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ADB Partnership Report 2020 Launch

8 July 2021
In 2020, ADB and its financing partners provided agile, bold, innovative, and swift responses to the health and humanitarian challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. ADB’s convening power galvanized development partners to consolidate their resources around ADB's flexible financing products and…
Organizer: Strategy, Policy and Partnerships Department

ADBI Featured Speaker Webinar: New Zealand Infrastructure Commission Board Chair Alan Bollard on the Role of Infrastructure in COVID-19 Recovery

7 July 2021
This ADBI Featured Speaker Webinar presented New Zealand Infrastructure Commission Board Chair Alan Bollard, who examined the role of infrastructure in COVID-19 recovery in New Zealand and wider Asia and the Pacific with ADBI Dean Tetsushi Sonobe and a panel of experts. Drawing upon his experience…
Organizer: ADBI

Publication Launch: Cloud Computing as a Key Enabler for Digital Government across Asia and the Pacific

5 July 2021
Governments are adapting to the “new normal” by rapidly scaling their digital services, generating more data-driven insights, and engaging with digital technologies at an unprecedented scale. One of the key enablers of this drive towards digital government is cloud computing. This digital…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Southeast Asia Department

Virtual Business Opportunities Seminar 2021 with Italy (Cassa Depositi e Prestiti)

2 July 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

Fiscal Management, Local Governance and Economic Growth in Post-Covid-19 World: The New Normal

1 to 21 July 2021
Fiscal Management, Local Governance and Economic Growth in a Post-COVID-19 World - The New Normal is a webinar series organized by the Public Management, Financial Sector, and Regional Cooperation Division (EAPF) with the Mongolia and People's Republic of China (PRC) Resident Mission, and…
Organizer: East Asia Department, Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

The Role of Local Governments in Promoting High Quality Growth

1 July 2021
via Zoom. Under the High-Quality Growth agenda, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) seeks to rebalance its economy by addressing the negative side effects of a long period of unprecedented economic growth, and local governments will have a key role to play in the implementation of that agenda…
Organizer: East Asia Department, Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Disaster Resilience in Asia

1 July 2021
Asia and the Pacific has seen tremendous economic and social progress since the 1960s. Yet, the region remains vulnerable to disaster risk that threatens its hard-won gains. Over the years, developing Asia has endured a growing number of disasters triggered by natural hazards. As a result,…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Heat Sector Reform and Modernization Webinar

1 July 2021
The Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan and the Asian Development Bank held a knowledge sharing event on 1 July 2021 on the application of modern renewable heat technologies and the good international practice of reforming of the heating systems. The seminar aimed to share experiences and lessons…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department

CWRD Brown Bag held on Building a Dynamic Country Operations Pipeline Platform

1 July 2021
On 1 July, Nasruminallah Mian discussed insights on streamlining ADB's Country Operations Business pipeline process from his experience working on Pakistan’s Country Operations Business Plan. A single window pipeline was initially proposed by leveraging ADB’s SharePoint platform. The seminar…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department

ADB’s Development Effectiveness in 2020: Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic (Europe)

30 June 2021
How has the Asian Development Bank (ADB) responded to the human and economic challenges triggered by the COVID 19 pandemic? This event was an interactive discussion of the 2020 Development Effectiveness review, a reflection on ADB’s efforts to achieve the priorities set out in its corporate…
Organizer: European Representative Office