Trust Funds
Companies and foundations most commonly partner with the World Bank through our trust funds—financing and collaboration arrangements that are established with contributions from one or more development partners. Through trust funds, we take on a specific development challenge or work to find a new way to approach a pressing problem. The trust fund structure brings World Bank senior management together with partners, who provide strategic advice and collaborate on knowledge-sharing.
Learn more about World Bank trust funds.
For information on how to engage with World Bank trust funds, contact the World Bank Group Partnerships Team.
Insights & Opportunities Briefings
Insights & Opportunities Briefings update partners on World Bank initiatives, serve as an opportunity for knowledge exchange and dialogue, and present ways for the business and philanthropic community to partner with the World Bank. Each Briefing focuses on a key development topic—such as climate change, food security, forcibly displaced persons, and human capital. Participants include senior World Bank staff, sustainability executives from the private sector, and representatives of philanthropies.
To learn more about Insights & Opportunities Briefings, contact the World Bank Group Partnerships Team.
Annual and Spring Meetings
The World Bank Group holds high-level meetings twice a year—the Annual Meetings, which take place in the autumn, and the Spring Meetings. These are high-level events attended by heads of state and parliamentarians, along with leaders from civil society, the broader development community, businesses, and foundations. Partners participate in regional briefings, press conferences, and fora focused on international development, the global economy, and financial markets. Heads of companies and foundations attend to share insights and to help raise visibility and advocate for shared goals, priorities, and strategies.
Partnership Fund for the Sustainable Development Goals
The World Bank Group Partnership Fund for the Sustainable Development Goals responds to the growing demand for strategic initiatives that advance the achievement of SDG 17, which aims to strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development. In alignment with the World Bank Group’s twin goals of ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity, the Fund supports World Bank teams, in close collaboration with client countries, to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through knowledge-sharing, capacity building, data, financing, and partnerships. (Please note that the SDG Partnership Fund is a World Bank-executed trust fund and does not accept external proposals.)
For more information, please contact the Partnership Fund for SDGs Secretariat.