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World Bank Institute
HCC Meeting
Cologne, Germany
09 May 2006
WBI in the World Bank Group
World Bank Group
International Bank
for Reconstruction
International
Development
International
Finance
Multilateral
Investment
International Center
for the Settlement of
and Development
Association
Corporation
Guarantee Agency
Investment Disputes
World Bank Institute (WBI)
WBI at a Glance FY05/06
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Learning activities annually – more than 900
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Client participants worldwide - nearly 110,000
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Partner institutions - 200 formal partners
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Global Development Learning Network - 76 centers
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Representation in the field: Burkina Faso, China, Egypt, Ethiopia,
France (Marseilles, Paris), Ghana, India, Nigeria, Russian
Federation, Senegal, Tanzania, Tunisia
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Number of focus countries - 45
WBI Thematic Programs
Thematic Learning Programs
Sustainable Development
 Environment , NRM, & Climate Change
 Water & Rural Development
Human Development
 Education
 Health & AIDS
Finance und Private Sector Development
 Financial Sector Capacity Development
 Private Sector Development
 Public – Private Partnerships in
Infrastructure
 Urban & City Management
Poverty Reduction and Macro-economic
Development
 Poverty & Growth
 Public Sector Governance
 Social Protection & Risk Management
 Trade

Tailor-made Country
Learning events
include skill building
courses and seminars,
workshops,

South-South
Knowledge
exchange incl. on
Biofuels (planned)
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Technical assistance
include multi-year
organization support
and twinning
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Global and Regional
Programs include
conferences, Carbon
Expo, flagship courses
Focus Country
Activities
Global & Regional
Activities
Building Synergies
Global Center of Excellence on Climate Change
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Adaptation to Climate Change
 AFR, Impact on Agriculture, 11-country study
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Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
 RE Toolkit for Practitioners
 South-South Exchange in Biofuels Development
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Waste Management
 Capacity building in SWM in India
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Sustainable Transport
 Global assessment of mitigation potential
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Water, Agriculture and Natural Resources Management
 Integration with adaptation activities
CF-Assist – WBI: Strategic Fit

Strong organizational and strategic fit with capacity building
mandate
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High potential for integrating CC into mainstream capacity
building
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Organizational commitment for program growth and creation
of centers of excellence
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Wide partnership base across the world, and linkages with
stakeholders
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“Arm’s length” with WB’s commercial operations in carbon
finance to avoid potential conflicts of interest