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Civil Society Policy Forum Attracts Record CSO Participation
5 Nov 2009

Civil society participation at the 2009 World Bank – IMF Annual Meetings in Istanbul, Turkey was the largest and most intense ever. Over 1,000 CSO representatives were accredited and nearly 500 attended the 6-day Civil Society Policy Forum (CS Forum). The CS Forum sponsored 50 policy dialogue sessions on topics ranging from the global economic crisis and information disclosure, to climate change. Turkey’s civil society community participated actively, with leading national CSOs convening policy sessions.

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Source: World Bank

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