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Food and Nutritional Security in Asia and the Pacific: Challenges and Opportunities

18 to 19 March 2024
Asia and the Pacific underwent a rapid transition in diet and nutritional patterns due to ongoing shifts in economic conditions, urbanization, and global interconnectedness. Unfortunately, this transformation was accompanied by intricate nutritional failures among the population: childhood…
Organizer: ADBI

2nd Expert Committee Meeting on Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Low-Carbon Food Systems in the ASEAN Region

12 March 2024
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in collaboration with the Government of Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (JMAFF), established the Expert Committee (EC), together with ASEAN participating countries such as the Philippines and Viet Nam and well-established research institutes…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

Integrity Learning Series

28 February 2024
ADB's Office of Anticorruption and Integrity organizes learning events and produces knowledge materials that build its developing member countries' ability to fight corruption, improve the quality of dialogue on governance issues, and help ensure adherence by ADB projects to the highest ethical…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training for Ulaanbaatar-based Executing and Implementing Agencies and Project Implementation Units

28 February 2024
On 28 February 2024, 27 representatives from Mongolia executing and implementing agencies learned how to prevent corruption in ADB projects by identifying integrity risks and red flags. OAI provides training tailored for participants exercising oversight functions and project responsibility under…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

ADB Circular Economy Training Series: Accelerating the Circular Economy: Integrating Circularity into Programs, Projects, and Policies

21 February to 3 October 2024
ADB is organizing a training series on Circular Economy entitled “Accelerating the Circular Economy: Integrating Circularity into Programs, Projects, and Policies”. Delivered through four events in 2024, this initiative of the Environment Group presents cross-sectoral knowledge and experience…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Expert Committee Meetings on Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Low-Carbon Food Systems in the ASEAN Region

31 January to 24 June 2024
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in collaboration with the Government of Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (JMAFF), has launched a project to mitigate climate change in the agriculture sector, while addressing issues surrounding agriculture and food systems in the Asia and…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

1st Expert Committee Meeting on Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Low-Carbon Food Systems in the ASEAN Region

31 January 2024
As Japan and ASEAN countries had similar climate conditions and agricultural practices, Japan was able to share its knowledge and experiences in paddy field management to increase food production while reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the agriculture sector of the ASEAN region. Taking this into…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

147 RFI Priority Wetland Sites

22 January 2024
Ten (10) developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) —Bangladesh, Cambodia, People's Republic of China (PRC), Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam have been included in the detailed analytical work undertaken through the RFI. Except…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Integrity Learning Series: Supporting the Delivery of Skills Development in Vanuatu

22 January 2024
Participants from Vanuatu’s education and finance ministries and other key education stakeholders learned about identifying integrity risks and red flags at a hybrid OAI briefing on 22 January during a fact-finding mission organized by SG. OAI provides training tailored for participants…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, Human and Social Development Sector Office

E-Mobility Support and Investment Platform for Asia and the Pacific Webinar Series

20 December 2023
The aim of this webinar series is to provide an introduction to the e-mobility landscape in Asia and the Pacific. Further, the webinar series will dive deeper into topics relating to financing of e-mobility, private sector engagement, electric vehicle technologies, as well as showcase country…
Organizer: Transport Sector Office