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H&S challenges in Vanuatu (VAN) & Solutions

12 June 2024

Supporting the Delivery of Skills Development in Vanuatu

22 January 2024
The session was tailored for participants who have oversight involvement and project responsibility. It aimed to increase awareness of potential integrity risks and remedial actions and improve skills in corruption and integrity risk detection, assessment, and prevention.

VAN: Strengthening Implementation Capacity for EIA — Action Plan

25 October 2022
The background of the TA was the need for Vanuatu to successfully apply CSS for a series of forthcoming infrastructure projects. The current environmental safeguards system was established in recent years and the director of DEPC is keen to review the performance of environmental safeguards with a…

VAN: Strengthening Implementation Capacity for EIA — Institutional Capacity Assessment

25 October 2022
The government plans to address these challenges by strengthening the CSS framework and building the capacity of its key ministries. To this end ADB has provided support to Vanuatu through a subproject under the Technical Assistance for Strengthening and Use of Country Safeguard Systems (RETA 7566-…

Inclusive European Cities - Designing for living systems

22 June 2022
Mateusz Mastalski from Danish architectural firm Henning Larsen gave a presentation on inclusive European cities and designing for living systems. Through a design study in the city of Copenhagen, he highlighted that the old way of developing cities is long gone, and that there is a need to change…

Copenhagen – a smart livable and resilient city

21 June 2022
Ms. Lykke Leonardsen, City of Copenhagen's Head of Program for Resilient and Sustainable Cities, spoke about the city's work on adaptation and resilience and its journey to becoming a smart and resilient city. She shared Copenhagen's vision of working with all city stakeholders to co-create the…

Gender and Mobility

21 June 2022
Marianne Weinreich from Rambøll and the Cycling Embassy of Denmark highlighted the main findings of their team's study on gender and mobility in a number of capital cities in Europe. She emphasized that gender is one of the most robust determinants of transport choice and shared some insights from…

100% renewable DH production

12 July 2021
In this presentation, Dr. Lennart Larsson gave an overview of the renewable district heating production in Lund, Sweden.

Lessons from the heat sector reform: Lithuania

5 July 2021
In this presentation, Vidmantas Jankauskas shared experiences of heat sector reform in LIthuania.

Heat Supply in the Republic of Belarus: Current State and Prospects

1 July 2021
In this presentation, Tatyana Pospelova discussed the status and prospects of the heat supply in the Republic of Belarus.