PNoWB's Mission

PNoWB’s mission follows five guiding principles:

1. Accountability: to facilitate and encourage direct dialogue between parliamentarians and multilateral development institutions in order to promote greater transparency of the policies and practices in particular of the World Bank;

2. Advocacy: to provide PNoWB members with a platform for coordinated parliamentary advocacy on international development issues;

3. Networking: to encourage concerted action, early debate and exchange of information among parliamentarians on international development and global issues;

4. Partnerships: to take initiatives to further cooperate and encourage partnerships among parliamentarians and policy makers, the academic community, the business sector and non-governmental organizations on development issues;

5. Progress Review: to promote the development of parliamentary mechanisms and practices for the effective democratic control of development assistance in all its phases.

In the last five years, PNoWB has managed to establish a respected track-record for being an effective global network at the vanguard parliamentary engagement and development advocacy.

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