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Clares Loren Jalocon

Head-Corporate Planning and Communications, Philippine Electricity Market Corporation

Clares Loren Jalocon is a Registered Electrical Engineer (REE), holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of the Philippines, with more than ten (10) years of working experience under PEMC, and has been involved in PEMC’s developmental…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, ICT, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

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

David Fairman

Managing Director, Consensus Building Institute

David Fairman is Managing Director at the Consensus Building Institute and Associate Director of the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program. For 28 years, he has built consensus and enhanced collaboration capacity on complex public and organizational issues internationally and in the U.S. His primary…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Elizabeth BurgesSims

Former Senior Social Development Specialist, ADB

Elizabeth Burges-Sims was a Senior Social Development Specialist of the Southeast Asia Department at ADB.  She left ADB in June 2021.

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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

Francesco Tornieri

Principal Social Development Specialist (Social Inclusion), ADB

Francesco is currently the Principal Social Development Specialist (Social Inclusion). He promotes the visibility of gender equality, women's empowerment, and social inclusion in the design, implementation, and monitoring of ADB operations in South Asia. Prior to ADB, Francesco worked as a Social…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

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

Hoang Thi Thu Huyen

Chairperson, Trade Union of Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of Viet Nam (MOLISA)

Hoang Thi Thu Huyen is Chairperson of Trade Union of Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of Viet Nam (MOLISA). From 2014 to 2019, as the Deputy Director of the Department on Gender Equality of MOLISA, she was responsible for developing and implementing the National Strategy and Program…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Joan Carling

Indigenous Activist and Foundation Board Member, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact

Joan Carling is an Indigenous activist from the Cordillera Region, Philippines. For more than 20 years, she has been working on issues that Indigenous Peoples experience both at the grassroots and international levels. Her field of expertise includes human rights, sustainable development,…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Jocelyn Erlinda Munsayac

Principal Safeguards Specialist, ADB

Jocelyn Erlinda Munsayac is a Safeguards Specialist at ADB.  She graduated from the University of the Philippines. 

   Topic(s): Environment, Private Sector, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 15: Life on Land