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Serendipity Knowledge Program for Sri Lanka

12 January 2022 to 4 July 2024
Serendipity Knowledge Program is an ADB platform dedicated to identifying knowledge solutions for Sri Lanka’s development challenges. Serendib is one of Sri Lanka’s ancient names and serendipity refers to a fortunate finding, which is a common occurrence throughout the history of product invention…
Organizer: South Asia Department

Trade-Relevant Data in Suspicious Transaction Reports

14 December 2021
via Zoom 90-minute webinar for banks and financial institutions to introduce the ADB-led trade-based money laundering (TBML) project with seven Asia and the Pacific FIU-collaborators, and to provide a platform for experts to share TBML detection tips and best practices. Note: Session recordings…
Organizer: Private Sector Operations Department

Webinar on Global Value Chain Development Report 2021

2 December 2021
Border closings and mobility restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in global value chains, contributing to product shortages and sparking discussions about “reshoring” production. Beyond COVID-19, global value chains also face risks from geopolitical tensions and…
Organizer: North American Representative Office

The Integrity Learning Series: ADB Sanctions – Debarments and Suspensions

24 November 2021
What are ADB sanctions including temporary suspensions and debarments? How does a firm or individual get debarred or temporarily suspended and what are the consequences? Why is your role in ADB’s sanctions screening crucial to fight corruption? How do you get access to and use ADB’s Complete…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

ADBI Featured Speaker Webinar: Indonesia Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati on G20 2022 Host Vision and Priorities

19 November 2021
This ADBI Featured Speaker Webinar presented Indonesia Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, who discussed Indonesia’s vision and priorities for its 2022 Group of 20 (G20) presidency with ADBI Dean Tetsushi Sonobe and a panel of experts. Minister Sri Mulyani explained Indonesia’s G20 host…
Organizer: ADBI

Deep Dive into Supply Chain Finance in Pakistan

9 November to 13 December 2021
Via Zoom Register Here for Module 3: Legal lens ( 7 December 2021, 10 a.m. PST) Register Here for Module 4: Scaling up SCF (13 December 2021, 10 a.m. PST) For inquiries, send an email to tscfpknowledge@adb.org. The 2021 Asian Development Bank Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Job Survey showed a…
Organizer: Private Sector Operations Department

Conference on Creative Economy 2030: Imagining and Delivering a Robust, Inclusive, and Sustainable Recovery

8 to 10 November 2021
Before the COVID-19 crisis, the creative economy, broadly encompassing knowledge-based economic activities underpinning the creative and cultural sectors and bridging art, culture, technology, and business, was on pace to account for 10% of global GDP by 2030. In recognition of its economic and…
Organizer: ADBI

Digitalizing Trade in Asia Needs a Legislative Reform

21 October 2021
3:00 pm Manila time (GMT+8) The pandemic caused massive disruption to global trade and revealed that a dependency on physical documents is not only obsolete but is a source of significant risk to supply chains. While paperless trade has been promoted for some time, a lack of facilitating…
Organizer: Private Sector Operations Department

Virtual Business Opportunities Seminar 2021 with The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye

20 October 2021
ADB undertakes Business Opportunities Seminars (BOSs) in its members to improve the interest and ability of eligible suppliers to locate ADB business opportunities, prepare high-quality and responsive bids, and understand ADB’s procurement and anticorruption procedures. In response to the COVID-19…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department

ADBI Featured Speaker Webinar: Yuqing Xing on Global Value Chains and Export Performance in the People’s Republic of China

5 October 2021
This webinar featured Yuqing Xing of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo, who discussed the key findings of his new book Decoding China’s Export Miracle: A Global Value Chain Analysis. He explained the implications of global value chains (GVCs) for export performance and…
Organizer: ADBI