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Virtual Business Opportunities Seminar 2022 with Sweden

12 October 2022
ADB undertakes Business Opportunities Seminars (BOSs) in its members to improve the interest and ability of eligible suppliers to locate ADB business opportunities, prepare high-quality and responsive bids, and understand ADB’s procurement and anticorruption procedures. In response to the COVID-19…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department

Virtual Business Opportunities Seminar 2022 with France

11 October 2022
ADB undertakes Business Opportunities Seminars (BOSs) in its members to improve the interest and ability of eligible suppliers to locate ADB business opportunities, prepare high-quality and responsive bids, and understand ADB’s procurement and anticorruption procedures. In response to the COVID-19…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department

Business Opportunities Seminar 2022 with Kazakhstan

7 October 2022
ADB undertakes Business Opportunities Seminars (BOSs) in its members to improve the interest and ability of eligible suppliers to locate ADB business opportunities, prepare high-quality and responsive bids, and understand ADB’s procurement and anticorruption procedures. In response to the COVID-19…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department

Virtual Business Opportunities Seminar 2022 with the Turkish Contractors Association

5 October 2022
ADB undertakes Business Opportunities Seminars (BOSs) in its members to improve the interest and ability of eligible suppliers to locate ADB business opportunities, prepare high-quality and responsive bids, and understand ADB’s procurement and anticorruption procedures. In response to the COVID-19…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department

Upstream Climate Assessments – Rationale, Types, and Examples

23 September 2022
ADB's Central and West Asia Department together with Pacific Asia and Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Division presented the rationale for upstream climate assessments and highlighted different approaches. It showcased examples including climate assessments to support CPS preparation,…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Pacific Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Eliminating the Idea of Waste with the TerraCycle Global Foundation (ADB CE Webinar Series, Session 05)

22 September 2022
Thousands of tons of plastic waste are polluting Thailand’s canals, rivers, and seas every year. The TerraCycle Global Foundation collects and recycles that waste before it reaches and gets degraded and diluted across the ocean. In the space of 2 years, the Foundation has prevented over 560,000…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Briefing on the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 (GAR2022): Our World at Risk – Transforming Governance for a Resilient Future

22 September 2022
COVID-19 and climate change are making it clear that disaster impacts increasingly cascade across geographies and sectors. Despite progress, risk creation is outstripping risk reduction. To change course, new approaches to governance systems and an understanding of systemic risk are needed. The…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Designing Climate-resilient Housing: Best Practices from ADB-supported Projects

20 September 2022
Central and West Asia Department of ADB, in cooperation with East Asia Department, organized a session on climate-resilient housing. The session showcased two pioneering ADB projects on climate-resilient housing in Uzbekistan and Mongolia. It highlighted key components of the projects on building…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, East Asia Department

Adaptation without Borders

19 September 2022
Implications of climate risk are increasingly being felt beyond borders. The session introduced the global partnership Adaptation Without Borders, created in response to the emerging global challenge of transboundary climate risk, to create opportunities to strengthen international cooperation and…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Low-carbon and Climate-resilient Urban Development

16 September 2022
Cities in Asia and the Pacific region play a critical role in stepping up climate actions. The session shared experiences from Baguio, Philippines, and Xiangtan, PRC on good practices in integrating low carbon and climate resilience into their development agenda and actions. The discussion…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department