Description
With less than a decade left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the COVID-19 pandemic has set back the region’s progress. As the Asia and Pacific region recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever to focus on the SDGs. In 2021 ADB launched its first corporate report articulating its support for the SDGs, and highlighting how its financing, knowledge, and partnerships advance the agenda. This interactive dialogue will explore ADB’s support for member countries in their challenging journey towards achieving the SDGs in Asia and the Pacific as they recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
This webinar is the first in a series of SDG Dialogues that ADB is convening in 2021 to foster exchange on this critical agenda with ADB management and staff, and global leaders.
Objectives
This seminar will reflect on ADB’s efforts to support the SDGs, and opportunities to help developing member countries accelerate progress on the Goals as they recover from the COVID 19 pandemic. The discussion will focus on:
- The need to support green, resilient, inclusive and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that aligns with the SDGs.
- ADB’s response to the SDGs through financing, technical assistance, and knowledge.
- Opportunities to innovate for and deepen support for SDG implementation.
Target participants
Policy makers in Asia and the Pacific; researchers in academia and think tanks; members of the international development community; ADB's Board, Management, and staff.
How to register
Registration is closed.
Program
Opening keynote
Masatsugu Asakawa
President
Asian Development Bank
Panelists
Helen Clark
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand and
Administrator of UNDP
Bredina Drollet
Director’s Advisor
Asian Development Bank
Roger Fischer
Executive Director
Asian Development Bank
Bambang Susantono
Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development
Asian Development Bank