Global Corporate Governance Forum
Purpose: The
Global Corporate
Governance Forum is a multi-donor trust fund co-founded by the
World Bank Group and the
Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD) to promote global, regional, and local
initiatives that aim to improve the institutional framework and practices of
corporate governance.
Based:
IFC/World Bank
Corporate Governance Department, The World Bank Group, 2121
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC
Head of the Global Corporate
Governance Forum:
Philip Armstrong
Activities:
The GCGF’s work programme includes:
- raising awareness and building consensus
for implementation of reform through meetings, briefings, policy papers, and
conferences;
- supporting institution and capacity
building and providing technical assistance to ensure implementation at the
field level through training programs, toolkits and other direct assistance;
- supporting research relevant to the needs
of developing countries to underpin reform efforts by sound analysis through
sponsoring papers and building sustainable networks for academics in
developing countries; and
- disseminating best practice materials and
publications and guidelines developed with leading global specialists and
practitioners.
Links
Global Corporate
Governance Forum
World Bank Group
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Joint IFC/World Bank Corporate Governance Department |
