Activities in Prague
Meetings are being organized for interested NGO representatives with Bank and/or Fund officials and delegates on selected topics. Below is a tentative program of meetings based on interests expressed by many NGOs:

Tentative Schedule of World Bank and IMF Meetings
with Non Governmental Organizations
All meetings below are scheduled to be in the Prague Congress Center

REVISED SCHEDULE (updated 20 September 2000) Note that Information is Subject to Change
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
9:30 - 10:45 a.m.	Meeting for NGOs with James Wolfensohn, President, World Bank Transcript (Small Hall)
11:00 - 12:30 p.m.	World Bank Workshop on Community-Driven Development * please note that this session is part of the Program of Seminars, but is open to all accredited Annual Meetings participants (Terrace 2)
1:15 - 3:00 p.m.	World Bank/IMF Workshop on Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers * note that this session is part of the Program of Seminars, but is open to all accredited Annual Meetings participants (Small Hall)
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.	World Bank Workshop on the Comprehensive Development Framework * note that this session is part of the Program of Seminars, but is open to all accredited Annual Meetings participants (Small Hall)
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.	Independent Evaluation Unit at the IMF with Thomas Bernes, IMF Executive Director (Meeting Room 4.2)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
2:30 - 5:00 p.m.	Workshop on Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) with Representatives of the NGO Working Group on the World Bank, EuroDaD, CIDSE, Christian Aid, Oxfam, World Bank and IMF (Meeting Room 4.2)
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
11:00 - 12:30 p.m.	Attacking Poverty: Opportunity, Empowerment, and Security - World Development Report 2000/2001 with Nick Stern, Chief Economist, and Jo Ritzen, Vice President, Development Policy, World Bank; Kevin Watkins, Senior Policy Adviser, Oxfam UK; chaired by Hilde Johnson, Member of Parliament, Norway (Small Hall)
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.	Key Issues for the World Bank and the Environment - Climate Change, Forestry, Environment Strategy and Compliance with Ian Johnson, Vice President, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Network, and Kristalina Georgieva, Director, Environment Department, World Bank; Glen Armstrong, Senior Adviser, International Finance Corporation (Media Briefing Room)
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.	IMF Session on Issues in International Financial Architecture: Private Sector Involvement and Capital Account Liberalization with Mark Allen, Deputy Director, Policy Development and Review Department, IMF (Meeting Room 4.2)
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.	Social and Environmental Dimensions of World Bank/IMF Adjustment Lending with Peter Heller, Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF; Ian Johnson, Vice President, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development, Jo Ritzen, Vice President, Development Policy, Joanne Salop, Vice President, Operations Policy and Strategy, and John Page, Director, Poverty Reduction Strategy Unit, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network, World Bank; chaired by Humberto Campodonico, Centro de Estudios y Promocion de Desarollo (DESCO), Peru (Meeting Hall VII)
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.	World Bank Group Workshop on Global Mining: Rewards and Risks for Developing Countries * note that this session is part of the Program of Seminars, but is open to all accredited Annual Meetings participants (Chamber Hall
10:30 - 12:00 p.m.	Discussion with IFC/MIGA Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) Meg Taylor (Meeting Room 4.2)
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.	World Bank's Inspection Panel with Jim MacNeill, Chairman, Inspection Panel (Meeting Room 4.2) *please note that box lunches will be provided on a space available basis at the beginning - please RSVP to creynolds@worldbank.org
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.	IMF Policy in Africa with G.E. Gondwe, Director, African Department, IMF (Meeting Room 4.2)
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.	IMF Reform Issues with John Hicklin, Senior Adviser, Policy Development and Review Department, IMF (Meeting Room 4.2)
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.	A Conversation with World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Region Johannes Linn (Meeting Hall VII)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.	Breakfast discussion with Peter Woicke, Executive Vice President, International Finance Corporation (IFC) (Corinthian Towers Hotel; by invitation only)
2:00 - 4:00 .m.	Briefing with IFC Management on IFC's Activities in Promoting Sustainable Private Sector Investment with IFC Senior Staff (Meeting Hall VII)
2:30 - 4:00 p.m.	Discussion on Finance for Development with Andrew Simms, New Economics Foundation, UK; Antonio Tricario, Italian Coordinating Committee on Finance for Development; UN Representative (to be determined); and Mats Karlsson, Vice President for External Affairs and United Nations Affairs, World Bank (Meeting Room 4.2)
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.	"Lost Cause or Life Line: Aid in the Global Economy" with Richard Carey, Acting Director, Development Cooperation Directorate, OECD; Moses Dombo, World Vision Uganda; Tony Faint, International Director, Department for International Development, UK; Geoffrey Lamb, Director, Finance and Resource Mobilization, World Bank; chaired by Alan Whaites, Director of Advocacy, World Vision International (Meeting Room 4.2)
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.	IFC /World Bank Approach to Environmentally and Socially Responsible Investment in Oil, Gas and Mining with James P. Bond, Director, Energy, Mining and Telecommunications Department, World Bank Group (Meeting Hall VII)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
10:00 - 1:00 p.m.	Closing Session of "A Different Message" Forum organized by CEE Bankwatch Network, Jubilee 2000 and Friends of the Earth International with Mats Karlsson, Vice President, World Bank and Masood Ahmed, IMF and NGOs (St. Salvatore Protestant Church)
2:30 - 4:00 p.m.	Next Steps on Debt Relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative with Axel Van Trostenburg, World Bank and Tony Boote, IMF (Meeting Hall VII)
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.	The Role of Civil Society in IMF and Bank Policy with Thomas Dawson, Director External Relations, and Masood Ahmed, Deputy Director, PDR, IMF; Ian Johnson, Vice President, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Network, Steen Jorgensen, Director, Social Protection, and Mats Karlsson, Vice President, External Affairs and UN Affairs, World Bank (Mtg Hall VII)
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.	Reception for All NGOs Attending the Annual Meetings hosted by Mats Karlsson, World Bank, Vice President, External Affairs and United Nations Affairs, World Bank and Tom Dawson, Director, External Relations, IMF (Terrace Room 1)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
9:00 - 1:00 p.m.	Consultation on World Bank's Information Disclosure Policy with Joanne Salop, Vice President, Operations Policy and Strategy and other World Bank participants (Meeting Room 4.2)
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.	Discussion of the Global Development Gateway Initiative with Michael Potashnik, Senior Adviser, World Bank (Meeting Room B)

Please note that all dates and times are tentative and subject to change. We will post the final version of the schedule of meetings with interested NGO representatives in early September. You are welcome to submit your suggestions to annualmeetings@worldbank.org, and we will make every effort to address these as schedule and space permit.

More Information
For information on other Annual Meetings events, please consult the General schedule of events and the information for journalists page; in particular, please note the guidelines for NGO representatives who may be eligible to register as press. See the Program of Seminars pages for background information and how to attend the Seminars, which run from September 22-25.

If you have any questions, please contact:

World Bank Group Meeting inquiries: Carolyn Reynolds creynolds@worldbank.org tel: (1 202) 473 0049 fax: (1 202) 522 7131

International Monetary Fund Meeting inquiries: Gita Bhatt gbhatt@imf.org tel: (1 202) 623 7968 fax: (1 202) 623 6220

International Finance Corporation inquiries: Shawn Miller ngorelations@ifc.org tel: (1 202) 473-1404 fax: (1 202) 974-4384