The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has launched a 30-day period for public and civil society organizations to provide feedback on the draft version of the Access to Information Policy Implementation Guidelines. This feedback period will run from April 4th to May 9th, 2025. Comments can be submitted via email to [email protected].
Please ensure to include your full name and the name of the organization you represent when sending comments during this process. This is the final step in a multi-year process that culminated in the approval of a new Access to Information Policy by the Board of Executive Directors on June 26th, 2024. The new policy will take effect on September 1st, 2025.
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 the first round of public consultation with stakeholders.
The process consisted of three phases:
The IDB held virtual dialogues with representatives of local and/or regional organizations.
The IDB held virtual meetings with key stakeholders and coordinated a 120-day period of open discussions, ending December 28, 2022. In addition, the Bank held five in-person meetings in Costa Rica, Jamaica, Colombia, Uruguay and the United States.
The IDB considered the comments received and prepared a report of this process (See the report in the list of Key Documents for the new round of participation). Based on the received inputs the Board of Executive Directors approved a revised version of the Policy.
The IDB held virtual dialogues with representatives of local and/or regional organizations.
The IDB held virtual meetings with key stakeholders and coordinated a 120-day period of open discussions, ending December 28, 2022. In addition, the Bank held five in-person meetings in Costa Rica, Jamaica, Colombia, Uruguay and the United States.
The IDB considered the comments received and prepared a report of this process (See the report in the list of Key Documents for the new round of participation). Based on the received inputs the Board of Executive Directors approved a revised version of the Policy.