Special Training: Multilateral Development Banks’ Idependent Accountability Mechanisms

Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) shape development outcomes across the world. Yet, many practitioners and communities remain unaware of how to effectively access their accountability mechanisms to address the grievances associated with the environmental and social impacts of development projects.

The Human Rights Centre at the United Nations-mandated University for Peace (UPeace) invites you to register for our upcoming training:

Multilateral Development Banks’ Idependent Accountability Mechanisms

🗓 14 and 15 May 2026

⏰ 9:00am–12:00md (GMT-6)

💻 Fully online

This two-day training is designed for civil society actors, lawyers, government officials, development professionals, and others working with MDB-financed projects.

Lead Instructor

Kattya Araya: Costa Rican lawyer with over 25 years of experience in administrative law, sustainability law, business and human rights, and accountability mechanisms in development finance.

Guest Panelists include

• Serge Selwan — World Bank Inspection Panel
• Victoria Márquez-Mees — EBRD IPAM
• Shamas-ur-Rehman Toor — AIIB PPM
• Esteban Tovar — IFC-MIGA CAO
• Andrea Guevara — IDB MICI

We will also be joined by Dr. Mihir Kanade, Director of the Human Rights Centre and Academic Director/Coordinator, UPeace, as a guest instructor.

Programme Structure

Day 1: Understanding MDB independentaccountability mechanisms, a theoretical foundation

Day 2: Challenges, strategies, and case-based discussion, a forum conversation and evaluation exercise

Additional information

🎓For further details on the course, access the course description here.

👉Enrollment form: https://forms.office.com/r/NyARJ2TUVp

✅Fee: USD 200 (Alumni of UPeace and its Centers: USD 150)

📩Questions: hrc@upeace.org