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Elene Machaidze

former Intern, ADB

Elene Machaidze was an Intern at ADB’s East Asia Department (Urban and Social Sectors Division) in 2021. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Urban Planning and Policy Design at Politecnico Di Milano in Italy. She is part of a dual degree programme with Tongji University, Shanghai. She…

   Topic(s): Health, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Engr Taqsem Khan

Managing Director and CEO , Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority

Taqsem Khan is the Managing Director and CEO of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA), Bangladesh. Taqsem is credited for the utility’s transformative reform – the “Dhaka WASA Turn Around Program” – and has helped build Dhaka WASA into a profitable, environment friendly, and sustainable…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection, Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 15: Life on Land

Ermira Lubani

Regional Project Manager, UN Women

Mrs. Ernira Lubani is Gender-Responsive Budgeting Technical Advisor and Regional Project Manager for the Promoting Gender-Responsive Policies in Southeast Europe and the Republic of Moldova of UN Women.  She has 15 years of professional experience in international development working with…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management, Social Development and Protection, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Fatima Yasmin

Vice-President (Sectors and Themes), ADB

Fatima Yasmin is the Vice-President for Sectors and Themes of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). She assumed the position on 1 September 2023. Ms. Yasmin is responsible for management of the Sectors Group and the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department under ADB’s new operating model.…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Fayyaz Ali Khan

Project Officer , ADB

Fayyaz Khan has around 20 years of experience in the education sector with a focus on the delivery of technical assistance for education sector reforms, education sector plans, and education management information systems, as well as technical and vocational training, including for Afghan refugees…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Fernando Reimers

Ford Foundation Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Fernando Reimers is the Ford Foundation Professor of International Education and Director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative at Harvard University. An elected member of both the US National Academy of Education and the International Academy of Education, he is a leading authority in…

   Topic(s): Education, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Genevieve H Abel

Principal Transaction Support Specialist (Integrity), ADB

Genevieve Abel has worked with ADB for 15 years.  She spent five years in the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, five years working with the Central and West Asia Regional Departments and she is now with ADB’s Private Sector Operations, working in transaction support.  As such, Ms.…

   Topic(s): Private Sector, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Gordon Prain

Independent Consultant, Global Partnership on Sustainable Urban Agriculture and Food Security

Gordon Prain is a social anthropologist and independent consultant who advises Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR) Centers on issues related to urban and rural food systems and food security, gender, and agricultural change processes. Most recently he has been advising…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Haidy EarDupuy

Unit Head, NGO and Civil Society Center, ADB

Haidy Ear-Dupuy heads the NGO and Civil Society Center, which facilitates institutional coordination and provides technical support to mainstream citizen participation and civil society engagement in ADB-supported activities. Before joining ADB, Haidy worked as Director of Policy, Advocacy, and…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Hettige Don Karunaratne

Vice Chancellor, University of Colombo

Professor Karunaratne earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the Graduate School of International Development (GSID) of Nagoya University, Japan in 2000. He also holds MA in Economic Policy from Nagoya City University, Japan (1997), an MA in Economics from the Department of Economics from the…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities