Roselle Rasay

Roselle Rasay has 16 years of experience in the Philippine civil society sector in citizen participation, governance, civic space, NGO management, capacity assessment and organizational development, mentoring and volunteer management, disaster risk reduction, and management and humanitarian coordination. She also has nine years in the Philippine government sector on legislative and academic research, technical assistance and project coordination on social development issues (education, consumer welfare, housing, gender).

ADBI-UNESCAP Webinar on Building Post-COVID-19 Economic Resilience in Asia and the Pacific

While the COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented economic and social damage to Asia and the Pacific, the crisis also presents an opportunity to build resilience, inclusiveness, and sustainability. At the same time, pandemic strains on public finances compound the need for governments to analyze and mitigate climate-related sovereign risks.

Bokyun Shim

Bokyun Shim is Head of Office of the United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), an integral part of the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), UN DESA. Since his inauguration in March 2020, he has been dedicated to contributing to strengthening public administration capacities in developing Member States to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Prior to joining the United Nations, he was Vice Minister of the Interior and Safety of the Government of the Republic of Korea.

Irvin Francis

Irvin Francis is an experienced manager with a demonstrated history of working in well-known Malaysia’s Trade Promotion Organisation (TPO) – MATRADE. He serves the organization for quite some time, which enabled him to obtain strong professionalism in trade-related. He is also experienced in analyzing and forecasting trade data as well as nurturing Malaysian companies towards internationalization.

Swayamsiddha Mohanty

Swayamsiddha Mohanty is the Public Procurement Professional with more than 20 years of experience in various industries and sectors namely oil and gas, IT, manufacturing industries, FMCG, health, education, micro-finance, urban, transport, energy, MSME and Governance. She is currently working as Senior Procurement Specialist, Governance Global Practice, World Bank.