Category 2. Governing Bodies
Section 2.B. Board of Directors
Indicator 2.B.iv. Summaries of board meetings
2.B.iv. Summaries of board meetings
| Indicator |
A general account of a meeting of the Board of Directors, including an overview of key issues raised, opinions expressed and decisions made.
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| Recommended Standard |
When prepared, summaries of Board meetings should be disclosed upon finalization.
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194
“The proceedings of the Board are confidential and
shall not be published except when the Board decides
to authorize the President to arrange for suitable
publicity on any matter relating thereto.”
Such 'proceedings' have been interpreted to include written (staff)
submissions, oral presentations, discussions, minutes and summaries,
and even the ultimate Board decisions."
201
Only Resolutions pertaining to "important decisions" by the Board of Directors will be disclosed.
2684
"The Summing Up by the Chairperson of the Boards of Directors of their discussion of the CSP and the CSP update will also be made available to the public except when the CSP itself is not disclosed."
2455
The EBRD does not disclose summaries of Board meetings. See p.9 of the PIP for EBRD "Information Considered Confidential".
2687
Press Releases are available online from 1991- Present
2493
The EIB publishes a "Provisional Summary of Decisions" for each meeting it holds. The summary includes a list of participants and approved operations (including the financing). However, there is no account of key issues raised or opinions expressed.
2685
The IDB does not disclose summaries of Board meetings.
| Sector | Private and Public |
| Last Updated | 2/3/2005 |
| Status Updated | 2/7/2005 |
2691
These documents are reports “by the chairs of the committees of the Board of Executive Directors on the committees’ discussions of operational and sector policies, sector strategies, IDB Country Strategies, HIPC documents, PRSPs and I-PRSPs…” Reports are disclosed at the same time the document under discussion is made available to the public.
Although these are not summaries of full Board discussions, they do represent a summary of the substantive portion of Board discussion around these particular issues.
2183
The IFC does not disclose summaries of Board meetings.
| Sector | Private |
| Last Updated | 2/3/2005 |
| Status Updated | 2/7/2005 |
2184
These documents are released to the pubic for information on decisions of the Board and approvals of individual investment operations.
2580
“Records of internal deliberative processes [are confidential information] except to the extent that the Board of Executive Directors determines they should be made public.”
2269
This document is available in various forms, including those released after board actions on Article IV consultations.
2270
This webpage "includes decisions, interpretations, and resolutions of the Executive Board and the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund, as well as selected documents."
2271
Press Releases may contain information summarizing Board meetings.
2272
This document summarizes Board discussions on use of Fund resources.
2225
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency does not disclose summaries of Board meetings.
2226
“Important decisions of the Board of Directors will be announced through press releases or at press conferences by senior MIGA officials.”
2626
Although the World Bank does not disclose full summaries for all Board meetings, it does disclose the Chairman's Concluding Remarks (a summary of the summary) for discussions of certain policies and strategies.
| Sector | Public |
| Last Updated | 2/3/2005 |
| Status Updated | 2/7/2005 |
2627
This document announces most important decisions of the Executive Directors, including those relating to selected policy, strategy and topical issues, and approvals of individual lending operations.
2628
(on discussions of other policy, strategy and topical issues) Summaries of the summary. This document is disclosed if Executive Directors so decide.
2629
This document is disclosed if Executive Directors so decide. (on discussions of other policy, strategy and topical issues). This is essentially a summary Summaries of the summary.
2631
This document is disclosed if the related evaluation document is publicly available.
2632
This document is publicly available except when the Country Assistance Strategy itself is not disclosed. This is essentially a summary of the summary.
2633
Summing Up by the Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of their discussion of a Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) or Interim-PRSP. This is essentially a summary of the summary. The WB’s Disclosure Handbook states that it shall be available “at the end of the waiting period [one business day for comment by the Executive Directors].” (paragraph. 16)
2634
This document is disclosed if “the underlying Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) document itself is disclosed, unless the Executive Directors decide otherwise.” This is essentially a summary of the summary.
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