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Climate-Smart Agriculture Training for Practitioners

9 to 11 October 2018
Climate change imposes a dynamic challenge on the food system in Asia and has already started impacting farming and food value chains in ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs). Climate adaptation and mitigation investments, hence, are relevant to the food and nutrition security agenda of Asia and…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Strategy, Policy and Partnerships Department

Earth Observation Applications in Agriculture and Rural Development

25 July 2018
Agriculture and rural development will benefit greatly from remote sensing and other earth observation information technology and services. Optimal use of earth observation can help achieve global food security. ADB staff participated in this one-day training to build awareness on the utility and…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Internal Auditing Youth Summit 2018

12 May 2018
The Internal Auditing Youth Summit (IAYS) is an annual event that aims to lead Accountancy and Internal Auditing students from various universities in the Philippines to have a closer look at the Internal Auditing profession. The Summit put spotlight on the trends in internal audit practice and…
Organizer: Office of the Auditor General

Preliminary Results from Research for Community Access Partnership Status Review of Rural Access Index

3 April 2018
Stephen Vincent, independent consultant, discussed how rural access can be measured and monitored to support progress in achieving Sustainable Development Goal Target 9.1.
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Transport Sector Office

New Approach for Farmers' Poverty Reduction Weather Index Insurance Using Satellite-Based Information

16 March 2018
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance's Ken Gohara and Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan's Tsugito Nagano presented how the Weather Index Insurance can pay out a contractually predetermined insurance amount when weather indices such as temperature, wind speed, and rainfall exceed specified…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Finance Sector Office, Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Climate Smart Agriculture Training

14 March 2018 to 18 March 2023
As adverse impacts of climate change on farming and food systems intensify in Asia and the Pacific, the agriculture and natural resources (ANR) sector in ADB’s Developing Member Countries (DMCs) needs accelerated investments in upscaling climate-smart agriculture to better manage the dynamic…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Knowledge-Intensive Agriculture Workshop

15 to 16 June 2017
From labor-intensive to knowledge-intensive agriculture. With new knowledge and technology, can a modernized agriculture sector end world hunger and achieve food security? Agriculture is at a crossroads now. Resource base is shrinking, productivity is declining, and efforts to produce more food are…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

Multilateral Financial Institutions: Chief Audit Executive Group 2017 Meeting

4 to 6 April 2017
The ADB Office of the Auditor General (OAG) organized the 2017 Multilateral Financial Institutions – Chief Audit Executive Group (MFI-CAEG) meeting in Beijing from 4 to 6 April 2017. The meeting served as a venue to discuss and share ideas, challenges, achievements, and lessons learned in internal…
Organizer: Office of the Auditor General

Internal Audit Maturity in the Public Sector in ASEAN - Insights from the Study of Internal Audit Function in Selected Central Banks

8 March 2017
This academic study examined the maturity of the internal audit function in the public sector in the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) by benchmarking the function with the Institute of Internal Auditors’ Capability Model for the public sector.
Organizer: Office of the Auditor General

Internal Audit Panel of Experts Inaugural Meeting

6 to 8 March 2017
The Internal Audit Panel of Experts is an advisory board to provide independent, objective and expert advice to the Capacity Development Working Group. The Panel of Experts is particularly tasked on strategizing and identifying opportunities for internal audit capacity development in the public…
Organizer: Office of the Auditor General