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VIDEO | Overview of Business Opportunities for Civil Society Organizations

29 July 2024

ADB BirdLife International Affirm Commitment to Protect and Sustainably Manage Biodiversity in Asia and the Pacific

25 July 2024
Bottom left: BirdLife International CEO Martin Harper, MDG Woochong Um, Special Senior Advisor on Climate Change Warren Evans Top left: Environment Officer Karen Ochavo, Environment Director Yoko Watanabe, CCSD Director General Bruno Carrasco, BirdLife Regional Director (Asia) Vinayagan…

VIDEO | NGOC Message of Support

25 July 2024
Delivered by NGOC Head Haidy Seang Ear-Dupuy on the occasion of the visit of BirdLife International CEO Martin Harper to the ADB Headquarters, 25 July 2024
Organizer: Environment Thematic Group

Learning with Partner CSO 4 Equitable Climate Finance for Asia and Pacific How can Civil Society Promote Transparency Accountability and Participation

5 May 2023
by the Partnership for Transparency and Oxfam in Asia. The session discussed the challenges and status of climate finance in Asia and the Pacific, ADB’s support and scale-up plans for climate action, and how CSOs can help improve equity and governance in climate finance operations by increasing…

Meeting Between Civil Society Organizations and ADB Senior Management

5 May 2023
ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa met with CSO participants of the 56th ADB Annual Meeting. He invited CSOs to dialogue constructively with ADB and looks forward to hearing ideas and solutions from CSOs on meeting ADB’s climate ambition and rebounding from the COVID-19 pandemic. He expressed…

Learning with Partners CSO 3 Voice and Inclusion Building Agency and Opportunity for Marginalized People

4 May 2023
by Plan International, APCOM Foundation, and International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific (ITUC-AP). The session showcased Plan International’s community-level programming experiences in Indonesia and the Philippines. Yayasan Plan International Indonesia shared examples of how to create…

Policy Dialogue with CSOs 2 Approaching the Last Mile for a Strong Safeguards Policy

3 May 2023
by NGO Forum on ADB and Accountability Counsel. Panelists from the NGO Forum on ADB discussed their feedback regarding the implementation of the ADB’s environmental and social safeguards citing examples and exhibiting related photos from Indonesia, Nepal, and the Philippines. ADB’s United States…

Learning with Partners CSO 1 Civic Engagement and Multistakeholder Partnerships for SDGs in Asia

3 May 2023
by Asia Civil Society Partnership for Sustainable Development (APSD) and Korea NGO Council for Overseas Cooperation (KCOC). The session opened with a note that while the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are at the halfway mark to the 2030 Agenda, progress is on track for only 12% of the SDG…

Learning with Partners CSO 2 Pathways to Inclusive Carbon Transition in Asia Greening Agriculture and Local Climate Governance

3 May 2023
by the Economy and Environment Partnership for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA). This session aimed to foster dialogue among participants and practitioners working on inclusive carbon transition in Asia. Nguyen Quang of the University of Economics Ho Chih Min City presented a policy review on inclusive low-…

Policy Dialogue with CSOs 1 Challenging Ways Forward Asserting Communities Considerations on Just Transition

2 May 2023
by NGO Forum on ADB, Asian People’s Movement for Debt and Development, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives – Asia Pacific, and Indus Consortium. In his opening remarks, ADB Vice President for East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Ahmed Saeed highlighted that ensuring sustainable…