Digital Health Credentials in Building Trust at Population Scale -COVID-19 and Beyond Read more about Digital Health Credentials in Building Trust at Population Scale -COVID-19 and Beyond Digital COVID-Credentials has proven to be an effective tool for countries to restart mobility for work and travel. Such credentials have aided policymakers in negating the risk of COVID- 19 spread, by virtue of clearly ascertaining the vaccination or testing status, in a fast and automated way rather than through laborious manual inspections.
Ian Munt Keywords municipal infrastructure environmental planning and management urban planning development and renewal urban place-making and design heritage conservation climate change and disaster risk reduction economic development transport planning tenure security institutional and organizational development municipal finance urban governance Read more about Ian Munt Ian Munt is a UK Chartered Urban Planner and graduated from the University of Reading, UK with a Masters in Environmental Planning and a BA in Geography from the University of Kent, UK. Over 25 years he has worked with national, regional, and local governments in Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and Central America with a focus on urban planning, governance, and capacity development. He has worked on a range of development projects addressing climate change, risk, and urban planning including in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Nepal, Philippines, Rwanda, and Viet Nam.
Verena Streitferdt Keywords energy efficiency policy and finance energy policy climate policy urban governance Southeast Asia climate change finance cities climate change urban green finance Read more about Verena Streitferdt Verena has over 10 years of work and research experience in the field of policy advisory/project development especially on the topics of energy efficiency: policy & finance, energy/climate policy and urban governance in the South East Asian context. In her PhD research, she explored how far the public sector can assist to optimize energy efficiency finance initiatives by analyzing in-depth two energy efficiency finance programs, one focused on ESCOs and one on banks.
Urban Governance, Gender, and Markets Read more about Urban Governance, Gender, and Markets Both urban governance and urban markets, and the relation between the two have important gender dimensions. Urban Governance refers to the general manner in which a city is governed. It includes both the formal structures of urban government and administration and the practises of exercising management and power, including the role of groups in civil society in the governing relationship.
Progress Report: Future Cities, Future Women Initiative (Phase 1) Read more about Progress Report: Future Cities, Future Women Initiative (Phase 1) This presentation presents a progress report on the Future Cities, Future Women Initiative (FCFWI), including challenges, opportunities, and immediate next steps.
ADB project examples of involving women in urban planning and governance: Urban Governance Infrastructure Improvement Project in Bangladesh Read more about ADB project examples of involving women in urban planning and governance: Urban Governance Infrastructure Improvement Project in Bangladesh The presentation describes how an urban development project (Urban Governance and Infrastructure Project)—supported and financed by ADB—is addressing key gender issues, resulting to increased women's participation and leadership, women's economic empowerment, and women-friendly infrastructure and public spaces in a select number of pourashavas (secondary towns) in Bangladesh.
Conference on Gender in Urban Governance and Transport Read more about Conference on Gender in Urban Governance and Transport The purpose of the Conference is to:
Community Driven Approach to Infrastructure and Basic Services Read more about Community Driven Approach to Infrastructure and Basic Services The delivery of infrastructure and basic urban services does not reach the urban population living in resettlement areas in Myanmar. Addressing exclusion will require a more systematic response that builds on existing self-help capacity to improve own conditions.