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ADB’s Private Sector Renewables in Asia

19 June 2019
In this presentation, Mr. Michael Barrow gave an overview of ADB's Pacific Renewable Energy Project. The project encourages private sector investment in renewable energy. It also mitigates short-term liquidity risk, through donor-backed standby letter of credit, and supports long-term investment,…

Market Accelerator for Green Construction (MAGC) Using EDGE Online Tool

19 June 2019
This presentation discussed the United Kingdom's international climate finance efforts, highlighting its Market Accelerator for Green Construction program in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The program provides technical assistance and concessional finance to drive…

The Strategic Mitigation Adaptation and Resilience (SMART) Tool: Integrating Planning Objectives in Southeast Asia and Pacific Countries

18 June 2019
Developing long-term low emissions development strategies (LT-LEDS) provides an opportunity for Asia-Pacific countries highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change to simultaneously achieve other development objectives, including energy and food security, economic resilience and resilience to…

Microgrids for Access and Resiliency in the Pacific: Key Issues and Lessons

18 June 2019
The Clean Energy Solutions Center (CESC) is partnering with the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility to support the region’s development of micro-grid and smart-grid infrastructure. As governments and utilities in the Pacific Islands work to integrate more renewable energy into their electricity…

Application of a Digital Twin in Rail Asset Management

23 May 2019
In this presentation, Mr. Boom makes a case for deploying a virtual model of physical rail assets, processes, systems, and passenger flows to analyze data and monitor systems enhance the reliability and safety of urban rail transportation network.

Scalable Signaling Solutions for Metros and Commuter Lines

23 May 2019
In this presentation, Mr. Ramos cited the importance of deploying a flexible and scalable communications-based train control (CBTC) signaling system to address the current needs of railway operations. He also shared a case study from their work in increasing the capacity and operational efficiency…

Designed Elastic Components to Improve Life Cycle Costs of Track Superstructures

23 May 2019
In this presentation, Mr. Dorfner shares Getzner's solutions to vibrations and structure-borne noise generated by railways, which have a detrimental effect on track superstructure components such as rails, sleepers, and ballasts. He also underscores the importance of introducing more elasticity…

Implementation of Regulatory Sandboxes – A Global Overview

16 April 2019
The number of regulatory sandboxes are increasing, with different regulators organizing them. This presentation presents a global overview of regulatory sandboxes, a programme allowing FinTech firms to test new solutions in an actual market environment under regulatory supervision, but without…

The Regulatory Sandbox Concept: Models, Benefits and Risks

16 April 2019
Innovation in financial services can reduce costs, as well as improve transparency and expand financial inclusion. But they they can also lead to new risks, which may lead to regulatory uncertainty. This presentation presents an overview of current regulatory sandbox models and describes the…

Key Considerations in Developing a Regulatory Sandbox

16 April 2019
This presentation offers the policy, organizational and operational considerations in developing a regulatory sandbox: from setting the objectives, which sandbox model to adopt, and how sandbox regulations will be implemented.​