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Corruption and REDD+ in the Philippines: Risks and Ways Forward

26 May 2015
This presentation discusses the corruption risks in implementing Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) in the Philippines, which is still in the readiness phase. REDD+ brings several potential corruption risks as it may enable new forms of corruption, or entrench…

Corruption and Anti-Corruption Efforts in the Philippines

25 May 2015
Overall Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur H. Carandang, LL.M. shares current initiatives in combating corruption in the Philippines. His presentation also enumerates proposed legislative reforms to prevent cases of corruption.

Improving Community Disaster Response and Resilience through the Use of Technology in a Community-Driven Development Program

20 May 2015
This presentation explains the role of community-driven development programs in disaster recovery and rehabilitation efforts of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Philippines. Technological challenges, particularly those experienced during the Typhoon Yolanda disaster response…

Water Operators Partnership in Practice

19 May 2015
This presentation introduces Maynilad Water Services, Inc. as a water and wastewater services provider in the Philippines. It includes a discussion of current Maynilad Water Operators Partnerships (WOPs), along with specific examples. The benefits of entering into WOPs are also enumerated.

Case Studies of Solar Pumping in the Philippines

19 May 2015
This presentation explains the concept of solar pumping. The use of solar pump for irrigation in the Philippines is featured as a case study. LORENTZ, a German manufacturer of solar pumps, is also introduced.

OpenStreetMap: Map the Philippines

19 May 2015
Recognizing the chaos that accompanies disaster response along with an existing surplus of maps in the Philippines, OpenStreetMap aims to offer a cross-sector platform where data can be shared openly with all communities and across local sectors. The initiative extends beyond crisis and disaster to…

Seeing is Believing: Twinning Water Utilities for Better Services

19 May 2015
This video features a twinning program between an experienced mentor utility—in this case Maynilad (Philippines)—with a recipient utility, Khulna WASA (Bangladesh). The exercise is part of a knowledge sharing initiative called Water Operators Partnerships in Asia and the Pacific, established by…

Improving Wastewater Treatment in Yangon

19 May 2015
This video shows one of the training sessions under a water utility partnership between Yangon City Development Committee (Myanmar) and Hunter Water, a leading water and wastewater utility in Australia. The twinning is being facilitated by Asian Development Bank through its Water Operators…

Site Visit - Implementing a Resilient + Smart Community: Bonifacio Global City

19 May 2015
Participants traveled to Bonifacio Global City in the Philippines to see best practice in smart urban mobility and resilience. Accompanied by local experts, participants toured High Street greenway, learned about water capture and storage features, and visited the future site of a new Bus Rapid…

MYA: Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Development for the Ministry of Construction Final Report

30 April 2015
Myanmar has a relatively modern environmental policy but lacks a social safeguards policy to address emerging social issues associated with development agenda that the country has set for future. As one of the initiatives to build capacity within the country, the ADB in July 2012 approved the TA…