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Call for Mentors

19 May 2015
Many water and wastewater utilities in Asia and the Pacific need help to deliver better services to their customers. Asian Development Bank (ADB), to this end, has created the Water Operators Partnerships program. ADB invites utilities to become mentors to help improve the operational efficiency of…

Welcome Remarks - Knowledge Partnership Forum: Innovation for Resilient and Smart Communities

19 May 2015
Asian Development Bank's Executive Director for Japan Kazuhiko Koguchi commended the Bank's initiative on a knowledge matching exercise for resilient and smart city development with private sector firms that offer innovative solutions and technologies. He expressed hoped that the forum will help…

Knowledge Partnership Forum: Innovation for Resilient and Smart Communities

19 May 2015
The Knowledge Partnership Forum brought together technology providers, city and community leaders, and staff of Asian Development Bank working on city and community development projects to exchange ideas on how knowledge partnerships can bolster the development of smart cities and communities.…

Site Visit - Implementing a Resilient + Smart Community: Bonifacio Global City

19 May 2015
Participants traveled to Bonifacio Global City in the Philippines to see best practice in smart urban mobility and resilience. Accompanied by local experts, participants toured High Street greenway, learned about water capture and storage features, and visited the future site of a new Bus Rapid…

Gender Fact Sheet 2015

8 April 2015
This material provides an overview of the Global Alliance For Clean Cookstoves' specific gender strategy for increasing the role of women in the clean cookstoves and fuels sector and for addressing gender issues to scale adoption.

Project Communications in Conflict Prevention

26 March 2015
Stakeholders in Cambodia, Nepal, and Samoa who have been adversely affected by ADB-assisted projects mentioned communications or the lack of it as the main factor for their grievances. In these cases, simply providing information about the project was not enough. Communication processes needed to…

Project Communications in Conflict Prevention

26 March 2015
Investing in communications by creatively allocating or leveraging funds for project communication activities results to conflict prevention. This report examines ADB’s Accountability Mechanism and discusses the role of communications in conflicts featuring ADB-assisted projects in Cambodia, Nepal…

Urban Development and Water (South Asia)

25 March 2015
Learn more about ADB's Water and Urban Development operations in South Asia and the corresponding potential business opportunities.

Urban Development and Water (East Asia)

25 March 2015
Learn more about ADB's Water and Urban Development operations in East Asia and the corresponding potential business opportunities.

Water and Urban Development (Overview)

25 March 2015
Learn more about ADB's Water and Urban Development operations and the corresponding potential business opportunities.