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ICT in Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Regional Overview

1 December 2015
ICT-related developments on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) are increasingly becoming a megatrend in the Asia and Pacific region. Given ICT in TVET’s own share of achievements and challenges, certain conditions must be met to enable successful use as illustrated by the…

ICT-Enhanced Innovative Pedagogy in Technical and Vocational Education and Training

1 December 2015
The level of ICT implementation on pedagogical practices vary across countries in the Asia and Pacific region. Hybrid personal learning environments, blended-learning methods, and century-blended learning models are some of the latest trends in technology-enhanced learning. Today’s teachers should…

Mobilizing and Allocating Resources and the Development of Public-Private Partnerships

1 December 2015
Private sector resources are essential to the growth and sustainability of quality technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems in the Asia and Pacific region, and not simply about getting more money. Creating the right environment for sustainable financing will help achieve TVET…

Bangladesh Skills for Employment Investment Program: Opportunity to Transform the Skills Sector

1 December 2015
With unmet training needs owing to a large gap in training capacity, Bangladesh faces a shortage in skills supply resulting to low productivity and income. Introducing performance-based financing, the Skills for Employment Investment Project in Bangladesh involved industry associations in priority…

Designing and Implementing a Responsive Open Data Model

24 November 2015
Open data should be accessible, machine-readable, and re-usable. By introducing research and systematic innovations and engaging and capacitating partners, the Open Data Lab Jakarta as an enabler of open data that builds evidence for its social and political values is featured as an example in this…

Promoting Inclusive Financial Services and Financial Education: The Case of Mongolia

17 November 2015
Providing access to financial services for the poor and vulnerable non-poor households is the aim of ADB's Promoting Inclusive Financial Services for the Poor project in Mongolia. To implement the project’s communication component, entertainment-educate was used as an approach to conduct financial…

Soap Operas in the Desert: The Power of Stories to Change Behavior

17 November 2015
ADB’s Promoting Inclusive Financial Services for the Poor project in Mongolia has shown why it is important to strike a balance between changing behavior about financial planning and saving with existing financial services, and choosing a communication approach and medium that could carry…

Mainstreaming Anti-Corruption into Climate Finance

30 October 2015
Anti-corruption mainstreaming aims to reduce corruption to achieve certain goals, for instance, mitigating the impact of climate change. While mainstreaming anti-corruption into climate finance has its own set of challenges, the key is to adapt anti-corruption approaches to sector characteristics…

Renewable Energy Access Market Map: Leveraging Geospatial Analysis in the Renewable Energy Data and Information Infrastructure Development

9 October 2015
This presentation enumerates the key questions on and identifies the challenges of renewable energy development. The importance of using geographic mapping facilities is discussed as well.

Oracle Utilities Supporting Center of Excellence for Clean Energy

9 October 2015
As utilities manage broader renewable generation and with the introduction of “green” technology in the electricity network, Oracle provides its view of the changes for consideration. More specifically, it examines the drivers of change, along with the requirements that include smart grid as well…