GPF 2024: Algerian Parliamentary Delegation Heads to Washington
A parliamentary delegation from the National Assembly headed to Washington on Sunday, under the directives of Saleh Goudjil, Speaker of the Assembly, to participate in the Global Parliamentary Forum (GPF) organized by the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on October 21 and 22, 2024, during the 2024 Annual Meetings in Washington DC.
According to a statement by Algeria’s National Assembly, the delegation is represented by Ahmed Saleh Latifi, head of the parliamentary group of the National Liberation Front Party, and Azzouz Nasri, member of the National Assembly.
This October’s international forum, “Multilateralism: Achievements, Challenges and the Way Forward,” will bring together participants from many countries, including parliamentarians and economic experts, who will focus on how the WBG and IMF can continue helping countries deliver development results in the face of persistent interconnected crises and global headwinds; and the role parliamentarians can play as important stakeholders in achieving these critical results. Themes will include 80 years of Bretton Woods and the Challenges Ahead; Poverty, Prosperity and a Livable Planet; Multilateral Solutions to Conflicts in Today’s World; and the gender strategies of the World Bank Group and IMF. The second day will also feature regional meetings with updates for parliamentarians on trends, challenges and interventions being implemented to improve the lives and livelihoods of the people in client countries.
Issues on the agenda include conflict resolution, climate and poverty, and shared prosperity, while institutional multilateralism and its role in local progress will also be discussed.
It is worth noting that the World Bank-IMF Parliamentary Network is an independent, non-governmental organization founded in 2000 to provide a platform for parliamentarians from over 140 member states to advocate for increased accountability and transparency in development cooperation.
The Parliamentary Network is governed by a Board of Directors composed of ten members from the continents of Africa, Europe, South America, North America, and Asia who are elected for a two-year term.
The Network – via its international secretariat, regional chapters and country chapters – reaches over 1000 Parliamentarians in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. It strives to increase transparency and accountability in the development cooperation process by fostering the oversight role of parliaments and civil society. The Network has a specific focus on multilateral aid and a sub-focus on the work and modus operandi of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the world’s largest multilateral funders.
It provides a platform for MPs and civil society to hold to account their governments, as well as International Financial Institutions (IFIs), for development outcomes.