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A three-day civil society exchange visit started yesterday in Georgetown with the main objective of promoting exchanges of experience and building of partnerships.  The visit is being facilitated by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and will include members of the Civil Society from Guyana, Suriname and Jamaica.This is the first meeting of its kind between IDB Civil Society Consulting Groups (ConSOC) in the Caribbean. The event is expected to strengthen relations with the IDB and regional civil society partners on development issues. While Guyana and Jamaica have already established their Civil Society Consulting Groups (ConSOCs) the Surinamese delegation will seek to learn from Guyana and Jamaica’s experiences with a view of establishing their own ConSOC.In addition, the groups will provide input to help improve the Bank’s performance regarding poverty reduction in the region.   This event is expected to be an opportunity for the IDB and its civil society partners in the Caribbean to meet at the regional level to ensure open exchanges and dialogue.During the visit the various ConSOCs will be encouraged to share, with the Bank and each other, their experiences about engagements and partnership with the Bank and national governments.During the visit to Guyana the teams will participate in the IDB Gender Equality Policy Consultations, meet with Bank funded project executing units, engage other civil society stakeholders and visit several projects which have been planned in conjunction with the Guyana ConSOC, including the Agricultural Diversification projects and the Citizen Security projects. These engagements are expected to give the visiting team firsthand experience the way ConSOC and civil society in Guyana works with the Bank.The Civil Society Consulting Group in Guyana is a group of 15 Civil Society organisations from major sectors aligned to the IDB Guyana country strategy 2008 -2012 to represent the opinion of Civil Society. The main purpose of this group is to consult with the IDB and to offer the opinion of Civil Society on projects agreed to between the Bank and the Government of Guyana.In January 2010,Cheap Jerseys Free, the Bank approved new guidelines for strengthening and promoting greater civil society participation and interaction with the Bank.The Civil Society Consulting Group (ConSOC) is a forum for exchanging information, strengthening dialogue, and facilitating ongoing consultations between the IDB and the civil society organizations (CSOs) that are pertinent to the Bank’s work in the countries where it operates.