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 continues to invite all interested parties to participate in the public consultation process. The goal is to obtain feedback from stakeholders to build a more robust and representative policy.
The Board of Executive Directors approved a revised version of the Access to Information Policy on January 10th, 2024, and at the same time authorized Management to proceed with receiving public comments on this document for a period of no less than 30 days, from January 23, 2024 – February 29, 2024. This revised version of the Policy includes inputs received during the public consultation process carried out in 2022.
All external stakeholders interested in this process are invited to send their comments until February 29, 2024, on this revised version of the Policy.
How to participate?
You can participate in this new round of feedback for the revised version of the Access to Information Policy proposal, approved by the Board of Executive Directors, by sending your comments to the following email: consultapai@iadb.org, Please remember to include your name and organization in the message you send us.
This new framework for the for Access to Information Policy at the IDB is an important achievement made possible by the contributions and participation of all stakeholders, so thanks for your support!
Second revised version (GN-1831-63)
Proposal for the New Access to Information Policy of the Inter-American Development Bank (GN-1831-61)
Segunda versão revisada (GN-1831-63)
Deuxième version révisée (GN-1831-63)
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.