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Climate Change Risk Management Approach Adopted by TA 7984-NEP

27 June 2016
Learn how the climate change management framework helps reduce risks of infrastructure damage or loss from climate change and extreme events in Nepal. Various tools for introducing climate resilience at different entry points are discussed as well.

ICT as Enabler of Universal Healthcare - MediLink

9 June 2016
Medilink offers a value-added electronic network that faciltates information and funds flow among healthcare ecosystem stakeholders. Using data analytics, Medilink is able to see the link between lifestyle, profile, and diseases, as well as the rising demand in healthcare.

ICT Innovations in Healthcare

9 June 2016
Adolescent Health Education and Practical Training for Healthcare Service Providers Nationwide or ADEPT is a UNICEF-funded project, which aims to make health services adolescent-friendly by bridging the communication gap and educating people about adolescent health. ADEPT's main output will be a…

Instituting e-Government Procurement in Nepal

1 June 2016
e-Government procurement (e-GP) promotes transparency, quality, and economic development as proven by Nepal’s experience. The new e-GP system of Nepal eases the access of national and international bidders to procurement opportunities; reduces turnaround time across the public procurement cycle…

ICT Use in Teaching and Learning

13 May 2016
Teach for the Philippines (TFP) is a for-purpose, non-stock, and non-profit organization that works to provide all Filipino children with an inclusive, relevant, and excellent education. Good practices in ICT use from TFP’s experience that help improve the quality of classroom teaching and learning…

Social Protection Reform in the Philippines: A Virtuous Governance Circle?

26 April 2016
Pantawid Pamilya (CCT program) has become the cornerstone of social protection reforms in the Philippines. The program has five key design elements: (i) the selection of program beneficiaries based on uniform, objective, verifiable criteria; (ii) a systemic feedback mechanism for people to ask…

Taxing Properties and Managing Land: The Many Pathways on a Long Journey in the Philippines

26 April 2016
Land management and real property tax reform have at least a forty-year history in the Philippines, underlining the immense political, social, technical, and institutional challenges of reforms in this area. The Asian Development Bank-financed REGALA project and its predecessor, the AusAID-financed…

Philippines: Critical Ethnography's Application in Governance – Upholding Indigenous People's Rights and Addressing Conflicts

26 April 2016
The Philippine’s Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997 recognizes, respects, and promotes four bundles of rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/ Indigenous Peoples: right to Ancestral Domain; right to self-governance and empowerment; social justice and human rights; and right to cultural…

Minigrid System for Remote Disadvantaged Communities in Nepal

12 April 2016
With the objective of developing and promoting renewable energy technologies in Nepal, the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre shares its policy framework in this presentation. The intended outputs of the Center’s National Rural and Renewable Energy Programme as a more coherent and coordinated…

Nepal Tanahu Hydropower Project

11 April 2016
This presentation focuses on gender-inclusive community development programs as one of the entry points for mainstreaming gender equality and social inclusion in project areas. The aim is to mitigate resettlement risks and environmental and social impacts. The Asian Development Bank’s Tanahu…