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Migration and Health: Implications of COVID-19 and Achieving Universal Health Coverage

15 July 2020
The sixth Policy Actions for COVID-19 Economic Recovery (PACER) Dialogue on “Migration and Health: Implications of COVID-19 and achieving Universal Health Coverage” featured global good practice examples and policy options to address issues related to migration and mobility in the wake of COVID-19…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department

Diponegoro University-ADB Webinar: Future Education, Sustainable Cities, and SDGs

14 July 2020
Amid COVID-19, governments around the world are compelled to find innovative and practical approaches on teaching and learning. How will the pandemic help us to rethink and reimagine future of education in collaboration with other sectors? The webinar discussed means to incorporate new ways of…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

Capacity Development through Udemy under COVID-19

2 July 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted several aspects of our lives, including the way we learn new things. Because of the health crisis, online learning has become part of the new normal. Udemy and ADB have been working together to introduce Udemy for Government courses under ADB technical…
Organizer: South Asia Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office

International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOTB) 2020: Bridging the LGBTI Inclusion Data Gap

20 May 2020
To commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOTB) 2020, Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the World Bank collaborated to organize a series of virtual events. The joint…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Digital Technology and Satellite Innovations to Promote Social Inclusion

13 May 2020
In this webinar, Intelsat demonstrated how telecommunications companies can further reach isolated communities. It also discussed its programs that have created social economies, provided e-health, e-education and promoted digital inclusion for those in remote areas.
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Remote Learning in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic

30 April 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, 90% of the world's student population is affected by school closures. Governments, development organizations, and private companies mitigate this through remote learning. Coursera, one of the leading educational technology companies providing massive open online…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Building High-Touch, High-Tech Learning

25 February 2020
Ju-Ho Lee, former Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Republic of Korea, currently a Commissioner of the International Commission on Financing the Global Educational Opportunity, shared his experiences on taking innovations to scale and combining artificial intelligence, mobile…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

10th ADBI-OECD-ILO Roundtable on Labor Migration in Asia: Future of Labor Migration in Asia Challenges and Opportunities in the Next Decade

6 to 7 February 2020
Aging population is a global issue and UNDESA estimates about 962 million people to be aged 60 or over around the world, which accounts for about 13% of the world population. Many Asian countries are also experiencing unprecedented population aging. Japan has the highest proportion of people aged…
Organizer: ADBI

Student Career Counselling – Examples from Cambodia and the Philippines

20 January 2020
Saara Lehmuskoski, Country Director for Cambodia of Finn Church Aid and Marjorie San Pedro, Senior Partnership Manager of Edukasyon Philippines separately presented on blended youth career counselling approaches—face-to-face and online—and their impact on students gaining socio-emotional skills,…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

Education Sector Group Strategy Session and Retreat

13 to 14 January 2020
The major focus of the Education Sector Group (EdSG) 2020 Strategy Session and Retreat was the education strategic direction in the context of S2030 and how education can complement and enable synergy across all 7 operational priorities. Specific discussions were about the (i) nature of the…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office