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Operations Officer, Access to Information

The World Bank Institute (WBI) is a global connector of knowledge, learning and innovation for poverty reduction. Part of the World Bank Group, we connect practitioners, networks and institutions to help them find solutions to development challenges. With a focus on the ’how’ of reform, we link knowledge from around the world and scale up innovations. We work with and through global, regional and country-based institutions and practitioner networks to develop customized programs that respond to their needs.

WBI’s Governance Practice, comprising Social Accountability, Leadership and Coalitions, and Open Government ‘Clusters’ - is providing cutting-edge knowledge and capacity building opportunities to practitioners in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors in developing countries to promote open and collaborative governance, supporting governance reforms, and improving development outcomes. The Social Accountability Cluster enables networks of civil society organizations (CSOs), media, Parliamentarians, and other nongovernmental stakeholders to leverage diverse knowledge and cross-country collaboration to improve access to information, transparency, accountability and performance of priority sectors and programs, such as PFM, extractive industries, education, procurement, and health. Support is customized in response to country and regional context, aiming to produce impact at national, sectoral and local levels, including through World Bank financed operations.

One of the flagship programs of the Social Accountability Cluster is the Access to Information Program. The Program connects key ATI stakeholders to work collaboratively to identify, prioritize, and implement actions to promote governmental transparency and accountability through enhanced citizen access to publicly held information. It helps develop capacity for formulation, implementation, use, and enforcement of ATI legislation among key government and non-government stakeholders including citizens and CSOs, through regional knowledge exchange and networking, structured learning for training of trainers, and support to multi-stakeholder coalitions for effective ATI reforms
Operations Officer, Access to Information