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Paving Clean and Low-Carbon Energy and Transport Systems using Hydrogen and Fuel Cells

16 September 2016
Current transport systems rely heavily on fossil fuels. Improving transport systems require major decarbonization, such as by optimizing low-carbon technologies like hydrogen and fuel cells. This workshop aimed to be a forward-thinking knowledge exchange on current applications of hydrogen and fuel…
Organizer: Transport Sector Office

ADB Transport Forum 2016

12 to 16 September 2016
Sustainable Transport for All is the world’s new ambition for transport, as reflected in the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. Asia and the Pacific will be pivotal in mainstreaming sustainable transport. The region is home to majority of the world’s population…
Organizer: Transport Sector Office

Communicating Environmental Protection

7 September 2016
Communication strategies used by the Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Project Phase II in Indonesia helped shift villagers’ destructive fishing behavior and poor waste disposal toward a community-based effort to manage resources, and still economically benefit from environmental protection…
Organizer: Department of Communications and Knowledge Management

Citizen Voice and Action Approach to Promoting Sustainable Urban Development

2 September 2016
World Vision International shared how its Citizen Voice and Action (CVA) helps increase dialogue and accountability between citizens, service providers, and government officials to improve the delivery of public services. CVA is a social accountability approach that can also support the…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

ADB and Asian Judges for Sustainable Development

25 August 2016
ADB's Atsuko Hirose from the Office of the General Counsel discussed the organization's work on promoting environmental law by working together with Asian judiciaries. ADB was instrumental in establishing the Asian Judges Network on Environment, which has led to positive results on regional and…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Country Safeguard Systems South and Southeast Asia Subregional Workshop

23 to 25 August 2016
Eighty participants from 13 DMCs in South and Southeast Asia attended the Country Safeguard Systems Subregional Workshop in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam on 23-25 August 2016. The workshop was organized by Asian Development Bank's Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department with support…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards

Country Safeguard Systems Subregional Workshop

30 May to 1 June 2016
ADB held the Country Safeguards Systems Subregional Workshop on 30 May to 1 June 2016 in Tbilisi, Georgia for representatives from 11 DMCs in Central, West, and East Asia. Over 60 participants from governments, civil society, ADB, and development partners attended the workshop. Organized by SDCC…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards

Asia Leadership Program 2016

23 to 27 May 2016
High-level policy makers and officials exchanged ideas with ADB counterparts at the Asia Leadership Program 2016. The fourth annual program highlighted co-learning between Asian Development Bank staff and 23 participants, three of which are Executive-Level Policy Makers while the other 20 are…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Joint Workshop for e-Government and Smart City

23 to 27 May 2016
Information and communications technology (ICT) has been used holistically to bolster financial and managerial capacities of local governments and municipal service providers; manage urban traffic, and increase the competence and autonomy of urban water supply, as well as sanitation and solid waste…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office, Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Communication and the Education of India’s Rural Kids

5 April 2016
While India has significantly increased the enrollment rates in primary schools, pre-school education is not widely available in rural areas leaving a huge learning deficit among rural kids. The Hippocampus Learning Center (HLC) used art performances, village festivals, and other communication…
Organizer: Department of Communications and Knowledge Management