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Virtual Asia Clean Energy Forum 2020

15 to 19 June 2020
The Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) is one of Asia’s leading clean energy events and is held each June. ACEF connects diverse stakeholders from across Asia and the globe, facilitates knowledge sharing, and highlights ADB’s groundbreaking work to scale up clean energy investment in the region.…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office

ADB Data Room: Managing Infectious Medical Waste during the COVID-19 Pandemic

9 April 2020
During the COVID-19 outbreak in Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China (PRC), infectious medical waste increased by 600% from 40 tons per day to 240 tons per day. This quickly overwhelmed existing medical transport and disposal infrastructure around hospitals. Other countries are likely to face…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Fighting the Gendered Impact of Corruption

26 March 2020
One hundred and sixty-two people tuned in to Fighting the Gendered Impact of Corruption, the first virtual Insight Thursday held on 26 March 2020. UN Women’s Gaelle Demolis discussed why women, especially poor women, are disproportionately impacted by corruption at the point of access for basic…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, Gender Equality Division

Education Sector Group Strategy Session and Retreat

13 to 14 January 2020
The major focus of the Education Sector Group (EdSG) 2020 Strategy Session and Retreat was the education strategic direction in the context of S2030 and how education can complement and enable synergy across all 7 operational priorities. Specific discussions were about the (i) nature of the…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

International Anticorruption Day 2019 - Building a Community of Integrity Champions: Collaborating with the Private Sector

9 December 2019
The private sector plays an important role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Operational Priorities of Strategy 2030 and in promoting integrity. In celebration of 2019 International Anticorruption Day, ADB’s Office of Anticorruption and…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

International Anticorruption Day

9 December 2019
Since 2011, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has observed International Anticorruption Day on 9 December to commemorate the United Nations Convention Against Corruption's passage in 2003. Bank-wide events are held to raise staff awareness of anticorruption issues and ADB’s fight against these. ADB’…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

10th Regional Conference: Preventing and Combating Corruption in Infrastructure Projects in Asia-Pacific

3 to 6 December 2019
Asian Development Bank’s Strategy 2030 identifies infrastructure development as a source of global growth and that an efficient infrastructure is a key priority to promote social and economic development. Countries in Asia-Pacific heavily invest in public infrastructure to drive socio-economic…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

Keynote Lecture: Enhancing Environmental Sustainability in Asia-Pacific: Role of ADB

26 November 2019
Tomoyuki Kimura, Director General of ADB's Strategy, Policy, and Partnerships Department gave a keynote lecture during the Opening Plenary of the International Symposium on Education and Research in Global Environmental Studies in Asia organized by Kyoto University on 26 November 2019. He presented…
Organizer: Japanese Representative Office, Strategy, Policy and Partnerships Department

ADB Strategy Seminar: Promotion of Strategy and Partnership

25 November 2019
Tomoyuki Kimura, Director General of ADB's Strategy, Policy, and Partnerships Department, on 25 November spoke at a special seminar organized by the Japan Representative Office on ADB's partnership strategy. He gave an overview of ADB's integrated approach that combines finance, knowledge, and…
Organizer: Japanese Representative Office, Strategy, Policy and Partnerships Department

The Second WePOWER Partnership Forum

20 to 21 November 2019
ADB's South Asia Regional Department, in collaboration with the World Bank’s South Asia Energy and Social Development Units and Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), organized the Second Partnership Forum of the Women in Power Sector Professional Network in South Asia– WePOWER – to…
Organizer: South Asia Department