ADB shall make "the minutes of each regular Board meeting publicly available upon approval of those minutes by the Board and no later than 60 calendar days after the Board meeting."

"Records of internal deliberative processes including Board documents and proceedings," will not be disclosed.

According to the Public Information Policy (Sept 2008), "The Bank will release minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors which will contain the following: (i) the names of attendees; (ii) a record of the approval of the minutes of the previous meeting; (iii) titles of the agenda items; and (iv) agreements and decisions reached." "Board reports for public sector projects will be made available to the public on request, once the project has been approved by the Board of Directors. Information considered confidential, as set out in Section E of the Policy, will be removed from the released documents."

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).

This document is disclosed “no later than sixty calendar days after the Board of Executive Directors approves the minutes… with material deemed by the Board as too sensitive for public distribution redacted.”

Some summaries of decisions or approvals may be disclosed in the form of press releases. “Major decisions of the Board of Executive Directors, such as those relating to the approval of loans and other operations and certain policy or strategy issues…”

"Minutes of formal meetings of IFC’s Board of Directors (other than Executive Sessions) are publicly available after the Board has approved them. Material in such minutes that is deemed by IFC’s Board of Directors to be confidential or sensitive will be redacted before disclosure."

"No later than sixty calendar days after the Board of Executive Directors approves the minutes of a meeting of the Board, such minutes will be made available to the public, with material deemed by the Board as too sensitive for public distribution redacted."

"Directors noted that timely access to Executive Board minutes is an important element of the effort to improve the transparency of the Fund's decision making...many Directors considered that, for country issues, the prospect of public access after five years might unduly restrain the candor of the Board debate. It was therefore agreed to shorten the period for access to minutes of Executive Board meetings to 10 years." NOTE: Although the IMF does disclose minutes after ten years, this Resource considers these archival documents, and does not consider the IMF's standard as meeting the indicator's intention to allow public access to minutes in timely fashion.

"Minutes of formal meetings of MIGA’s Board of Directors (other than Executive Sessions) are publicly available after the Board has approved them. Material in such minutes that is deemed by MIGA’s Board of Directors to be confidential or sensitive will be redacted before disclosure."

Minutes include: "Names of those who were present 1. Record of the approval of minutes of previous Board meetings; 2. Name of the presenter and the broad subject of any oral briefings; 3. Titles of any papers discussed, and the agreements and decisions reached; 4. Names of Executive Directors who wish to be recorded as abstaining or objecting," they are not a transcript of the meeting. As of April, 1, 2005 "It is proposed that Board minutes, in their present form, be made available to the public after the Board has approved the minute. Material deemed by the Board to be confidential or sensitive will be redacted prior to disclosure, and the Board members will have the opportunity to identify any material to be redacted from the minutes before the minutes are approved and disclosed."

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