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Virtual Business Opportunities Seminar 2020 with Turkey (DEIK)

23 September 2020
​ADB undertakes Business Opportunities Seminars (BOSs) in its members to improve the interest and ability of eligible suppliers to locate ADB business opportunities, prepare high-quality and responsive bids, and understand ADB’s procurement and anticorruption procedures. For 2020, a series of…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department

Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways and Climate Adaptation

8 September 2020
Many investments and policy decisions in water management have significant and often long-term consequences. At the same, there are investments being made that influence adaptation requirements and long-term options to adapt. Therefore, making sound near-term decisions is critical—unfortunately…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Clean Air for Livable Cities Knowledge Series: September – November 2020

7 September to 24 November 2020
In celebration of the first International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies the Asian Development Bank is pleased to launch a six-part knowledge series on Clean Air for Livable Cities. In the knowledge series, experts from international organizations, research institutes, Governments and civil…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Block Heater Technology Business Fair

3 September 2020
During the cold winter days most citizens often idle their car engines for long periods to warm the engine and interior. This unnecessarily wastes fuel, costs money, causes excess engine wear and tear, and produces greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions and harmful air pollutants. The proposed Block…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department

ADB Water and Deltares Seminar Series: Collaborating on Innovative and Sustainable Solutions for Integrated Water Management

11 August to 6 October 2020
Following a successful seminar series with Water Aid on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and health in the context of the pandemic, the ADB Water Sector Group is collaborating with Deltares, an independent Netherlands-based knowledge institute, to bring attention to the issues of water…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

WASH Seminar Series: Part 3 – WASH, IWRM, and Climate Change

18 July 2020
Part 3 of the Scaling Up WASH Services in a Pandemic Seminar Series The impacts of climate change are being felt across the Asia and Pacific region and threaten to reverse progress made in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). Services must be urgently extended and strengthened in the face of…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Human and Social Development Sector Office

Scaling Up WASH Services in a Pandemic Seminar Series

9 to 23 June 2020
Handwashing with soap and proper hygiene are the first lines of defense against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). ADB, together with world leaders and heads of international organizations, in a joint statement, recognize that water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services must be…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Human and Social Development Sector Office

World Oceans Day 2020 Greenbag: A Progress Report on ADB's Action Plan for Healthy Oceans

8 June 2020
(Part of ADB's Nature Month 2020 activities) This session, organized on the occasion of World Oceans Day 2020, provides updates on ADB's Action Plan for Healthy Oceans programmatic work, including program pipelines, targets, and flagship programs. It also discussed ocean finance activities,…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Joint Gender Equity TG and Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management TG Webinar: Enhancing Women-Focused Investments in Climate and Disaster Resilience

3 June 2020
Women are agents of change for resilient development. However, substantial gaps remain in building women’s capacity. In this webinar, Zonibel Woods and Arghya Sinha Roy shared key findings of a recent publication that calls for women-focused investments in resilience to meet the gender and climate…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

ADBI-ICHARM Policy Dialogue on Water-Related Disaster Resilience Under Climate Change

27 to 28 January 2020
Under the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, national governments are primarily responsible for disaster risk reduction and are advised to work closely with local governments and the private sector on mitigation efforts. Priority focuses stipulated in the framework include understanding…
Organizer: ADBI