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22 February 2022 to 4 April 2023
The Supporting Enhanced COVID-19 Vaccination and Post COVID-19 Health Security Response in Southeast Asia (SECURE) Webinar Series is a platform to promote innovative approaches and best practices for COVID-19 vaccination programs among Southeast Asia (SEA) developing member countries (DMCs) of the…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Southeast Asia Department
18 February 2022
As COVID-19 vaccines continue to be deployed around the world, countries are now planning for and actively administering booster doses and vaccines for their paediatric populations. What has the experience been in different countries? What have been the successes and challenges?
Asian Development…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
28 January 2022
Innovative solutions for Asia and the Pacific on Green Ports, Shipping, and Maritime Decarbonization.
Objectives:
Understand the imperative and the challenges of maritime decarbonization.
Understand the role of the different stakeholders involved in maritime decarbonization and the greening of…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Transport Sector Office
28 January to 7 April 2022
70% of global trade by volume (80% by value) is carried by maritime shipping, and 60% of these goods are loaded or unloaded in developing country ports. Maritime transport accounts for 3% of global GHG emissions - equivalent to the 6th largest GHG emitting country globally – and rising rapidly.…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Transport Sector Office
17 January 2022
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, technological advances brought by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) had already disrupted the world of work, leading to the growing demand for new sets of skills and competencies. Consequently, old jobs were being lost, while new jobs were created including…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
10 December 2021
Education and training have a critical role to play in combating the negative effects of climate change. Climate-induced disasters adversely affect education systems, like floods and natural disasters, disrupting education. However, education and training can be major drivers for…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
8 December 2021
Before the pandemic hit, the creative economy was on track to account for 10% of global GDP by 2030. In recognition, the United Nations declared 2021 the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development.
The pandemic, however, changed the trajectory of the creative economy in two…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office
6 to 10 December 2021
The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic beginning March 2020 has wrought huge disruptions in 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 effects have…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
3 December 2021
Young people have taken to the streets ringing the alarm about the impacts of the climate change emergency. While the protests showcase youth’s frustration in current socio-political systems of managing the climate emergency, they are increasingly also engaging in climate…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office
30 November 2021
This contest is a solution-sharing platform for Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) youth. Through the form of a short video (2 minutes maximum) or an essay (500 words maximum), GMS youth are encouraged to showcase their current project/business/initiative that is relevant to any of the three main…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office