Integrity Learning Series

28 February 2024

ADB's Office of Anticorruption and Integrity organizes learning events and produces knowledge materials that build its developing member countries' ability to fight corruption, improve the quality of dialogue on governance issues, and help ensure adherence by ADB projects to the highest ethical standards.

These knowledge events and products highlight the consequences of corruption and are opportunities to interact with national and regional actors, policy experts, and thought leaders who are fighting fraud and corruption in development.

Program and Learning Materials

Events

Date	Title	Speaker(s)
25 September 2024	Integrity Learning Series: Nepal Implementing and Executing Agencies On 25 September 2024, OAI delivered two knowledge-sharing sessions in Kathmandu as part of its Integrity Learning Series. The first training for 29…
24 September 2024	Integrity Learning Series: Pakistan Developing Resilient Environments and Advancing Municipal Services in Punjab Projects ADB OAI's integrity learning session for Executing and Implementing Agencies in Pakistan. OAI provides training tailored for participants exercising…
24 September 2024	The Integrity Learning Series: Pakistan Sindh Emergency Housing Reconstruction Project Representatives from the Sindh Emergency Housing Reconstruction Project (SEHRP) in Pakistan and ADB personnel learned about identifying integrity…
04 September 2024	Integrity Learning Series: Lao PDR Financial Fraud and Misappropriation of Assets, and How to Identify Red Flags ADB OAI's integrity learning session for Executing and Implementing Agencies in Lao PDR. OAI provides training tailored for participants exercising…
07 August 2024	Integrity Learning Series: India Executing and Implementing Agencies ADB OAI's integrity learning session for Executing and Implementing Agencies in India. OAI provides training tailored for participants exercising…
07 August 2024	The Integrity Learning Series: Fiji Empowering Project Managers in the Pacific ADB OAI's integrity learning session for Executing and Implementing Agencies in the Pacific Islands. OAI provides training tailored for participants…
23 July 2024	Integrity Learning Series: Pakistan Sindh Secondary Education Improvement Project ADB OAI's integrity learning session for Executing and Implementing Agencies in Pakistan. OAI provides training tailored for participants exercising…
04 July 2024	The Integrity Learning Series: India Executing and Implementing Agencies ADB OAI's integrity learning session for Executing and Implementing Agencies in India. OAI provides training tailored for participants exercising…
06 June 2024	Integrity Learning Series: Bangladesh Climate and Disaster Resilient Small-Scale Water Resources Management Project ADB OAI's integrity learning session for representatives of the Climate and Disaster Resilient Small-Scale Water Resources Management Project in…
13 May 2024	Integrity Learning Series: Marshall Islands Youth Skills Development and Employment Project ADB OAI's integrity learning session for stakeholders of the Youth Skills Development and Employment in Marshall Islands Project. OAI provides…
26 April 2024	Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training for Cambodian Executing and Implementing Agencies On 26 April 2024, 19 participants from Cambodia executing and implementing agencies for the proposed Strengthening Country Systems for Prevention and…
28 February 2024	Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training for Ulaanbaatar-based Executing and Implementing Agencies and Project Implementation Units On 28 February 2024, 27 representatives from Mongolia executing and implementing agencies learned how to prevent corruption in ADB projects by…
22 January 2024	Integrity Learning Series: Supporting the Delivery of Skills Development in Vanuatu Participants from Vanuatu’s education and finance ministries and other key education stakeholders learned about identifying integrity risks and…
20 November 2023	Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training for Pakistan Executing and Implementing Agencies On 20 November, 120 representatives of ADB project executing and implementing agencies in Pakistan learned how to identify integrity risks and…
8 November 2023	Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training for Indonesian Executing and Implementing Agencies On 8 November 2023, more than 50 Indonesia Resident Mission staff and ADB project executing and implementing agencies participated in two integrity…
21 September 2023
14 September 2023	Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training for Davao Public Transport Modernization Project On 14 September, OAI delivered an anticorruption and integrity briefing for the Philippine Department of Transportation and Davao City Project…
1 August 2023
06 June 2023	Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training for Indian Project Directors On 6 June 2023, the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) conducted a hybrid integrity learning session for 45 project directors…
01 June 2023	Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training for Tajikistan Executing and Implementing Agencies On 1 June 2023, the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI), in collaboration with the Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management…
10 May 2023	The Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training for Pakistan Executing and Implementing Agencies On 10 May 2023, the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) and Central and West Asia Department's Portfolio, Results, Safeguards and…
20 April 2023	The Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training for Armenian Executing and Implementing Agencies On 20 April 2023, the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) organized an integrity learning session for 15 participants from the…
14 April 2023	The Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training for India Project Executing and Implementing Agencies On 14 April 2023, the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) held a hybrid integrity learning session for 93 government officials…
5 April 2023	The Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training for Grant 9231 – Renewable Heating Demonstration in Remote Areas Project On 5 April 2023, the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) conducted a session for 10 participants from the executing agency and…
20 September 2022	The Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training for Loan 4166 – Assam Skill University Project On 20 September 2022, OAI conducted a hybrid session with 20 participants from EAs, IAs, PMUs, bid evaluation committees, and…
14 September 2022	The Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training for the Central and West Asia Department (CWRD) Energy Sector On 14 September 2022, OAI and PPFD conducted a virtual…
20 July 2022	The Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training for the Executing and Implementing Agencies and Project Implementation Units of the Skills Development for a Modern Economy Project in Uzbekistan On 29 July 2022, eight personnel from the executing and implementing agencies and project implementation units of the Skills…
20 May 2022	The Integrity Learning Series: People's Republic of China Executing and Implementing Agencies, and Project Management Units The Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI), in partnership with the Procurement, Portfolio and Financial Management Department …
28 April 2022	The Integrity Learning Series: People’s Republic of China Consulting and Contracting Firms, Trade Associations, and Advisory Firms via Zoom. The Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI), in partnership with Procurement, Portfolio and Financial Management…
29 March 2022	The Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training for CWRD Water Sector The Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training has specifically been tailored for the Central and West Asia Department…
24 November 2021	The Integrity Learning Series: ADB Sanctions – Debarments and Suspensions What are ADB sanctions including temporary suspensions and debarments? How does a firm or individual get debarred or temporarily suspended and…
30 September 2021	The Integrity Learning Series: Integrity Risks in Vaccine Programs The Integrity Learning Series: Integrity Risks in Vaccine Programs seeks to equip DMC partners with knowledge and tools to identify and…
07 June 2021	OAI discusses integrity risks with UP College of Law ADB's Office of Anticorruption and Integrity shared ADB’s approach in mitigating integrity risks and addressing integrity violations with…
05 February 2021 to 28 April 2021	Public Integrity Network - Capacity Development Program In response to its members’ request to learn from countries’ successful experience and best practices in corruption prevention and education, the…
30 June 2020	Innovation Speakers' Series: Fighting Corruption at a Time of Crisis ADB's Office of Anticorruption and Integrity and Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department gathered 400 representatives from the US…
28 July 2020	Safeguarding Integrity in the COVID-19 Response and Recovery More than 130 participants from the member countries and jurisdictions of the Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific (ACI), observer…
26 March 2020	Fighting the Gendered Impact of Corruption One hundred and sixty-two people tuned in to Fighting the Gendered Impact of Corruption, the first virtual Insight Thursday held on 26 March 2020…

Integrity by the Numbers

Session / Activity	Title	Speaker(s)
	Episode 8: Prevention and Compliance (July-December 2022) This episode summarizes the highlights of ADB's integrity due diligence, proactive integrity reviews, and knowledge and capacity building.
	Episode 7: Complaints and Investigations (July-December 2022) This episode presents key figures from July to December 2022, showcasing ADB's continued investigations work as the world transitions to the new…
	Episode 6: Complaints and Investigations (January-June 2022) This episode presents key figures from January to June 2022, highlighting ADB’s continued investigations on allegations of integrity…
	Episode 5: Complaints and Investigations (July-December 2021) The 5th episode of the #IntegrityBytheNumbers video series highlights key figures from July to December 2021 and insights on OAI's continued…
	Episode 4: Complaints and Investigations Asian Development Bank's Office of Anticorruption and Integrity shares numbers that demonstrate how ADB continues to investigate allegations of…


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iTalk Series

Session / Activity	Title	Speaker(s)
iACT iTalk Shorts: Loopholes in Policy	iACT iTalk Shorts: Loopholes in Policy When it comes to protecting sovereign wealth funds from those who might wish to exploit them, what can governments to ensure their policies safeguard…	Bradley Hope
iACT iTalk Shorts: Risks to Sovereign Wealth Funds	iACT iTalk Shorts: Risks to Sovereign Wealth Funds What are the risks to sovereign wealth funds that development professionals should be aware of? Pulitzer Prize finalist and former Wall Street…	Bradley Hope
Protecting Climate Finance from Corruption
Multilateral Development Banks and Supreme Audit Institutions	Multilateral Development Banks and Supreme Audit Institutions Former Undersecretary General for the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Heidi Mendoza shares why audit and integrity controls matter in…	Heidi Lloce Mendoza
Citizen Engagement, Open Data, and Anticorruption	Citizen Engagement, Open Data, and Anticorruption HAND Social Enterprise and SIAM Lab cofounder Dr. Torplus Yomnak shows how open data and citizen participation can be a force for good governance…	Torplus Yomnak
Impacts of Development Bank Sanctions	Impacts of Development Bank Sanctions OAI Head John Versantvoort, EIB Inspector-General Jan Willem van der Kaaij, former EBRD Chief Compliance Officer Lisa Rosen,…	John Versantvoort, Jan Willem van der Kaaij, Christine Kang, Lisa Rosen
	Best practices in mitigating integrity risks in vaccine programs Transparency International’s Head of Global Health Jonathan Cushing discusses three best practices that can mitigate integrity risks in…	Jonathan Cushing
	Civil society engagement for integrity and accountability ADB's Office of Anticorruption and Integrity Head John Versantvoort highlights the importance of partnering with civil society organizations and…	John Versantvoort
	Immediate and Low-cost Anticorruption Measures during Emergencies Basel Institute on Governance Managing Director Gretta Fenner talks about anticorruption measures in emergency relief operations that can be…	Gretta Fenner
	Speed and Integrity in Emergency Assistance Projects Asian Development Bank's Philippines Country Director Kelly Bird shares lessons learned from working with Philippine agencies to deliver quick and…	Kelly Bird
	Five Ways to Close the Gender Gap in Anticorruption Programs Gaelle Demolis, Programme Specialist for Governance, Peace and Security at UN Women, shares strategies that development organizations can take to…	Gaelle Demolis
	Best Practices in Ensuring Public Integrity Presenting on behalf of OECD, Policy Analyst Jeroen Michels shares strategies on safeguarding public integrity in the COVID-19 response and the post…	Jeroen Michels
	How to Exit the FATF Grey List: 3 Lessons from Mongolia ADB Senior Country Economist Declan Magee talks about the economic impacts of being included in the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) black list…	Declan Magee
	Online AML Reporting System: Strengthening the Financial Integrity of Bhutan ADB's Former Bhutan Country Director Kanokpan Lao-Araya speaks about how the ADB-supported Financial Market Development Program strengthened anti…	Kanokpan Lao-Araya

Anticorruption Policy Explainer Videos

Session / Activity	Title	Speaker(s)
	Anticorruption Explainer (English) The Asian Development Bank works to ensure that development funds are not lost due to fraudulent and corrupt practices. Watch this video to find…
	Anticorruption Explainer (Filipino) The Asian Development Bank works to ensure that development funds are not lost due to fraudulent and corrupt practices. Watch this video to find…
	Anticorruption Explainer (Russian) The Asian Development Bank works to ensure that development funds are not lost due to fraudulent and corrupt practices. Watch this video to find…
	Anticorruption Explainer (Bahasa) The Asian Development Bank works to ensure that development funds are not lost due to fraudulent and corrupt practices. Watch this video to find…
	Anticorruption Explainer (Chinese) The Asian Development Bank works to ensure that development funds are not lost due to fraudulent and corrupt practices. Watch this video to find…
	Anticorruption Explainer (Vietnamese) The Asian Development Bank works to ensure that development funds are not lost due to fraudulent and corrupt practices. Watch this video to find…

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