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Alanna Jayne Inserra

Senior Social Development Specialist , Asian Development Bank

Alanna Jayne Inserra is a Senior Social Development Specialist with the Asian Development Bank's Fragility and Engagement Division. Seconded from Plan International, Alanna leads ADB's work on meaningful youth engagement with a focus on empowering young people, particularly marginalized young…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Civil Society, Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Annadel Cabanban

Head of Office, Wetlands International Philippines

Dr. Annadel Salvio Cabanban is the Head of Office of Wetlands International Philippines and Program Manager for To Plant or Not to Plant and Building with Nature Initiative Asia – Philippines. She is trained as a Marine Biologist at the University of the Philippines, Quezon City, and…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Asif Turangzai

Associate Project Officer, Pakistani Resident Mission, ADB

Asif Turangzai is Associate Project Officer, Pakistan Resident Mission. He is geo-spatial engineer by background (Specialization in GIS and Remote Sensing) and working in the field of Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction & Management, and Resilient Urban & Regional. Prior to…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty

Bijal Brahmbhatt

India Director , Mahila Housing Trust

Bijal Brahmbhatt is the Director of Mahila Housing Trust in India.  Her work of over 20 years in cities has been in the areas of formal, informal, and invisible governance for housing and habitat. Her programs have helped women participate in city-level initiatives, a small step to make cities…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty

Christopher Morris

Former Principal Social Development Specialist,, ADB

Chris Morris formerly heads ADB’s NGO and Civil Society Center and oversees the planning, implementation, and monitoring of ADB’s overall engagement with civil society organizations, as well as the design and implementation of the CSO program at the ADB Annual Meetings. Before joining ADB,…

   Topic(s): Civil Society, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Daniel Longhurst

Social Protection and Cash Based Transfers Adviser WFP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, World Food Programme

Daniel is WFP’s social protection and cash adviser for Asia Pacific. He has over a decade of operational and analytical experience with WFP and other UN agencies, academia, think tanks, and development organizations in social protection, resilience, DRM and climate adaptation. He has previously…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Economics, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Davaadalai Tumendalai

Project Manager, 26 CSOs Consortium

Mr. Davaadalai Tumendalai (David) is a steering committee member as well as an operation manager of “26 CSOs Consortium” from Mongolia to implement the “Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 through Community-Led Interventions” 54368 project which is initiated and managed by ADB. David has an…

   Topic(s): Civil Society
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Ding Li Yong

Advocacy and Policy Manager (Asia), BirdLife International

Dr. Ding Li Yong is passionate about biodiversity (especially migratory species, wetlands and rainforests) and its protection, and how conservation practice can be reconciled with human development. He works with culturally diverse teams across Asia to create, drive, and scale-up projects that…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Civil Society, Climate Change, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Ellis Penning

xpert Nature Based Solutions and Aquatic Ecology, Deltares

Dr. Ellis Penning is an expert on Nature Based Solutions, aquatic ecology, and eco hydraulics at Deltares (Delft, The Netherlands). She has over 21 years of experience and a Ph.D. in Ecohydraulics. Ms. Penning heads the strategic research line on Nature Based Solutions within Deltares. Ms.…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Erdenee Batzorig

Program Director, 26 CSOs Consortium

Erdenee Batzorig is one of the most experienced leaders of Mongolian Civil Society Organizations with more than 30 years of working experience. She is a Program Director of “26 CSOs Consortium”, and a founder of the Mongolian Remote Sensing Society (MRSS) NGO from Mongolia to implement the “…

   Topic(s): Civil Society
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals