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EVENT
Environment and Social Community of Practice Seminar on Country Systems in Practice
Advancing Environment and Social Risk Management
Environment and Social Community of Practice Seminar on Country Systems in Practice
24 October

2025

TIME: 24 October 2025, 09:00 – 14:00 (GMT+8)

LOCATION: Beijing, China and Virtual

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DESCRIPTION

Co-organized by the Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF), African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Finance Corporation, New Development Bank, and World Bank, this seminar will bring together multilateral development bank (MDB) practitioners and development partners to share experiences and lessons learned, and explore practical approaches for advancing the use of country systems in environment and social risk management.

AUDIENCE

The seminar is tailored for ministry officials, financiers, and others who use country systems to manage environment and social (E&S) risks and MDB-funded project impacts, as well as development partners who apply Multilateral Finance Institution (MFI) E&S standards. This includes MFI participants in the MFI Working Group on Environment and Social Standards (WGESS) fall meeting in Beijing, hosted by AIIB.

FORMAT

The seminar is a one-day hybrid event, to be held at AIIB headquarters in Beijing and online via Zoom. It will consist of plenary and parallel sessions.

Speaker presentations will be in English, with simultaneous translation in Chinese. Presentations and related knowledge products will be uploaded on the MCDF JIGSAW platform.

AGENDA
ORGANIZING PARTNERS

Jointly organized by MCDF, the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Finance Corporation, New Development Bank, and World Bank.

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Concept Note: Environment and Social Community of Practice Seminar on Country Systems in Practice

CONTACT

If you would like to learn more about the seminar, please contact MCDF staff Kisa Mfalila (kisa.mfalila@themcdf.org)and Jenny Lou Fernandez (jenny.fernandez@themcdf.org).