NGO and Civil Society Center

ADB's NGO and Civil Society Center (NGOC) - in close collaboration with an institution-wide CSO cooperation network - supports CSO participation in ADB operations. Sitting in ADB's Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department and launched in 2001, the NGOC:

• Integrates CSO knowledge and experience into ADB operations
• Stays current on CSO issues of concern and areas of work in Asia and the Pacific
• Engages CSOs in continuing dialogue and manages ADB's overall communications with civil society
• Identifies and develops strategic partnerships between ADB and CSOs
• Improves ADB's institutional capacity to share knowledge and collaborate productively with CSOs
• Provides resources, guidance, and training to ADB staff sovereign and non-sovereign clients

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