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Lao PDR Anticorruption and Integrity Training

13 March 2025
On 13 March 2025, three representatives from the Lao People's Democratic Republic's Department of Water Supply joined a hybrid briefing on ADB's anticorruption and integrity framework. Organized by Sectors Department 2, the session covered integrity risks, red flags, and strategies for identifying…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

AASCTF Kaysone Phomvihane project flyer: Improving the employability and soft skills of a growing workforce through smart tools

26 September 2023
In Kaysone Phomvihane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the ASEAN Australia Smart Cities Trust Fund (AASCTF) has been helping to conceptualize an employment service platform and develop an educational mobile application that will address the skills supply-demand gap in the city. This project flyer…

ໃບປິວໂຄງການ AASCTF ນະຄອນໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ

26 September 2023
ກອງທຶນພັດທະນາ ນະຄອນອັດສະລິຍະ ອາຊຽນ-ອົດສະຕຣາລີ (AASCTF) ໄດ້ຊ່ວຍ ນະຄອນໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ ຂອງ ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ ໄດ້ຊ່ວຍພັດທະນາທາງດ້ານແນວຄວາມຄິດໃນການການສ້າງແພລດຟອມການບໍລິການຈັດຫາງານ ແລະ ພັດທະນາແອັບພລິເຄຊັ່ນມືຖືດ້ານການສຶກສາ ທີ່ຈະຊ່ວຍແກ້ໄຂຊ່ອງຫວ່າງຄວາມຕ້ອງການ-…

The Economic Impact of International Commercial Arbitration

17 March 2021
Prof. Dr. Jordi Paniagua, professor of economics at the University of Valencia, highlighted the positive economic impacts of international commercial arbitration. He first showed graphs illustrating the trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) worldwide and in the South Pacific in terms of capital…

Experience of the Republic of Korea

17 March 2021
Mr. Changwan Han, director of the International Dispute Settlement Division of Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Justice, talked about how international arbitration has contributed to increased economic activities and investment flows in South Korea. A stable and effective dispute resolution system…

Athita Komindr - Opening Remarks (Speech)

17 March 2021
Ms. Athita Komindr, head of the UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific (RCAP), also gave her opening remarks. She identified the positive impacts of ADB and UNCITRAL’s collaboration in introducing legal reforms on international commercial arbitration in the South Pacific, and stated…

Athita Komindr - Opening Remarks (Slides)

17 March 2021
Ms. Athita Komindr, head of the UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific (RCAP), also gave her opening remarks. She identified the positive impacts of ADB and UNCITRAL’s collaboration in introducing legal reforms on international commercial arbitration in the South Pacific, and stated…

Overview of International Arbitration Reform in the South Pacific

17 March 2021
Ms. Christina Pak, principal counsel and team leader of the Law and Policy Reform (LPR) Program of ADB, informed the participants about this arbitration reform technical assistance project’s accomplishments to date. First, the program has assisted several South Pacific countries in adopting state-…

John Denton - Keynote Address

17 March 2021
Mr. John Denton, secretary general of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), delivered the keynote address. He drew the audiences’ attention to the ICC’s efforts to achieve its overall purpose of enabling business worldwide to secure peace, prosperity, and opportunity for all. These efforts…

Thomas Clark - Opening Remarks

17 March 2021
In his opening remarks, Mr. Thomas Clark, general counsel of ADB, highlighted the significance of this conference in convening key government officials, policy makers, judges, lawyers, private sector, development partners, and international arbitration experts to talk about ways to lift barriers to…