Global Partners Forum 2017

The Global Partners Forum of the Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) convenes the GPSA’s vibrant Global Partners network consisting of practitioners and thought leaders across civil society, governments, academia and business, alongside World Bank professionals. The Forum is consistently a co-creation between the GPSA Secretariat and key Global Partners, and features World Bank leadership, prominent thought leaders and practitioners in the field, as well as GPSA grantees and partners, in a variety of panels, workshops, small group discussions, networking sessions, and high-level plenary sessions. The fourth edition of the Forum aligns with Sustainable Development Goal 16 and focuses attention on the role of citizen action in building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions. In addition, it seeks to better understand the nature of emerging governance challenges, as well as opportunities, and to develop responses and solutions collaboratively drawing on emerging lessons.