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Al Orolfo

Director, Foreign-Assisted and Special Projects Service, Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources

With nearly four decades of experience at the forefront of environmental protection, Dr. Al Oga Orolfo is more than a public servant—he is a visionary for eco-governance. As the current Director of the FASPS at the DENR, he helped transform international environmental agreements into tangible…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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

Anshuman Karol

Lead – Governance & Climate Action, PRIA

Anshuman is a senior governance and decentralized planning specialist at PRIA, India, with two decades of experience in participatory research and local governance. His work focuses on building the capacity of civil society, local governments, and communities to strengthen decentralised planning…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Civil Society
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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