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Location: SEC Virtual 10
Description:Since 2014 the World Bank has instituted high-profile actions to strengthen citizen voice in projects including a “citizen engagement (CE) mainstreaming commitment” establishing minimums for CE and developing the Strategic Framework for Mainstreaming Citizen Engagement to provide guidance for how projects can cultivate community response capacity and be more receptive to their inputs. CSOs members of the pan-African network AFIC have independently monitored how projects Ghana, Malawi and Uganda are implementing CE design commitments in practice. The session will share their findings and lessons learnt, providing. insights useful for civil society, governments, the World Bank and other stakeholders. Speakers include: Moderator: Rachel Nadelman, Research Fellow and Project Lead, Accountability Research Centre; Panelist 1: Beauty Emefa Narteh, Executive Secretary, Ghana Anticorruption Coalition; Panelist 2: Michael Kaiyatsa, Executive Director, Centre for Human Rights Rehabilitation, Malawi; Panelist 3: Gilbert Sendugwa, Executive Director, Africa Freedom of Information Centre; Panelist 4: Erik Caldwell Johnson, Senior Social Development Specialist and Citizen Engagement Global Lead. *CSPF Website|https://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2020/12/22/civil-society-policy-forum**MeetingsLogin|https://meetingslogin.worldbank.org/*
