Opening Remarks - National Workshop on Social Accountability at the Local Level: Citizens Engaging with Local Government Read more about Opening Remarks - National Workshop on Social Accountability at the Local Level: Citizens Engaging with Local Government Supporting citizen-led approaches to improve governance and reduce corruption in developing countries is the mission of the Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF). PTF uses the theory of change method to address rising public governance concerns and secure lasting change.
Design Issues in Governance Learning Program Read more about Design Issues in Governance Learning Program Addressing design issues in the delivery of learning programs helps ADB improve its operations on the ground. This presentation explains the core issues in program design that one should take note of.
2016 Mobilizing Multi-Stakeholder Action for Reform Read more about 2016 Mobilizing Multi-Stakeholder Action for Reform For more than a decade, Asian Development Bank (ADB) has recognized that improvement of governance, public sector reforms, and strengthened institutional performance in priority country programs and operations requires attention to complex and contested issues.
Myanmar: Working with Incentives and Identifying Common Ground to Produce a Collaborative, Inclusive Fisheries Law Read more about Myanmar: Working with Incentives and Identifying Common Ground to Produce a Collaborative, Inclusive Fisheries Law The Rakhine Fisheries Law is a new benchmark for Myanmar both in terms of delivering equitable resource sharing and, crucially, as a replicable model for consultation and public participation in policy-making. This case demonstrates that despite decades of repressive state machinery, with the right process, government departments can embrace new ways of working and thinking.
Economic Effects of Infrastructure and Governance of Infrastructure Read more about Economic Effects of Infrastructure and Governance of Infrastructure This presentation shares cases that demonstrate the economic effects of infrastructure and gives a snapshot of the governance of infrastructure. It also initiates discussion on how the knowledge and expertise of local academic institution can be tapped to craft knowledge solutions that can benefit the entire region.
ADB's Work on Governance and Public Sector Management: Partnering Possibilities with Local Academic Insitutions Read more about ADB's Work on Governance and Public Sector Management: Partnering Possibilities with Local Academic Insitutions This presentation focuses on Asian Development Bank's governance operations and how the local academic institutions can contribute to crafting innovative knowledge solutions that deliver effective and sustainable results.
Bringing Open Government Partnership to the Sub-national Level: Key Takeaways Read more about Bringing Open Government Partnership to the Sub-national Level: Key Takeaways This presentation enumerates the key takeaways of bringing Open Government Partnership (OGP) to the sub-national level. Through a list of lessons, it highlights the importance of taking OGP to the sub-national level to further promote effectiveness and efficiency.
Designing and Implementing a Responsive Open Data Model Read more about Designing and Implementing a Responsive Open Data Model Open data should be accessible, machine-readable, and re-usable. By introducing research and systematic innovations and engaging and capacitating partners, the Open Data Lab Jakarta as an enabler of open data that builds evidence for its social and political values is featured as an example in this presentation.
Integrated Approach to Sustainable Infrastructure Provision/ Financing Read more about Integrated Approach to Sustainable Infrastructure Provision/ Financing Armenia, a small landlocked country in the Caucasus, requested its development partners for assistance in maintaining its extensive yet underfunded road and water network. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is the only partner that responded to this call. The challenge was to institutionalize coordination and beef up accountability mechanisms, not only between Armenian government agencies but also with ADB teams and other development partners. As a response, ADB introduced an integrated approach to ensure the sustainability of infrastructure solutions to be rolled out.
Rehan Kausar Keywords finance administration governance ADB procurement Read more about Rehan Kausar Rehan was until recently a Principal Portfolio Management Specialist in SEOD. Before this, he was Head of the project Administration Unit and Senior Infrastructure Specialist in SEEN for 5 years. Rehan started his ADB career as an Infrastructure Specialist in IRM for 2 years and was then outpost to OPR for one year. Before ADB, he was a consultant to ADB and worked as an Advisor, Housing and Spatial Planning in ADB’s Extended Mission to Sumatra for almost 2 years. He also worked as a consultant to the World Bank. Before that, he spent his entire career in the private sector.