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Investing in Education Skills and Research Collaborations for Climate Action

10 December 2021
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Education and training have a critical role to play in combating the negative effects of climate change. Climate-induced disasters adversely affect education systems, like floods and natural disasters, disrupting education. However, education and training can be major drivers for…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Building Resilience into School Systems Policy and Practice An Online Workshop for Policymakers Teacher Educators and School Leaders

6 to 10 December 2021
The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic beginning March 2020 has wrought huge disruptions in normal life, difficult as it already was in many countries. For schools, students, and parents, the impact of closed schools and children stuck at home with little or no access to learning, the effects have…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

2021 ADBI Annual Conference Climate Change Mitigation and Green Finance

1 to 3 December 2021
The COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow sought to rally global efforts to reduce carbon emissions and achieve a 1.5 degree Celsius temperature drop needed to fight climate change. Correspondingly, governments and international financial institutions, such as the Asian Development Bank, are…
Organizer: ADBI

Greening Transportation Projects

25 November 2021 to 10 February 2022
Watch the full story here. Check the program and learning materials below for more educational videos and webinar recordings. ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK in partnership with the WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA presents a Webinar Series to foster a global dialogue in the field of green linear…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Transport Sector Office

ADBI Featured Speaker Webinar Francis Fukuyama on Next Steps for Public Policy and Digital Development in Asia

16 November 2021
This ADBI Featured Speaker Webinar presented renowned political scientist Francis Fukuyama of Stanford University, who discussed the political and public policy calculus for advancing inclusive and sustainable digital development in Asia after the COVID-19 crisis. Hosted by ADBI Dean Tetsushi…
Organizer: ADBI

Conference on Creative Economy 2030 Imagining and Delivering a Robust Inclusive and Sustainable Recovery

8 to 10 November 2021
Before the COVID-19 crisis, the creative economy, broadly encompassing knowledge-based economic activities underpinning the creative and cultural sectors and bridging art, culture, technology, and business, was on pace to account for 10% of global GDP by 2030. In recognition of its economic and…
Organizer: ADBI

Virtual Conference on Boosting Decent Work in Asia for an Inclusive Recovery

27 to 28 October 2021
Day 1: 13:00-15:30 Tokyo time Day 2: 13:00-15:40 Tokyo time The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to unprecedented employment losses, disproportionately affecting youth, women, migrant, and informal workers. Pandemic responses in many developing Asian economies have included massive cash transfer…
Organizer: ADBI

Book Launch Unlocking Transport Connectivity in the TransCaspian Corridor

25 October 2021
This ADBI-Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Institute webinar highlighted key takeaways from the new book Unlocking Transport Connectivity in the Trans-Caspian Corridor, to be discussed by the co-editors and a panel of contributors to the book. The focuses will include the Trans-…
Organizer: ADBI

Sector Training on Gender Mainstreaming Transforming Womens Lives Through Infrastructure

4 to 7 October 2021
SDCC Director General Bruno Carrasco opened the Sector Training on Gender Mainstreaming (Transport-Water-Energy): Transforming Women’s Lives Through Infrastructure. He emphasized quality infrastructure as a means to positively impact the lives of people and the importance of designing projects…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division

ADBIJARTSIIT Learning Series on HighSpeed Railway Global Experiences on HighSpeed Railway Safety Management

17 September 2021
Greater high-speed rail (HSR) development in Asia will require policy makers and industry partners to navigate complex planning, design, construction, operational, and maintenance issues, as well as increasingly challenging domestic socioeconomic and political conditions as a result of the COVID-19…
Organizer: ADBI