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Leadership and Communication Challenges for Climate Change Aspects of Development Projects - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series

21 June 2016
Matthias Gelber and ADB's Charlotte Lapsansky discuss the importance of communication and leadership after COP21, as well as the need for project communications, stakeholder analysis and communications strategies in implementing development projects.
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Communication Strategies for Innovative Sustainable Development and Climate Change Initiatives - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series

18 May 2016
Teresa Erickson and Tim Ward impart proven tips and tools that will help leaders become a powerful communicator, change agent, and catalyst for transformation.
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Why Conduct Impact Evaluation

11 April 2016
Impact evaluation through cost-benefit analysis and improved project design leads to sustainable and meaningful investments. The importance of conducting impact evaluation of projects is highlighted in this presentation. Key aspects of impact evaluation are also discussed.

Enhancing Transparency and Exchange of Information - Background to the Project and Progress

9 March 2016
Risks in tax avoidance and evasion are on the rise in Asia. Mobilization of domestic resources is needed to create better tax systems that is crucial for development. The Asian Development Bank provides technical assistance for the capacity development of tax administration in Asia.

Strengthening Enterprises through Gender Capacity Building

3 March 2016
The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves explicitly prioritizes women’s empowerment in its mission statement. It implements a robust gender capacity building program to ensure cooking sector enterprises prioritize and understand how to integrate gender throughout their business models.

Knowledge Partnership for Clean Energy: Highlights of the Workout on the Indonesia Center of Excellence

31 December 2015
This material contains the highlights of Asian Development Bank’s Knowledge Partnership for Clean Energy Workout on the Indonesia Center of Excellence. This report summarizes the highlights of the event, the first in a series of intensive workout sessions envisioned to help Indonesia and other…

Geo-Enabled Decision Support System

16 December 2015
There is potential in turning the step by step development of a geo-enabled decision support system into reality as discussed in this presentation. The conceptual framework for energy mapping and mix is also examined. A guide on how to build a logical framework to conduct geospatial analysis for…

Building Spaces for Stakeholder Communication in Private Sector Projects

18 August 2015
Early, in-depth, and genuine consultations with stakeholders and project-affected people are crucial to project planning and delivery. Stakeholder communication strategies need to be regarded as integral component of project plans and signed off at the highest level of government.

Enabling Communication in Times of Disaster

2 June 2015
FireChat is a free mobile phone application that functions as a communication tool for posting messages without the need for cellular service or connection to an internet network. It has been used in situations where there was congestion in cellular and internet signals due to the volume of users;…

New Communication Technologies: Linking Stakeholders in Difficult Communication Environments

2 June 2015
When emergencies or disasters strike, communication can be as vital as food and shelter but it is also among the infrastructure systems that are easily damaged or rendered unavailable. This report discusses the utility of Firechat, an off-grid communication technology, to Asian Development Bank-…