Communicating Environmental Protection

Communication strategies used by the Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Project Phase II in Indonesia helped shift villagers’ destructive fishing behavior and poor waste disposal toward a community-based effort to manage resources, and still economically benefit from environmental protection. Communication approaches engaged national and local stakeholders with conflicting interests and needs, and used social mobilization and advocacy to get various groups—women, youth, academe, and civil society—to monitor and sustain project gains.

Potential Use of Drones in Data Acquisitions in Development Projects

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) demonstrated the advantages of drones in developing projects. Recent advances in drone technology complement existing techniques, slotting neatly between large-area imagery from satellites and ground surveying. AIT also flew a drone and discussed its application to urban planning in combination with other information layers.

Let's Get Social

Social media fulfils a variety of uses, from being a branding tool, a content distribution network and a means of conversation with new or influential audiences, to an early warning system of impending reputational issues. In this rapidly changing environment, ADB must move with the times to get its message out or see its voice fading on the world stage.

Let's Get Social

Social media is changing the way people and organizations communicate and consume information. This presentation shares how social media influences ADB in its communication and decision-making activities, and where ADB stands in the social media landscape.

Let's Get Social

Find out more about ADB's place in the social media landscape.

ADB’s Graham Dwyer and Reah Sy talked about how social media is changing the way people communicate and consume information. In this rapidly-changing environment, ADB must move with the times to get its message out.

This event is part of ADB's in-house Insight Thursday lecture series.

Water Operators Partnerships

The Water Operators Partnerships (WOPs) Program is a formula for capacity building that pairs two water operators to work on specific issues. Albeit a small-scale program, it has the potential to reach even greater heights over time. Facilitating utility partnerships since 2007, the WOPs program continues to grow partnerships, expand focus areas, and leverage ADB's investment.