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ADB Water and Urban Development Forum 2025

27 to 30 May 2025
The ADB Water and Urban Development Forum 2025 (AWUF2025) is the ADB's flagship knowledge-sharing event, taking place in person from 27 to 30 May 2025 at the ADB Headquarters in Manila, Philippines. With the theme "Valuing water and enhancing livability in Asia and the Pacific," AWUF 2025 will…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

5th Asia and the Pacific Youth Symposium

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

Rethinking Poverty Strengthening ADBs Approach for an Inclusive and Equitable Future

14 April 2025
Background Economic growth has fundamentally changed lives in Asia and the Pacific, lifting more than 1.5 billion people out of poverty over just two generations. In only one generation, poverty rates in our region dropped from 75% of the population to less than 10%. A new middle class now enjoys…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

Growing the Future Innovations in Urban and Controlled Environment Agriculture

14 April 2025
  As part of ADB's $14 billion commitment to regional food supply security, the Agriculture Food Nature and Rural Development (AFNR) sector office is working to raise awareness and catalyze networking of key agricultural sectors. To this end, selected businesses are invited to present their…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

Highlights from the People Planet Prosperity Project Country Pilots Philippines and Sri Lanka

28 March 2025
Despite growing recognition that healthy, functioning ecosystems are fundamental to achieving food, water and nutrition security, poverty reduction, and sustainable development, the values provided by nature are not widely integrated into policy and investment decisions. Mechanisms that…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

Ireland Agrifood Industry Innovations and Climate Measures

25 to 27 March 2025
This session was a product of continuous discussions between the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Ireland to collaborate for sustainable agrifood sector development in ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs). During ADB-DMC joint visit to Ireland’s National Ploughing…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

Event 5 Water Sanitation and Hygiene

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

Launch of the Manila City Action Plan for Plastic Circularity  

10 February 2025
On 10 February 2025, ADB, in collaboration with the City Government of Manila, Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau, and other national government agencies, launched the Manila City Action Plan for Plastic Circularity at ADB Headquarters, aligned with…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Training Workshop on Nature and Agriculture Policies Economic Valuation and NatureBased Solutions

12 to 15 November 2024
Asia and the Pacific is one of the world’s most biodiverse regions, with 17 global biodiversity hotspots and diverse ecosystems, from mountains and deserts to wetlands, tropical forests, and coral reefs. This rich natural capital underpins the region’s food systems plus its economies, climate,…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, ADBI

2024 Pacific Virtual Business Opportunities Seminar Water and Urban Development Sector

29 October 2024
This virtual Business Opportunities Seminar (BOS) with the Pacific countries aims to promote interest in and improve the ability of eligible suppliers to locate business opportunities in ADB's water and urban development sectors.
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department, Water and Urban Development Sector Office