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Leadership and Communication Challenges for Climate Change Aspects of Development Projects

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

Asia Leadership Program 2016

23 to 27 May 2016
High-level policy makers and officials exchanged ideas with ADB counterparts at the Asia Leadership Program 2016. The fourth annual program highlighted co-learning between Asian Development Bank staff and 23 participants, three of which are Executive-Level Policy Makers while the other 20 are…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Communication Strategies for Innovative Sustainable Development and Climate Change Initiatives

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

Roundtable for Knowledge Partnerships with Local Academic Institutions: Stronger, Better, and Faster Practical Knowledge for Development

27 April 2016
For the last 50 years, the Philippines has graciously hosted the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its premises. Local academic institutions such as the University of the Philippines, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, and the Asian Institute of Management, on their own or in various…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Innovative Project Development in Energy and Transport Sectors

9 March 2016
Held in Tokyo, Japan, this Knowledge Partnership Forum for Innovative Project Development in the Energy and Transport Sectors gathered 150 participants from private sector and public agencies. The forum aimed to strengthen partnerships with the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the private…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Online Learning: What's New and What Works

3 February 2016
This overview seminar, as part of Asian Development Bank's Know-How Learning Series, kicked-off the Knowledge Sharing and Services Center’s initiative to put in place a strategy to support the online learning goals of ADB’s Sector and Thematic Groups, as well as other communities interested in…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Knowledge Partnership for Clean Energy

16 to 18 December 2015
To support the establishment and operationalization of the Indonesia Center of Excellence for Clean Energy, this Knowledge Partnership for Clean Energy: Workout on the Indonesia Center of Excellence served as the first pilot test case of ADB's “knowledge department” in applying the integrated…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Knowledge Partnership Dialogue: Center of Excellence for Clean Energy

8 to 9 October 2015
Indonesia's ambitious economic growth aspirations are dependent, among other things, on its ability to expand access to reliable and clean sources of energy, for all its citizens. The Center of Excellence on Clean Energy, to be established by Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, is…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Knowledge: What Our Stakeholders Really Want

20 August 2015
ADB's Carolyn Dedolph Cabrera, Andrea Stojanov, and Patrick Vermeij shared what stakeholders say is most important to them when interacting with ADB, both now and in the future. The Knowledge Portal Team at ADB shared the exciting results from the recent Top Task Survey. The discussion focused on…
Organizer: Department of Communications and Knowledge Management, Information Technology Department, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Knowledge Partnership Dialogue with Korean Private Sector

10 July 2015
Asian Development Bank's Knowledge Sharing and Services Center and Energy Sector Group conducted a knowledge partnership dialogue with Korean private sector agencies, operating in the fields of power plant development and operations management, waste-to-energy conversion, and infrastructure…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department