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Fiscal Management, Local Governance and Economic Growth in Post-Covid-19 World: The New Normal

1 to 21 July 2021
Fiscal Management, Local Governance and Economic Growth in a Post-COVID-19 World - The New Normal is a webinar series organized by the Public Management, Financial Sector, and Regional Cooperation Division (EAPF) with the Mongolia and People's Republic of China (PRC) Resident Mission, and…
Organizer: East Asia Department, Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

The Role of Local Governments in Promoting High Quality Growth

1 July 2021
via Zoom. Under the High-Quality Growth agenda, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) seeks to rebalance its economy by addressing the negative side effects of a long period of unprecedented economic growth, and local governments will have a key role to play in the implementation of that agenda…
Organizer: East Asia Department, Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Gender Sensitive WASH: Opportunities for Girls’ Education

21 June 2021
School sanitation has been one of the main issues in achieving universal elementary and secondary education, and ADB has proceeded with Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects since 2006. Many research findings have revealed that the lack of water and sanitation facilities is one of the…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Human and Social Development Sector Office

ADB-ITF: Consultations on Gender Equality in the Transport Sector

17 June 2021
The International Transport Forum (ITF) is expanding its work in the area of gender and transport and is developing a new gender analysis toolkit for transport policies for its member countries and beyond. ITF and ADB are exploring potential overlapping areas in their respective work on gender…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Transport Sector Office

World Oceans Day Webinar, 2021: Gender and Resilience in Coastal Communities

8 June 2021
To celebrate World Oceans Day, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) co-hosted a webinar that provided an overview of the urgent need to consider gender equality in coastal and fisheries resource management. Communities, especially women, in Asia and the Pacific are…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Gender Equality Division

The Business Case for Gender Equality at Work

20 May 2021
via Zoom The Asian Development Bank and the Nordic Embassies in the Philippines organized a special webinar on “The Business Case for Gender Equality at Work” that took place last 20 May, 2.30-4.30pm (Manila). This online event included high-level speakers from the public and private sectors of…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division

Multi-stakeholder Engagement, Partnerships, and Knowledge Sharing

22 April 2021
The roundtables explored key components that contribute to creating an enabling environment for localizing the sustainable development goals (SDGs) 2030 where subnational and local governments are able to contribute meaningfully to the national SDG agenda. These enablers support the principle of…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Data and Monitoring

21 April 2021
The roundtables explored key components that contribute to creating an enabling environment for localizing the sustainable development goals (SDGs) 2030 where subnational and local governments are able to contribute meaningfully to the national SDG agenda. These enablers support the principle of…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Financing for SDGs

20 April 2021
The roundtables explored key components that contribute to creating an enabling environment for localizing the sustainable development goals (SDGs) 2030 where subnational and local governments are able to contribute meaningfully to the national SDG agenda. These enablers support the principle of…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Localizing SDGs Week 2021

19 to 22 April 2021
A series of virtual roundtables was organized jointly by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Development Partners Network for Decentralization and Local Governance (DeLoG), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) from 19 to…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office