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Innovative Strategies for Development Summit 2016

8 to 10 June 2016
Innovative Strategies for Development Summit (ISDS) gathered a diverse set of stakeholders and participants to discuss, debate, and develop new strategies related to the use of technological innovations in order to achieve several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as in education,…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Country Safeguard Systems Subregional Workshop

30 May to 1 June 2016
ADB held the Country Safeguards Systems Subregional Workshop on 30 May to 1 June 2016 in Tbilisi, Georgia for representatives from 11 DMCs in Central, West, and East Asia. Over 60 participants from governments, civil society, ADB, and development partners attended the workshop. Organized by SDCC…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards

Joint Workshop for e-Government and Smart City

23 to 27 May 2016
Information and communications technology (ICT) has been used holistically to bolster financial and managerial capacities of local governments and municipal service providers; manage urban traffic, and increase the competence and autonomy of urban water supply, as well as sanitation and solid waste…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office, Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Communication Strategies for Innovative Sustainable Development and Climate Change Initiatives

18 May 2016
Climate change and unsustainable development are two key hindrances to poverty reduction. As countless innovations are born to solve these twin problems, some innovative solutions fail to achieve their transformative power because of our failure to communicate. This session of the Knowledge…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Using Institutional Reforms to Prevent Child Marriage in Indonesia

28 April 2016
Maternal mortality and teenage pregnancy are health concerns in some Indonesian districts. The event discussed how the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Kinerja supported institutional reforms to address the issues, and reduced cases of child marriage births to mothers…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Meet Lucy: Do New Ideas in Governance Work in Practice?

26 to 28 April 2016
Organized by ADB's Governance Thematic Group in cooperation with the OECD-DAC Network on Governance and the German International Cooperation (GIZ)'s Sector Network Governance Asia, this learning event on Meet Lucy: New Ideas in Governance – Do They Work in Practice? enabled participants to assess…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Evaluating and Monitoring Anti-Corruption Reforms and Programs

21 March 2016
ADB, in collaboration with the German International Cooperation (GIZ) and the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center, and in partnership with the Government of the Philippines' Office of the Ombudsman, organized this high-level event with panel discussion on Evaluating and Monitoring Anti-Corruption…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Evaluating and Monitoring Anti-Corruption Reforms and Programs - Training Workshop

21 to 23 March 2016
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in collaboration with the German International Cooperation (GIZ) and the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center, and in partnership with the Government of the Philippines' Office of the Ombudsman, organized a training workshop to discuss how action against corruption…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

An Introduction to Corporate Sustainability Reporting for Development

10 March 2016
Thousands of organizations, including Asian Development Bank, report on their social and environmental impacts using guidelines developed by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). This seminar introduced GRI, examined the organization’s guidelines, and discussed how sustainability reporting can…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Tax Evasion: Investigation and Compliance Strategies Workshop

9 to 11 March 2016
This Workshop on Tax Evasion: Investigation and Compliance Strategies aimed to support participant countries in designing or reviewing their policies and strategies for tackling tax evasion through investigation and compliance work programs. The learning event enabled the participants to share…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office