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Engaging Stakeholders Meaningfully on Sustainable Development Projects: Lessons from Community Participatory Approaches

6 May 2025
The session objective was to share good practices on how community participation and monitoring can enhance the effectiveness of activities, finances, and climate change adaptation outcomes in ADB-supported programs. The session aimed to develop recommendations for the ADB based on case studies…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Ground-up Perspective on the Effectiveness of ADB Accountability Mechanism and Safeguards Delivery

6 May 2025
While the ADB’s new Environmental and Social Framework introduces updated commitments to safeguards, its effectiveness will ultimately depend on robust and transparent accountability mechanisms. The success of this framework is contingent upon ensuring that these safeguards are not merely…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Dual Pathways to Economic Inclusion: Equipping Underrepresented Youth for Digital and Sustainable Futures

5 May 2025
  Youth panelists discussed their lived experiences in navigating digital and ecological evolution. A live Mind Map tool was used to capture and synthesize critical insights during the discussion with the audience. The aim was to present recommendations to policymakers on pathways to support…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Digital Technology: A Lifeline to Building a Resilient Tomorrow

5 May 2025
The session showcased civil society and private sector partnerships in using digital innovations to help protect the most vulnerable. The session included speakers with experience on the ground who are able to speak about the challenges in putting ideas into local action. This seminar put a…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Civil Society Program, 58th ADB Annual Meeting

4 to 7 May 2025
The Civil Society Program at the 58th ADB Annual Meeting in Milan underscored the importance of ADB's engagement with civil society and its role in facilitating and improving development outcomes across Asia and the Pacific. The program included 11 events held over four days, with over 200…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Unpacking the Risks in ADB's Just Transition Agenda

4 May 2025
Civil society stakeholders offered grassroots perspectives on the realities faced by vulnerable communities. The emphasis was on actions that avoid perpetuating inequities and undermining efforts to build sustainable economies at the pace and scale necessary.  ADB’s current Energy Policy…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Growing the Future: Innovations in Urban and Controlled Environment Agriculture

14 April 2025
  As part of ADB's $14 billion commitment to regional food supply security, the Agriculture Food Nature and Rural Development (AFNR) sector office is working to raise awareness and catalyze networking of key agricultural sectors. To this end, selected businesses are invited to present their…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

Highlights from the People, Planet, Prosperity Project Country Pilots: Philippines and Sri Lanka

28 March 2025
Despite growing recognition that healthy, functioning ecosystems are fundamental to achieving food, water and nutrition security, poverty reduction, and sustainable development, the values provided by nature are not widely integrated into policy and investment decisions. Mechanisms that…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

Ireland Agrifood Industry, Innovations, and Climate Measures

25 to 27 March 2025
This session was a product of continuous discussions between the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Ireland to collaborate for sustainable agrifood sector development in ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs). During ADB-DMC joint visit to Ireland’s National Ploughing…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

Event 5: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

27 February 2025
This fifth webinar explored good practice solutions and lessons for building back better of water, sanitation, and hygiene systems, featuring a case study on the Government of the Philippines' KALAHI CIDSS National Community-Driven Development Project.
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department