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Ground-up Perspective on the Effectiveness of ADB Accountability Mechanism and Safeguards Delivery

6 May 2025
While the ADB’s new Environmental and Social Framework introduces updated commitments to safeguards, its effectiveness will ultimately depend on robust and transparent accountability mechanisms. The success of this framework is contingent upon ensuring that these safeguards are not merely…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Dual Pathways to Economic Inclusion: Equipping Underrepresented Youth for Digital and Sustainable Futures

5 May 2025
  Youth panelists discussed their lived experiences in navigating digital and ecological evolution. A live Mind Map tool was used to capture and synthesize critical insights during the discussion with the audience. The aim was to present recommendations to policymakers on pathways to support…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Digital Technology: A Lifeline to Building a Resilient Tomorrow

5 May 2025
The session showcased civil society and private sector partnerships in using digital innovations to help protect the most vulnerable. The session included speakers with experience on the ground who are able to speak about the challenges in putting ideas into local action. This seminar put a…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Civil Society Program, 58th ADB Annual Meeting

4 to 7 May 2025
The Civil Society Program at the 58th ADB Annual Meeting in Milan underscored the importance of ADB's engagement with civil society and its role in facilitating and improving development outcomes across Asia and the Pacific. The program included 11 events held over four days, with over 200…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Unpacking the Risks in ADB's Just Transition Agenda

4 May 2025
Civil society stakeholders offered grassroots perspectives on the realities faced by vulnerable communities. The emphasis was on actions that avoid perpetuating inequities and undermining efforts to build sustainable economies at the pace and scale necessary.  ADB’s current Energy Policy…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Financial Management Training

1 May 2025
On 1 May 2025, ADB conducted a financial management workshop in Islamabad, Pakistan. 51 participants, including four women, from executing and implementing agencies attended the workshop, which covered ADB's financial management requirements, including financial management readiness, financial…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department

Loan and Grant Disbursement Seminar

29 to 30 April 2025
Oliver Domagas, ADB’s Principal Financial Control Specialist, led a seminar on Loan and Grant Disbursement for representatives of executing and implementing agencies (EAs/IAs) involved in Pakistan’s ADB-funded projects on April 29–30. The seminar, jointly conducted by the PRM Disbursement Unit and…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department

Development Conference on Flood-Affected Schools

20 March 2025
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) supported Sindh's School Education and Literacy Department (SELD) to organize the first Development Conference to take stock of the status, share experiences, and discuss monitoring and evaluation capacities required for the school reconstruction efforts. The…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department

Integrity Learning Series: Lao PDR Anticorruption and Integrity Training

13 March 2025
On 13 March 2025, three representatives from the Lao People's Democratic Republic's Department of Water Supply joined a hybrid briefing on ADB's anticorruption and integrity framework. Organized by Sectors Department 2, the session covered integrity risks, red flags, and strategies for…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

Integrity Learning Series: Marshall Islands Anticorruption and Integrity Training

5 March 2025
On 5 March 2025, 10 representatives from the Integrated Urban Services and Resilience Improvement Project in Marshall Islands learned about ADB's anticorruption and integrity framework at a hybrid briefing, as part of an inception mission organized by the Sectors Group. The session covered…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity