Senator Laode Ida was elected as a member of PNoWB Board of Directors

Senator Laode Ida was elected as one of the twelve-member Board of Directors at the occasion of PNoWB ( Parliamentary Network on The World Bank ) 8th Annual Conference in Paris, 21 November 2008. It comprises of 5 members from donor countries, 3 members from Africa (2+1 additional member representing all countries from the South), 2 members from Asia, 1 member from Latin America and 1 member from the Middle East and North Africa. Members and Chair of the PNoWB Board are elected for a three-year term. The Association’s by-laws require a yearly partial renewal of the Board members at the PNoWB Annual Conference which also doubles as the PNoWB Annual General Meeting.

All of the twelve Board members elected are Hugh Bayley, United Kingdom, PNoWB Chair, Yunus Carrim, South Africa, PNoWB Vice-Chair, Monica Frassoni, Italy; PNoWB Vice-Chair, Janette Garin, Phillippines, Vice Chair, and Santiago Castro, Colombia, Treasurer, remain in the Board (Note: They initially stepped down but were re-elected). New Board members are Corina Cretu (Romania), Alain Destexhe (Belgium), Jeppe Kofod (Denmark), Fatou Ndeye Toure (Senegal), Marie-Rose Nguini Effa (Cameroon), Laode Ida (Indonesia) and Najeeb Saeed Ghanem Aldobai (Yemen).

The Board is responsible for :

1. Ensures the continued and sustainable development of the PNoWB

2. Takes the necessary actions to define the nature, the rules of procedure and the organisational settings of the Network, and to submit a proposal to this effect at the Annual Conference

3. Initiates, guides and oversees the activities of the Network

4. Represents the Network

5. Prepares the annual meeting;6. Mobilises the necessary financial resources for the Network and takes responsibility for their administration.

The Eight Annual Conference of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank (PNoWB) was held in Paris from 20 to 22 November 2008, hosted by the French National Assembly and the French Government. The conference sought to provide participating MPs with practical knowledge, conceptual tools and other resources to address central issues on the international agenda, including climate change, the food crisis and how to make development aid more effective, fostering development at the country and regional level.