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2 June 2017
This installment of the Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series discusses the importance of crafting catchy messages that can hook target audiences.
Framing your ideas as compelling messages helps you get the attention of key stakeholders. Creating a compelling narrative makes them want to work with you…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
4 May 2017
To meet sustainable development challenges, public and private decision makers must respond to diverse and sometimes conflicting economic, environmental and social interests. The stakeholders in these challenges resist “trading off” their priorities for the sake of reaching an agreement or decision…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
4 to 7 May 2017
Recognizing the crucial role of CSOs in helping reduce poverty in the region, ADB has been engaging civil society organizations (CSOs) on its operations.
During the 50th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors in May 2017, the Civil Society Program was part of the meeting that included sessions…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
21 April 2017
Strategic Leadership in a public organization requires a realistic and in-depth understanding of the context they operate in, and constantly reassessing such context in three broad areas: 1) mission and mandate given to the public organization; 2) external political environment it operates under;…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
20 September 2016
Designing and delivering sustainable development initiatives requires more than in-depth knowledge of technical concepts and practical applications. For change agents to be effective in integrating innovative solutions into policies and programs, they must be leaders who create a common vision with…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
27 to 29 July 2016
This learning event aimed to build the capacity of focal persons in civil society organizations (CSOs) and select project officers in the Pacific Department (PARD) of ADB in terms of collaborating in designing and implementing ADB projects. The purpose is to develop mechanisms for engaging CSOs to…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
21 June 2016
Effective communication among different parties and stakeholders regarding climate change, environmental impact and mitigation issues is highlighted as one of the biggest leadership challenges in the successful execution of projects, including ADB projects. For example, environmental non-government…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
18 May 2016
Climate change and unsustainable development are two key hindrances to poverty reduction. As countless innovations are born to solve these twin problems, some innovative solutions fail to achieve their transformative power because of our failure to communicate.
This session of the Knowledge…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
ADB’s Knowledge-Sharing Dialogue on Remote Sensing and GIS Technology for Water Resources Management
11 to 13 May 2016
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is developing water resources projects in Pakistan, where increasing water security and food production is seen to benefit the country. A water resources information system using innovative remote sensing and GIS technology will be introduced. To ensure the…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
14 April 2016
The evolution of online learning in business and academic settings is rapidly diverging. In keeping up with this changing landscape, Dr. Phillip Ash discussed in this Insight Thursday session two new and practical ways to use online learning management systems: micro-learning and collaborative…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department