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.

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

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.

A History of Financial Management at ADB

ADB's former director general of Private Sector Operations Department Philip Erquiaga discussed how Triple A rating and standalone strength have helped the institution effectively respond to various financial crises. He provided an overview on how financial models and systems enabled increased sophistication in identifying and managing ADB's risks over the last 50 years.

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

Video - Final Remarks - Sub-Regional Conference - Going Beyond the Meter: Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia

Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Francesco Tornieri in his closing remarks thanked all the participants, and hoped that the work of the Gender and Social Inclusion team of ADB’s South Asia Regional Department (SARD), through this format, is a trailblazing and eye opening experience for the gender community. He also reiterated the philosophy of ADB’s SARD Gender and Social Inclusion team, which is to humbly serve rather than impose on the Bank’s sector divisions and clients.