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National Conference on Inclusive Clean Energy Solutions in ADB Operations

10 to 11 December 2024
On 10–11 December, stakeholders discussed the critical pathways for a Just, Affordable, and Inclusive Energy Transition, building on key priorities from the G20 Energy Ministers’ meeting under India’s G20 Presidency. The event highlighted the complex interplay between advancing clean energy goals…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office, Human and Social Development Sector Office

Enhancing MSME Development in TimorLeste

5 December 2024
ADB conducted a business mapping survey in cooperation with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Timor-Leste in July 2024 to help design a feasible national MSME development policy as part of ADB support for the Government of Timor-Leste in its accession to ASEAN. Growth momentum in Timor-…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

DisabilityInclusive and GenderResponsive Transport

5 December 2024
This webinar explored the barriers people with disabilities face in accessing transport systems and examined how to identify and address those barriers by including women and people with disabilities in the design, implementation, and monitoring of transport systems projects.
Organizer: Transport Sector Office

Enhancing Domestic Resource Mobilization

4 December 2024
The Asia Pacific Tax Hub, in collaboration with Development Partners, Multilateral Financial Institutions, and other ADB Regional Departments is working to strengthen Domestic Resource Mobilization (DRM) and International Tax Cooperation (ITC) thereby supporting development member countries’ (DMCs…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

From Recommendations to Action Insurable Infrastructure Solutions in the Pacific

2 to 3 December 2024
Background Contractors tendering for Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF) partner projects in the Pacific Island countries (PICs) are struggling to access the insurances and related risk engineering services required to deliver quality construction infrastructure projects funded by donors…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office, Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department

Transforming Masculinities to End GenderBased Violence A Panel Discussion to Commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women IDEVAW

26 November 2024
Men and boys are central to the changes necessary for ending gender-based violence (GBV). These changes include difficult transformations: men changing deeply entrenched behaviors and the social norms that support them, re-balancing power in intimate and social relationships, change in…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division

ADB Participation at the fifth Global Plastics Treaty GPT Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee Session INC5

25 November to 1 December 2024
In March 2022, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) adopted a resolution with the objective of ending plastic pollution. The aim is to draft an internationally binding agreement – or the Global Plastics Treaty (GPT) – on plastics by 2024, to be adopted by countries by 2025. The GPT’s…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Plastic Odyssey Tackling Plastic Pollution through Innovation

21 November 2024
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) organized a hybrid webinar, Plastic Odyssey: Tackling Plastic Pollution Through Innovation, on 21 November 2024, from 2:00–3:30 p.m. at Learning Resource Center 1, ADB Headquarters. The event featured Simon Bernard, CEO of Plastic Odyssey, and was coordinated by…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

COP29 Side Event Scaling NaturePositive and Mainstreaming Investments in Asia and the Pacific

21 November 2024
The economies and people of Asia and the Pacific region depend heavily on a healthy environment and nature, with the natural capital and ecosystem goods and services they provide. Approximately $18 trillion, or over 53% of the region’s economy, is directly dependent on nature, with key sectors…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Livelihood Restoration Regional Workshop for Central and West Asia

21 to 23 November 2024
Regional Operations Services I (OSR1) of the Office of Safeguards (OSFG), in partnership with the Policy and Technical Services (OSPT), organized the Livelihood Restoration Regional Workshop for Central and West Asia. The event took place from 21 to 23 November 2024 at the Hilton Tashkent,…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards