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30 March 2022
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
30 March 2022
To conclude ADB’s Gender Month celebration, the Gender and Environment Thematic Groups hosted a webinar on “Nature-based Solutions (NbS) that Promote Gender Equality” to highlight innovative and gender-responsive pathways to address critical environmental and social issues, including climate…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division
30 March 2022
Investment in businesses with good environmental, social, and governance (ESG) profiles is accelerating amid growing calls for climate action and pressure on firms to adapt. However, ESG practices in Asia and the Pacific are at varying stages of development, prompting regulatory knowledge and best…
Organizer: ADBI
30 March 2022
Digital COVID-Credentials has proven to be an effective tool for countries to restart mobility for work and travel. Such credentials have aided policymakers in negating the risk of COVID- 19 spread, by virtue of clearly ascertaining the vaccination or testing status, in a fast and automated way…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, South Asia Department
30 March 2022
Agriculture in Nepal is characterized by small farm size, low productivity, and a low level of commercialization. Smallholder farmers are not able to shift from subsistence agriculture to higher-value production. Instead, the outmigration trend is increasing, particularly in the hilly areas of…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
29 to 31 March 2022
via Zoom.
29 March 2022, 10:00 a.m. Manila (GMT +8) / 2:00 p.m. Fiji (GMT +12)
Consultation with Government Stakeholders in the Pacific
31 March 2022, 10:00 a.m. Manila (GMT +8) / 2:00 p.m. Fiji (GMT +12)
Consultation with Civil Society Organizations and other Non-Governmental Stakeholders in the…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
29 March 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating consequences for progress toward gender equality in Asia. The UN Women’s Rapid Gender Assessment—which provides snapshots of how the region’s women and girls have experienced the pandemic—is helping expose the extent of these impacts and their implications…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department
29 March 2022
The Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training has specifically been tailored for the Central and West Asia Department executing and implementing agencies of ADB-funded projects in the water sector. Jointly organized with the Central and West Asia Department, the virtual…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, Central and West Asia Department
29 March 2022
via Zoom, 2-4 pm GMT+8 ; 8-10 am CEST ; 2-4 am EDT
On 29 March 2022, ADB hosted a Knowledge Symposium on “Integrated River Basin Management: Lessons from the People’s Republic of China and the Asia-Pacific region.” The event focused on presenting existing ADB projects and wider initiatives in…
Organizer: East Asia Department
28 March 2022
Making supply chains green and socially responsible.
Three brainstorming sessions hosted by the Asian Development Bank’s Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program brought together public and private sectors to identify an actionable path toward green and socially responsible supply chains. The “…
Organizer: Private Sector Operations Department