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9 December 2020
A major constraint towards financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) pertains to leakages in member countries’ development budgets that are caused by illicit financial flows (IFFs). The COVID-19 pandemic presents additional challenges as developing countries struggle to balance health and…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity
1 December 2020 to 30 November 2022
SERD Policy Talk (SPOT) Series, organized by ADB's Southeast Asia Department, features conversations on new ideas and development beyond office walls. SPOT aims to inspire people to explore issues outside their normal area of work. SPOT encourages active interaction among the participants and…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department
19 November 2020
The presentation to ADB staff and other participants on value for money (VfM) assessment and its relation to the Principles of QII, particularly Principle 2 on raising economic efficiency in view of life cycle costs. The objectives of the session were to understand the role of VfM in the project…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
10 to 12 November 2020
The Forum on Successful Project Design and Implementation focused on the theme “Rising to the Challenge of COVID-19 and Beyond”. The experience of project implementation frontliners and cases from the field set the stage for three days of virtual discussions and knowledge sharing.
The forum had…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department
10 November 2020 to 24 January 2024
The Forum on Successful Project Design and Implementation is a flagship knowledge exchange event of the Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department. It gathers policymakers and project implementers of executing and implementing agencies in developing member countries for solution-…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department
3 to 5 November 2020
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) organized the 6th Annual Conference of the Asia Pacific Public Electronic Procurement Network (APPeN) through a virtual platform. This year’s conference focused on rapid digitalization of public procurement induced by global pandemic.
Objectives
To continue…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department
29 October 2020
During the last 10 years, ADB annually organized a Business Opportunities Fair in Manila as a forum for consultants, contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, and civil society organizations interested in providing goods, works, consulting and non-consulting services for ADB projects.
This year,…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department
24 August 2020
The Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) shared anticorruption efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic being implemented by ADB and the Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific. OAI's Cholpon Mambetova also discussed mitigation measures and OECD policy recommendations to ensure that these…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity
17 August 2020
iACT to Fight Corruption! knowledge events are opportunities to interact with national and regional actors, policy experts, and thought leaders who are fighting fraud and corruption in development. Hosted by ADB's Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, these events feature current thoughts and…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity
28 July 2020
More than 130 participants from the member countries and jurisdictions of the Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific (ACI), observer countries, advisory group, Philippine Commission on Audit, OECD, and ADB joined the webinar on Safeguarding Integrity in the COVID-19 Response and Recovery held…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity