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12 March 2018
Australia's National Water Initiative, including recent water policies, technological innovations, and models to improve water productivity of irrigation systems yield many lessons that may be beneficial to other countries. This learning event shared some of these lessons and highlighted pathways…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office
26 February 2018
Climate change increases the frequency and intensity of weather disturbances. Consequently, water-related disasters threathen vulnerable communities and socio-economic growth. One way to manage these risks is to promote and facilitate the efficient use of existing dams.
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office
14 February 2018
Maynilad Water Academy's Rodora Gamboa presented the structure of their ladderized training program on water utility operations for ADB staff in partnership with the Urban Sector Group of ADB. Maynilad Water Academy is the training and education arm of Maynilad Water Services Inc.
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office
12 February 2018
An endowment of nature, aquifers serve as all-in-one structures for water storage, conveyance, and treatment. Lack of measures to manage this unique asset has led to water depletion, salinization, and pollution that threaten its ability to support life and livelihoods.In this knowledge sharing…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office
6 February 2018
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) channels public climate financing to help developing countries become climate resilient. It provides grants, loans, equities, or guarantees to climate change mitigation and adaptation projects, especially in countries that are highly vulnerable to changing weather…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office
29 January 2018
Willem van Deursen of Carthago Consulting presented how serious gaming and management simulations can be an effective methodology to help solve the complex problems today's cities are faced with. A serious game is a virtual world in which actors take policy decisions related to urban development.
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office
12 to 14 December 2017
How do education and training systems respond to the rapid changes in technology? How will education and training transform to help equip future workers to co-exist with and manage machines in creating new opportunities?
The 7th ADB International Skills Forum: Anticipating and Preparing for…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
8 December 2017
Slum dwellers, rural poor, and migrant populations are seen as difficult stakeholders in water and electricity projects. Governments see providing utility services for informal settlers as legitimizing the settlements. The Dhaka Water Supply Sector Development Program used behavior change…
Organizer: Department of Communications and Knowledge Management, South Asia Department
8 to 9 December 2017
The 6th International Conference on Eco-compensation and Payments for Ecosystem Services, with the theme "Linking Growth, Conservation, and Rural Welfare via Investment in Natural Capital," primarily facilitated the learning of lessons on innovations and developments in eco-compensation across the…
Organizer: East Asia Department
7 December 2017
ADB is developing a 24 MLD desalination plant for water supply provision in the Jaffna peninsula, Sri Lanka through a design-build-operate (DBO) contract. This is the first large-scale desalination plant for drinking water supply financed by ADB, and serves as a good case for DBO application to…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office