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BHU:Comparative Analysis of Bhutan Legal Framework for Involuntary Resettlement and ADB Safeguard Policy Statement

29 February 2016
The objective of this comparative analysis is to provide an overview of the extent to which the legal framework for Bhutan’sCountry Safeguard System (CSS) for land acquisition (LA) and involuntary resettlement (IR) is equivalent to the Policy Principles of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Safeguard…

Knowledge Partnership Week 2015 Report

22 January 2016
This material contains the final report of ADB's Knowledge Partnership Week 2015. This report summarizes the highlights of the week, which aimed to promote innovation in the Bank’s operations by strengthening knowledge partnerships with crucial stakeholders. The event allowed ADB to promote…

New Zealand’s Industry Training and Apprenticeship System: a Public-Private Partnership in Action

1 December 2015
Industry training is funded as an industry-government partnership in New Zealand, with government funding contingent on an industry cash contribution of at least 30 percent. Maintaining this level of industry contribution is a critical test of support for industry training organizations and to…

Scaling Up Clean Energy Financing

9 October 2015
This presentation shows the range of financing solutions offered by Asian Development Bank’s Private Sector Operations Department (PSOD) to meet clients’ needs. It also covers PSOD’s focus on clean energy in Indonesia and features the Tangguh LNG Project, Sarulla 320MW Geothermal Power, and Phase 1…

MAL: Comparative Analysis of DMC Legal Framework and ADB Safeguard Policy Statement: Indigenous Peoples

31 May 2015
Policy Principle 1: Screen early on to determine (i) whether Indigenous Peoples are present in, or have collective attachment to, the project area; and (ii) whether project impacts on Indigenous Peoples are likely

MAL: Comparative Analysis of DMC Legal Framework and ADB Safeguard Policy Statement: Involuntary Resettlement

31 May 2015
Policy Principle 1: Screen the project early on to identify past, present, and future involuntary resettlement impacts and risks. Determine the scope of resettlement planning through a survey and/or census of displaced persons, including a gender analysis, specifically related to resettlement…

Ride the Wave: Enabling Disaster Communications

20 May 2015
This presentation discusses the interoperability challenges everyone faces in times of crisis and disaster. It explains how Wave, an innovation of Motorola Solutions, Inc., responds to the challenge by providing effective communication and collaboration through secure, reliable, and real-time voice…

Effective Management of Disaster Risk and Opportunities

20 May 2015
This presentation introduces R!SE, an alliance between six collaborating communities, with the goal to unlock public-private disaster risk management (DRM) potential. The initiative is created based on the results of a survey seeking to understand why the private sector has not engaged in DRM…

Knowledge Partnership Forum: Outcome of Disaster Risk Management Parallel Sessions

20 May 2015
This presentation explains the common understandings of what is required of disaster-resilient solutions. What it takes to build potential knowledge partnerships with the private sector and Asian Development Bank's potential role in facilitating these partnerships are also discussed.

Welcome Remarks - Knowledge Partnership Forum: Innovation for Resilient and Smart Communities

20 May 2015
Developing member countries of Asian Development Bank (ADB) have expressed the need for better knowledge solutions. ADB is increasingly optimistic about using knowledge partnerships to expand its knowledge base, as well as to boost its operations, through the unlimited possibilities presented by…