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Kwater Academy

15 May 2017
Become a water professional. Take online courses and trainings at K-water Academy, the Korea Water Resources Corporation's academic and training center. To advance water education, the K-water Academy offers skills and training for water professionals as well as online courses. The academy also…

Bringing Life Back to the Tagus River The Tagus Estuary Cleanup Project

15 May 2017
Due to highly polluting activities, the Tagus Estuary in Lisbon, Portugal, became severely degraded. The Tagus Estuary Clean-up Project was implemented to bring it back to life. It brought together the skills and investments of two wastewater companies and the 19 municipalities surrounding the…

Kwater Convergence Institute

15 May 2017
As a model water organization, the Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water) is at the forefront of research and development in the water sector in the Asia and Pacific region. With the K-water Convergence Institute, K-water offers knowledge solutions that may be adopted by other countries in the…

Water Supply Management for Sustaining the Operational Efficiency in Dhaka

8 May 2017
Dhaka's piped water supply system was fraught with various challenges. The supply was of poor quality and intermittent and the network was inefficient. Pipes were also leaking and illegal connections were prevalent. An ADB-assisted project, the Water Supply Management for Sustaining the Operational…

Mutual Gains in Stakeholder Negotiation and Consensus Building Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series

4 May 2017
David Fairman and Dong-Young Kim introduce the mutual gains approach in stakeholder collaboration towards achieving the SDGs.

Mutual Gains in Stakeholder Negotiation and Consensus Building Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series

4 May 2017
David Fairman and Dong-Young Kim introduce the mutual gains approach in stakeholder collaboration towards achieving the SDGs.
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Strategic Leadership in Public Organizations Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series

21 April 2017
ADB's Young Uck Kang shares that strategic leadership in a public organization requires a realistic and in-depth understanding of the context they operate in, and constantly reassessing such context in three broad areas: 1) mission and mandate given to the public organization; 2) external political…

Strategic Leadership in Public Organizations Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series

21 April 2017
ADB's Young Uck Kang shares that strategic leadership in a public organization requires a realistic and in-depth understanding of the context they operate in, and constantly reassessing such context in three broad areas: 1) mission and mandate given to the public organization; 2) external political…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Solutions for Water and Wastewater

18 April 2017
How do you manage the entire water cycle efficiently? Schneider Electric shares details of a SMART water management system that allows users to make decisions based on available data in a predictive or adaptive manner.

Parliamentary Engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals

6 April 2017
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development places accountable institutions and inclusive decision-making at the heart of achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Challenges like weak capacities, for instance, frequently hamper the effectiveness of parliaments to engage with the SDGs. In…