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9 July 2025
The four atoll nations– namely Kiribati, Maldives, the Republic of Marshall Islands, and Tuvalu – are facing existential climate adaptation challenges. Rising extreme sea levels are accelerating coastal flooding, erosion, and ecosystem degradation, threatening the very foundations of these island…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development
31 May 2025
Under current climate projections, much of the world’s stored freshwater is set to disappear within the coming decades. Despite this significant impact on the freshwater supply, there is no straightforward pathway to future-proof communities relying on the frozen stores in the mountain cryosphere…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
29 to 31 May 2025
The high-level International Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation, held in Dushanbe from 29-31 May 2025, emphasized the urgency of addressing glacial melt, calving, and retreat. It advanced global efforts through scientific collaboration, policy alignment, and multi-stakeholder engagement. …
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
13 March 2025
On 13 March 2025, three representatives from the Lao People's Democratic Republic's Department of Water Supply joined a hybrid briefing on ADB's anticorruption and integrity framework. Organized by Sectors Department 2, the session covered integrity risks, red flags, and strategies for…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity
10 March 2025
On 10 March, ADB joined the World Bank, Swedish Tax Agency, and local Chartered Accounting firms in an online seminar on Advance Pricing Agreements (APA), organized by the International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka. The event focused on best practices, process steps, and challenges in APA…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
5 March 2025
On 5 March 2025, 10 representatives from the Integrated Urban Services and Resilience Improvement Project in Marshall Islands learned about ADB's anticorruption and integrity framework at a hybrid briefing, as part of an inception mission organized by the Sectors Group. The session covered…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity
4 March 2025
ADB OAI's integrity learning session for Executing and Implementing Agencies in India. OAI provides training tailored for participants exercising oversight functions and project responsibility under RETA 10349's Integrity Learning Series.
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity
20 to 21 February 2025
Venue:
Auditorium Halls 1–2, ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines
Logistics:
All sessions will be conducted in English.
How to register:
By invitation only
Background:
ADB and the Vienna University Global Tax Policy Center (WU) will hold the Digital Economy Taxation (DET)…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
10 February 2025
Domestic Resource Mobilization remains a top priority for many economies in Asia and the Pacific. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, many revenue bodies have reestablished and rebuilt administrative systems to urgently restore government tax revenue flows disrupted by the pandemic.
The eighth…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
10 December 2024
In celebration of this year’s International Anticorruption Day, ADB’s Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) hosted a knowledge-sharing session on Integrity in Private Sector Development: A Conversation to explore the intersection of integrity principles and private sector development to…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity