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Webinar: Advance Pricing Agreement with the Practical Experience of both Local and Foreign Principals

10 March 2025
On 10 March, ADB joined the World Bank, Swedish Tax Agency, and local Chartered Accounting firms in an online seminar on Advance Pricing Agreements (APA), organized by the International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka. The event focused on best practices, process steps, and challenges in APA…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Financing Plastic Circularity: Recommendations to Overcome Market and Policy Challenges (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 35)

26 February 2025
With the massive scale of the plastic pollution crisis, countries need an estimated $50 billion–$120 billion annually to achieve their waste reduction goals. Asia and the Pacific is at the epicenter of global plastic pollution, yet the region accounts for only 8% of plastic circularity…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Digital Transformation in the Tax Area: Shaping the Future of Compliance and Governance

20 to 21 February 2025
Venue: Auditorium Halls 1–2, ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines Logistics: All sessions will be conducted in English. How to register: By invitation only Background: ADB and the Vienna University Global Tax Policy Center (WU) will hold the Digital Economy Taxation (DET)…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Launch of the Manila City Action Plan for Plastic Circularity  

10 February 2025
On 10 February 2025, ADB, in collaboration with the City Government of Manila, Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau, and other national government agencies, launched the Manila City Action Plan for Plastic Circularity at ADB Headquarters, aligned with…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Publication Launch Webinar: A Comparative Analysis of Tax Administration in Asia and the Pacific (8th Edition)

10 February 2025
Domestic Resource Mobilization remains a top priority for many economies in Asia and the Pacific. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, many revenue bodies have reestablished and rebuilt administrative systems to urgently restore government tax revenue flows disrupted by the pandemic. The eighth…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Data Room: Safeguard Policy Review and Update

30 January 2025
Environmental and Social Framework Approved by ADB’s Board of Directors in 22 November 2024, the Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) builds on the findings and recommendations of ADB’s corporate evaluation of its 2009 Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS), detailed analytical studies, and…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards

Greening Road Construction Using Low-Carbon Concrete and 3D Printing

12 December 2024
This webinar featured Taisei Corporation’s latest advancements in low-carbon concrete, utilizing byproducts and innovative 3D printing techniques for concrete structures. Recently implemented at project sites in Japan, these cutting-edge technologies are now being explored for international…
Organizer: Transport Sector Office

Disability-Inclusive and Gender-Responsive Transport

5 December 2024
This webinar explored the barriers people with disabilities face in accessing transport systems and examined how to identify and address those barriers by including women and people with disabilities in the design, implementation, and monitoring of transport systems projects.
Organizer: Transport Sector Office

Enhancing Domestic Resource Mobilization

4 December 2024
The Asia Pacific Tax Hub, in collaboration with Development Partners, Multilateral Financial Institutions, and other ADB Regional Departments is working to strengthen Domestic Resource Mobilization (DRM) and International Tax Cooperation (ITC) thereby supporting development member countries’ (DMCs…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Livelihood Restoration Regional Workshop for Central and West Asia

21 to 23 November 2024
Regional Operations Services I (OSR1) of the Office of Safeguards (OSFG), in partnership with the Policy and Technical Services (OSPT), organized the Livelihood Restoration Regional Workshop for Central and West Asia. The event took place from 21 to 23 November 2024 at the Hilton Tashkent,…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards