Policy Dialogue with CSOs 1: Challenging Ways Forward: Asserting Communities' Considerations on Just Transition

by NGO Forum on ADB, Asian People’s Movement for Debt and Development, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives – Asia Pacific, and Indus Consortium.

In his opening remarks, ADB Vice President for East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Ahmed Saeed highlighted that ensuring sustainable energy and development in the region cannot happen until it is just. He confirmed that more than mobilizing financing, knowledge, and collaboration with a range of actors to ensure sustainable and clean energy, ADB is doing purposeful work toward just transition.



Lindsay Renaud

 Lindsay Renaud is a Results Management Specialist and ADB’s focal point for the Design and Monitoring Framework and Development Effectiveness Review.  Before joining ADB, Ms. Renaud was the Results Management Specialist at the Caribbean Development Bank, where she led the Results Unit of the Strategic Planning Division. In 2013-2015, she was a Consultant during which time she designed and implemented Result-Based Management and Monitoring & Evaluation systems for various clients, including MDBs, UN agencies, and government agencies.

Kaori Hitomi

She joined ADBI after more than 20 years as a field journalist and editor at Associated Press (AP). She covered various disasters, coups and conflicts across Asia, and coordinated coverage of summit and ministerial level meetings of fora such as APEC, ASEAN, the G7, and G20. She also managed AP’s editorial activities and budget for Asia and the Pacific as Asia Deputy Planning editor.

Kaori has an MA in Communications from Leeds University in the United Kingdom and a BA in Arts from Keio University in Japan.

Welcome Remarks

Explicit or tacit knowledge needs to be deployed, demonstrated, and disseminated to ensure its true value. In ADB’s case, it must (i) ensure that knowledge is fit-for-purpose, (ii) share tacit knowledge for deeper impact and value addition, and (iii) move from silo thinking to network thinking.

Citizen Voice and Action

Citizen Voice and Action, a program of World Vision International, builds the capacity of citizens to hold governments accountable for the promises they make. It involves educating citizens about their rights, providing opportunities for government and citizens to collaboratively assess government commitments against current realities, and working together with other stakeholders to pressure government decision-makers to improve service delivery in key identified areas.

Skills Development as Part of Infrastructure Projects

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development is proposing for the integration of skills development in infrastructure projects as part of its cooperation agreement with Asian Development Bank and its member countries. Engagement of contractors in training activities is a fast-track approach to addressing the challenges associated with the proposed task.