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3 February 2021
10:00 – 11:00 AM (Manila), via Zoom
This presentation discussed priorities in response to COVID-19 to continue learning and improve foundational skills of all learners.
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
3 February 2021
4:30 – 5:30 PM (Manila), via Zoom
This presentation discussed how universities need to collaborate with industry to become more innovative in preparing learners during an era of fourth industrial revolution.
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
3 February 2021
via Zoom
ADB's Education Sector Group is organizing two webinars that will highlight major education challenges:
Webinar 1:
Education Priorities in Response to COVID-19 Disruptions - Highlights of the White Paper from “Save Our Future Campaign”
3 February 2021 | 10 a.m. (Manila time)
Speaker:…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
19 January 2021
Marito Garcia, PhD, Fellow at University of Virginia, USA, reviewed four country cases in Asia and Europe for credit transfers of online courses. Lessons learned were shared to develop enabling regulations and policies for new model of education delivery in COVID-19 crisis.
Organizer: South Asia Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office
18 January 2021
"Smart City Development” is sustainable city development. It should raise the quality of life of citizens by promoting well-balanced sustainable development and making use of diverse and innovative technologies created by public and private sector partnerships.
Many discussions about Smart Cities…
Organizer: ADBI, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
4 December 2020
Governments in Asia and the Pacific and globally have deployed unprecedented fiscal policy responses to tackle the immediate impacts of the COVID-19-induced recession. At the same time, it is critical that governments develop fiscal strategies for advancing recovery that promotes more resilient,…
Organizer: ADBI
12 to 16 October 2020
Global leaders have in recent years endorsed a G20 roadmap and principles for promoting quality infrastructure investment to help catalyse economies and realize the Sustainable Development Goals. To take next steps toward these objectives, it is imperative to examine how transportation…
Organizer: ADBI
5 to 12 October 2020
The global COVID-19 pandemic has had huge disruptive effects on normal life, difficult as it already was in many countries. For schools, students and parents, the impact of closed schools and children stuck at home with little or no access to learning, the effect has been devastating. Experts…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
14 September 2020
Bambang Susantono, ADB Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, delivered his Opening Remarks at the Health Ministers Meeting on Universal Health Coverage on Asia and the Pacific, 14 September 2020. Read the full speech here.
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
6 August 2020
In the race against time to develop a vaccine against COVID-19, forward-looking policymakers must begin exploring the next steps such as access to the vaccine, financing, and distribution, and start working on their countries' preparedness for the challenge. Two renowned experts provided an…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office