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Promoting What to Whom?

7 June 2016
Most technical and vocational education and training (TVET) promotion efforts currently emphasize the course, not the resulting job. Conducting market research is critical to understand who TVET’s audiences are, their interests and concerns, and what they aspire to be.

Communicating Technical and Vocational Education and Training: A View from the Field

7 June 2016
In promoting technical and vocational education and training (TVET), there is no one-size-fits-all communication approach as each TVET audience has different interests, stakes and perspectives, and local cultures and contexts vary. Recruiting experts who can assist in systematic communication…

Presentation on Mid-Level Skills Training Project in Timor-Leste

7 June 2016
Conducting market research is a critical component of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) promotion to determine and segment the audience. Market research results direct how communication approaches can be positioned and which channels to use to effectively reach different…

Blog Poll: Preserve Our Ocean to Protect Our Life

7 June 2016
The blog emphasizes the critical role of preserving the ocean to ensure a healthy and sustainable future for life on Earth and calls for collective action and education to reduce pollution, manage fisheries responsibly, and protect marine ecosystems to maintain the ocean's health.

ADB and IFMR Workshop: Discussion Highlights

3 June 2016
This article summarizes the discussions during the different workshop sessions on catastrophe risk protection markets in India.

Instituting e-Government Procurement in Nepal

1 June 2016
e-Government procurement (e-GP) promotes transparency, quality, and economic development as proven by Nepal’s experience. The new e-GP system of Nepal eases the access of national and international bidders to procurement opportunities; reduces turnaround time across the public procurement cycle…

Challenges IFIs Face and are Likely to Face in Implementing their Safeguard Policies

1 June 2016
This presentation gives an overview of the generic and specific challenges in implementing safeguard policies.

Urban Services Improvement Investment Program (USIIP)

31 May 2016
This presentation gives an overview of the Urban Services Improvement Investment Program (USIIP) in Georgia.

Good Practice in Implementation of Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM)

31 May 2016
This presentation gives an overview of the implementation of Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) under USIIP in Georgia.

Briefing Note No. 1: Country Safeguard Systems - An Overview

30 May 2016
ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement calls for strengthening country safeguard systems as an objective in itself, to ensure that such systems achieve the benchmarks set by international good practices.