Forum agenda
The Forum will once again be organized virtually, with sessions from 7:30 am to 12:00 pm EDT on both days. It will include plenaries, breakouts, engagement spaces and informal activities. The following indicative agenda outline offers a preview of the Forum’s contents. It is a work in progress and may be adjusted.
Day 1
Welcoming Remarks, Forum Overview and Keynote Speech
June 8, 2021 | 7:30 am ETJuergen Voegele, World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development
Louise Cord, Global Director for Social Sustainability and Inclusion, World Bank
Irũngũ Houghton, Executive Director, Amnesty International Kenya
Roby Senderowitsch, Practice Manager in the Governance Global Practice for the Europe and Central Asia region of the World Bank, First GPSA Program Manager.
Health Systems in Crisis: COVID-19, Civil Society and Social Accountability
June 8, 2021 | 9:00 am ET
Oluseun Onigbinde, Director, BudgIT Foundation
Kahramon Bakozoda, Executive Director of The Center of Sociological Research "Zerkalo", Tajikistan
Civil Society and Government: How Can They Work Together to Create Better Public Services
June 8, 2021 | 10:00 am ET
Saad Meknassi, Senior Social Accountability Specialist, GPSA
Tatiana Savva, General Deputy Director, Public Property Agency, Moldova
Agustin Carrizosa, Executive Director, Centro de Informacion y Resources para el Desarrollo (CIRD), Paraguay
Paula Schommer, Professor of Public Policy at Santa Catarina State University, Brazil
The Learning Crisis and Its Solutions: Contributions of Social Accountability to Education
June 8, 2021 | 10:55 am ET
Ann-Sofie Jespersen, Senior Social Development Specialist, GPSA
Genedis Vincente, Project Manager, World Vision International, Dominican Republic
Andrew Lavali, Executive Director, Institute for Governance Reform, Sierra Leone
Kassem El Saddik, Project Evaluator, Global Integrity Associate, Jordan
Day 2
GPSA Update
June 9, 2022 | 8:00 am ETJeff Thindwa, Program Manager, GPSA
Climate Change: Social Accountability Matters
June 9, 2022 | 8:25 am ET
Vani Catanasiga, Executive Director at Fiji Council of Social Services
Nicola Bird, Executive Director at Integrated Health Outreach Inc (IHO), Anitgua and Barbuda
Rinora Gojani, Programmes and Operations Manager at Balkan Green Foundation, Kosovo
Scaling Social Accountability to Create Lasting Change
June 9, 2022 | 9:50 am ET
Florencia Guerzovich, Senior Advisor Monitoring and Evaluation, GPSA
Tungalag Dondogdulam, National Coordinator, AFE Coalition, Mongolia
Holta Trandafili, Senior Research Specialist, World Vision
Alix Wadeson, Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant
Forum Takeaways & Closing Remarks
June 9, 2022 | 10:45 am ET
Jeff Thindwa, Program Manager, GPSA
Louise Cord, Global Director for Social Sustainability and Inclusion, World Bank
Gopa Thampi, Director, Economic Governance – The Asia Foundation, and GPSA Steering Committee Co-Chair