:
Ensure that the knowledge and experiences of CSOs are shared with the IDB Group and play a central role in the Group’s strategic dialogues.
Enhance development effectiveness and the impact of our operations by fostering more meaningful engagement with Civil Society.
Build a strong stakeholder community that promotes cooperation, best-practice exchange, and shared understanding across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Implement the IDB Group–Civil Society Engagement Strategy and its corresponding Action Plan.
Highlight the leadership and essential role of Civil Society as a key stakeholder of the IDB Group.
The Civil Society Group is currently undertaking a process to review and renew the IDB Group’s Civil Society Engagement Plan.
If you are interested in learning more about this process, we kindly ask that you write to us at [email protected].
Discover the courses and training opportunities offered by the IDB Group.
The IDB has developed an Environmental and Social Grievance Protocol to provide stakeholders with a direct channel for submitting complaints regarding the environmental and social performance of projects financed by the Bank.
Learn about the IDB Group Public Consultations Platform, a space designed to promote transparency, participation, and dialogue with stakeholders.
The Access to Information Policy (ATI) is a policy approved by the IDB Executive Board and designed to raise the Bank’s transparency standards to the highest level of international best practices.
Learn about the Country Strategies developed by the IDB Group in partnership with its member countries.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is committed to transparency and public access to information. Its Access to Information Policy provides a clear framework to strengthen this commitment.
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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Bank have approved the Full Mutual Reliance Framework (FMRF), an innovative cofinancing arrangement that will help streamline jointly financed development projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.
We support governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to foster sustainable and inclusive development.
Learn about our diverse projects and initiatives in support of sustainable and inclusive development in Latin America and the Caribbean.