ACCESS TO INFORMATION POLICY UPDATE

Policy Update

WHY IS THE IDB PRESENTING A NEW ACCESS TO INFORMATION POLICY PROPOSAL?

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is updating its Access to Information Policy to reaffirm its commitment to transparency, strengthen corporate governance, and enhance accountability. During this process, the IDB will implement institutional reforms to become more responsive, receptive, and inclusive.
 
The IDB recognizes Access to Information as a core principle and a tool to achieving higher levels of transparency. The new policy proposal aims to maximize access to information by adopting clearer language, reducing exceptions, facilitating procedures, and facilitating requests.
 
To further strengthen the IDB’s culture of openness and transparency, the Bank is inviting all interested parties to participate in a public consultation process. The goal is to obtain feedback from stakeholders to build a more robust and representative policy.

PUBLIC CONSULTATION PROCESS

In 2019, the Bank launched a review of its Access to Information Policy. As part of this process, the Board of Executive Directors approved a Policy Profile that was submitted for public consultation. 
 
Based on the outcome of the public consultation process and following recommendations from its Policy Evaluation Committee, the IDB presented a new policy proposal to the Board of Executive Directors in April 2022. The proposal was subsequently approved to be submitted for public consultation with stakeholders.
 
Based on the best practices in public consultations, the process will consist of three phases:
 
Phase 1 - Preparatory Dialogues: The IDB will hold virtual dialogues with representatives of local and/or regional organizations using its Public Consultation Process Virtual Platform
 
Phase 2 – Consultation: The IDB will hold virtual meetings with key stakeholders and coordinate a 120-day period of open discussions, ending December 28, 2022, using its Public Consultation Process Virtual Platform. In addition, the Bank will hold five in-person meetings in Costa Rica, Jamaica, Colombia, Uruguay and the United States.
 
Phase 3 – Closeout: The IDB will consider the comments received and prepare a report that includes the new policy adopted by the Board and the methodology applied to incorporate inputs.

HOW CAN YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS?

The consultation is public, free, and open to everyone. You can submit any feedback that you believe will help us improve the new Access to Information policy proposal.

You can participate in this second phase of the public consultation process by registering hereand sending an email to consultapai@iadb.org, expressing your interests in joining one of the virtual or in-person sessions.

You can also send additional comments and documents related to the topic of the consultation through the same email, consultapai@iadb.org  

Thank you for contributing to our new Access to Information policy!

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