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27 to 30 May 2025
Flowing Forward: Youth Catalyzing Water Resilience
The 5th Asia and the Pacific Youth Symposium (APYS5), co-convened by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Plan International, and the International Water Association through the Philippine Young Water Professionals (PYWP), is a four-day in-person…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
27 February 2025
This fifth webinar explored good practice solutions and lessons for building back better of water, sanitation, and hygiene systems, featuring a case study on the Government of the Philippines' KALAHI CIDSS National Community-Driven Development Project.
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
24 January 2025
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The eLearning course on ADB project cycle for sovereign operations provides an overview of the five stages of ADB’s project cycle: 1) project identification, 2) design and preparation, 3) approval, 4) implementation, and 5) evaluation. The course is designed for DMCs and…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Office of Safeguards, Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department, Strategy, Policy and Partnerships Department
6 March 2024
During the webinar session, the discussion revolved around the potential impact of a continued business-as-usual scenario, which could have seen plastics contributing up to 19% of global greenhouse gas targets by 2040. The presentation delved into an analysis of the plastic life cycle,…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
6 June 2023
The Civil Society Program of the 56th ADB Annual Meeting gathered CSOs in Incheon, Republic of Korea to dialogue with ADB and other relevant stakeholders on key development topics. Accountability Counsel, APCOM, APMDD, APSD, EEPSEA, GAIA-Asia Pacific, Indus Consortium, ITUC-Asia Pacific, KCOC, NGO…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
22 March 2023
Reducing water losses and improving the efficiency of the water supply is a top priority for water utilities around the world. A well-performing water utility might lose around 20% of its water to non-revenue streams. In the Pacific, this figure can be up to 60%, or even higher, representing a…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Pacific Department
17 November 2022
Access to water and sanitation services should be a basic human right. Yet this is not the case for billions of people worldwide. In observance of UN World Toilet Day 2022, the Asian Development Bank organized a "Toilet Talk" webinar with the Founder of the World Toilet Organization (WTO), Jack Sim…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
20 October 2022
In early 2022, SDCC’s Water Team collaborated with ADB PSOD and commissioned Dalberg Advisors to assess the market opportunities and constraints in India among micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the WASH Sector in accessing commercial financing. MSMEs play a critical role in…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
27 June to 1 July 2022
With the theme, Beyond the Pandemic: Forging Ahead with the Enhanced Japan Funds, the first ADB-Japan Funds Week was held from 27 June to 1 July 2022. This week-long online event was ADB’s way of showing appreciation to the Government of Japan for its continued generous support for Japan Funds in…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
26 to 28 January 2022
How can technology and finance protect our oceans, increase resilience, and accelerate the growth of sustainable blue economies?
The ADB Healthy Oceans Tech and Finance Forum aimed to promote and share innovative technologies, good practices, case studies, and practical solutions to protect and…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department