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Webinar on Regulations and Policies on Credit Transfers of Online Courses

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

24th Steering Group Meeting

17 December 2020
Over 60 participants composed of member countries and economies of the Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific (ACI), development partners, and observer countries participated in the 24th Steering Group Meeting held on 17 December 2020. Steering group members welcomed Azerbaijan and Georgia as…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

International Anticorruption Day 2020 - Strengthening Governance Systems to Combat Illicit Financial Flows at a Time of COVID-19

9 December 2020
A major constraint towards financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) pertains to leakages in member countries’ development budgets that are caused by illicit financial flows (IFFs). The COVID-19 pandemic presents additional challenges as developing countries struggle to balance health and…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

Meeting the Challenges of the New Normal in School Education: An Online Workshop for Policymakers, Teacher Educators, and School Leaders

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

Impact of Covid-19 on the Work of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Agencies

29 September 2020
The webinar was organized jointly with the OECD’s Anticorruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ACN) to identify and analyse corruption-related challenges posed by Covid-19 emergency measures, as well as their impact on the detection, investigation, prosecution and adjudication of…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

iACT iTalk Video Series

24 September 2020
The ADB's Office of Anticorruption and Integrity's iACT iTalk video series features thought leaders on fighting corruption and other integrity-related risks. Check out the other iACT to Fight Corruption! events here.
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

Health Ministers Meeting on Universal Health Coverage on Asia and the Pacific

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

ADB's Support to the ASEAN Parties Against Corruption Meeting

24 August 2020
The Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) shared anticorruption efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic being implemented by ADB and the Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific. OAI's Cholpon Mambetova also discussed mitigation measures and OECD policy recommendations to ensure that these…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

iACT to Fight Corruption! 2020 Events

17 August 2020
iACT to Fight Corruption! knowledge events are opportunities to interact with national and regional actors, policy experts, and thought leaders who are fighting fraud and corruption in development. Hosted by ADB's Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, these events feature current thoughts and…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

COVID-19 Vaccine: Are Central and West Asian Countries Ready?

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