Marjana Chowdhury Keywords water climate change environment Read more about Marjana Chowdhury A Civil & Environmental Engineer- by profession is currently working as the Water Resources Specialist in the Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Rural Development Sector in the Bangladesh Resident Mission of ADB. She joined ADB in 2019 and had been working as the Project Officer for the Emergency Assistance Project till January 2022.
Antti Inkinen Keywords natural resources management and governance water climate change and renewable energy in policy Read more about Antti Inkinen Antti Inkinen is the Regional Director for NIRAS International Consulting in the APAC region and NIRAS Managing Director in the Philippines. An economist by training, he has more than 15 years of experience in sustainable development in emerging and developing countries in fields including natural resources management and governance, water, climate change, and renewable energy in policy as well as project design and delivery. On his second stint in Asia, he has been based in Manila since 2019 following his previous position as the Director of NIRAS Finland.
Asia-Australia Online Short Course: Digital Technologies for a Climate Resilient Water Sector Read more about Asia-Australia Online Short Course: Digital Technologies for a Climate Resilient Water Sector
Presentation: Pacific Utilities Delivering WASH Services in Peri-Urban Areas Read more about Presentation: Pacific Utilities Delivering WASH Services in Peri-Urban Areas This presentation explored how Pacific utilities, such as Solomon Water and Water Authority Fiji, are mobilizing resources and funds and adjusting their service delivery models and community engagement activities to improve WASH services in peri-urban areas.
Vasiti Seruvatu Keywords better health and education WASH water sanitation ADB Read more about Vasiti Seruvatu Vasiti Seruvatu lives and works in Fiji, and is currently the national WASH officer for the ADB Pacific WASH TA, working closely with the Water Authority of Fiji.
Tom Rankin Keywords WASH water hygiene sanitation Read more about Tom Rankin Tom is Senior WASH Advisor at Plan International Australia and is a qualified engineer with over 16 years of experience managing WASH and engineering projects across the Pacific, Asia, and Africa. Tom provides program management and technical support to Plan International country office teams and partners with a current focus on the Pacific region.
Brian Quan Inomea Keywords urban WASH WASH water sanitation hygiene Read more about Brian Quan Inomea Brian Quan Inomea is the Sanitation Construction Officer for Plan International (SI) Urban WASH project. Brian is an accomplished construction designer, who enjoys using his skills to contribute to the exciting sanitation activities that happen every day at Plan International (SI). Brian graduated from the Fiji National University of Building, Science, and Technology in 2020 with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
Michelle Abel Keywords WASH in school water hygiene Read more about Michelle Abel Michelle Abel is Director for Knowledge, Learning & Communications with Live & Learn Environmental Education. She has over 20 years of experience working with local community development organizations across a wide range of areas including WASH behavior change, WASH in Schools, and community-based climate resilience. Currently, she supports the Live & Learn network offices in the South Pacific in hygiene behavior change design and climate resilience.