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The course is an introduction to Meaningful Youth Engagement (MYE) for development practitioners in Asia and the Pacific. The goal is to strengthen their capacity to embed MYE in development projects by exposing them to the core principles and relevant approaches to MYE, drawing from the framework proposed by the Youth Voices in Youth Employment...

Introduction to Financial Management in ADB program provides foundational knowledge on financial management (FM) in ADB and focus on the core elements of financial due diligence, financial reporting and auditing. Upon successful completion of the eCourses, ADB staff will gain the basic FM awareness and competence to perform financial due diligen...

This eLearning course provides short and easy-to-understand videos on what CPD is, and how to use it to facilitate online submission of WAs. 

This eLearning course provides short and easy-to-understand videos on what CPD is, and how to use it to facilitate online submission of WAs. 

This eLearning course provides short and easy-to-understand videos on what CPD is, and how to use it to facilitate online submission of WAs. 

This eLearning course provides short and easy-to-understand videos on what CPD is, and how to use it to facilitate online submission of WAs. 

This eLearning course provides short and easy-to-understand videos on what CPD is, and how to use it to facilitate online submission of WAs. 

This eLearning course provides short and easy-to-understand videos on what CPD is, and how to use it to facilitate online submission of WAs. 

This eLearning course provides short videos on what CPD is and its benefits to ADB’s DMCs and their executing and implementing agencies. 

This course covers the development and management of bidding documents, which falls under the bidding phase of the procurement cycle. 

Learn about the Asian Development Bank's financial management requirements for the projects that it funds, and enhance your capacity to produce better quality audited project financial statements. 

This course contains quick references for Course Owners on how to Enroll users and extract reports.

This module focuses on accepting, respecting, and appreciating differences & diversity in the workplace in line with ADB's Staff values. It provides practical guidance on how staff and managers can promote and maintain a respectful workplace; identify the types of unacceptable behaviors in the workplace; where and how to seek advice and guid...

This course provides an overview of all the methodologies and practices required to manage ADB’s records. Specifically, it was created for ADB staff in order to organize and manage ADB’s records in a consistent and systematic manner from the time of creation until disposal.

ADB assists its members, and partners, by providing loans, technical assistance, grants, and equity investments to promote social and economic development. Trust funds are an important part of ADB’s operations, including our work with partners, cofinancing of projects, and support to developing member countries. This e-learning course aims to ...

This course focuses on and familiarizes you with the five stages of the project cycle for sovereign operations namely, identification, design, and preparation; approval; implementation and monitoring; completion; and post-completion evaluation. The course covers the key tasks to be carried out by the ADB staff and the documents to be prepared at...

This course familiarizes learners with the range of ADB’s products and modalities that support the needs of its developing member countries, in line with Strategy 2030.

This eLearning course introduces the policies, guidelines and procedures used during ADB's oversight of borrower's procurement during project implementation. Each lesson contains questions for you to check your understanding. Those wishing to register for the Procurement Workshop as part of the PASS Procurement Accreditation or for Advanced Proj...

This eLearning course introduces ADB's policies, guidelines and procedures which are used to recruit, select, manage and rate staff and TA consultants, and the oversight activities which operations and RM staff are required to undertake when borrowers recruit consultants during project implementation. To get access, please send an email to pass...

This eLearning course introduces ADB's guidelines and procedures which are used to recruit, select, and rate loan consultants. To get access, please send an email to passsecretariat@adb.org.

This short and interactive course offers a fresh perspective on workplace writing, explains an approach and a framework, and shares advice and tools to help make your writing life at ADB easier. This course is open to all ADB Personnel (ADB staff, contract staff, consultants).

Learners of this course will gain an understanding of the Core Labor Standards (CLS) in the context of ADB project financing. Module 1 delves into the Core Labor Standards and ADB’s approach in implementing them, while the succeeding modules focus on each of the four areas specific to the core labor standard. These four CLS are freedom of associ...

The Security Awareness Training (SAT) is mandatory for all ADB staff and ADB directly hired consultants as it focuses on safety and security risks specific to international financial institutions, and replaces all previous online UN security training programs. The course takes approximately 2.5 hours to complete. As the SAT certification does n...

ISOS Digital Learning Portfolio is a comprehensive all-in-one library of trainings and information on everything from women's travel safety to COVID-19 awareness, with new topics added regularly as world situations change. On-demand courses and video micro-learnings available on any device, accessible 24/7 for your employees' learning convenience.

In this training program, you will learn basic knowledge, skills, and attitude to perform and deliver appropriate life-saving care during times of crisis. It will also provide practical insights and tips to manage common medical emergencies at home and workplace.

The Fire Safety and Prevention Training provides information and increases awareness on preventing fire incidents at home and workplace. It covers eliminating possible causes of fire and responding to fire incidents by using portable fire extinguishers. Also includes preparedness by formulating a home evacuation plan.

The eLearning course provides key definitions, concepts, and ADB approaches applied in ADB's work to help build a climate and disaster resilient, and low-carbon future for developing member countries.

This webinar follows the previous webinar on Environmental Impact Assessment Processes in South-East Asia.  This webinar on environmental enforcement and compliance in Asia updates participants on the work of the IAIA Enforcement and Compliance Group and the important work of EIA Consultant Cheryl Wasserman and the IAIA.

In this webinar, Matthew Baird discusses Environmental Impact Assessment in South East Asia, and examines environmental and social safeguards through the EIA process looking at the ten ASEAN member states. 

For the first time in the Asia-Pacific region an expert panel will consider the proposed definition for the crime of ecocide. The Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide, chaired by barrister and author Philippe Sands QC (UK) together with UN jurist and former prosecutor Dior Fall Sow (Senegal), was convened in late 2020 at...

This lecture contains an overview on biodiversity law in the ASEAN region by Patti Moore, one of the most experienced environmental lawyers in the region. 

This webinar is a lecture on the teaching of Environmental Law in the context of the ASEAN region by Emeritus Professor Ben Boer.

This webinar is a special in-depth session with Jonathan Liljeblad on Human Rights and the Environment.

កញ្ចប់ធនធានសម្រាប់ការរៀនសូត្រតាមប្រព័ន្ធអេឡិចត្រូនិកនេះ រួមមានមាតិកាជាង១០ម៉ោង អំពីគោលការណ៍ស្នូលនៃច្បាប់បរិស្ថាន ដែលគ្រូបង្រៀនច្បាប់បរិស្ថាននៅតំបន់អាស៊ីបានកំណត់រកឃើញថាជាធនធានដែលពួកគេត្រូវការដើម្បីជួយជម្រុញដល់ការបង្រៀនរបស់ពួកគេ។ កញ្ចប់​នេះរួមមានសម្ភារៈមួយចំនួន ដែលភាគច្រើនត្រូវបានរៀបចំឡើងសម្រាប់ការបង្រៀនលក្ខណៈជំនួបផ្ទាល់ ប៉ុន្តែ ក៏អាចយកមកកែសម្រួលសម...

In July 2021, Biffa Waste Services Ltd was  fined £1.5 million for breaking export law, in what the judge called “reckless, bordering on deliberate.” Biffa’s latest breaches of export law uncovered by the Environment Agency involved rolling contracts to send vast amounts of waste to India and Indonesia.  We will hear from Howard McCann, the barr...

This course aims to share knowledge and promote a mindset shift to mainstream integrated nature-based solutions in coastal resilience. The course presents best practices and demonstrated benefits of integrating grey and green infrastructure to protect coastal zones from climate change and disaster risks, with the purpose of helping ADB and DMCs ...

Experts provide an overview of environmental crime issues and the challenges of dealing with and prosecuting transnational environmental crime.

Gói tài nguyên học tập trực tuyến này chứa hơn 10 tiếng nội dung về những nguyên tắc cốt lõi của luật môi trường. Đây là nguồn tài nguyên được các giảng viên về luật môi trường trên khắp châu Á đánh giá là cần thiết để nâng cao chất lượng giảng dạy của mình. Gói tài nguyên này bao gồm nhiều tài liệu đa dạng được thiết kế chủ yếu phục vụ giảng dạ...

This course aims to provide ADB staff an overview of the 2009 Safeguard Policy Statement, with specific focus on environment safeguard requirements. Learners will be guided on procedural and substantive requirements for environmental assessment and management planning. Links to useful resources and templates will also be provided. Advisory:  ...

This course provides a brief on the 2009 Safeguard Policy Statement. It introduces the objectives, scope and triggers for the three safeguard areas – environment, involuntary resettlement, and Indigenous Peoples. The module also briefly discusses the common safeguard requirements which all projects would need to comply with. This Overview is a p...

This course aims to give ADB staff an overview of the principles, objectives, scope and triggers of ADB’s Indigenous Peoples safeguards. It will help learners determine when and what circumstances would ADB’s Indigenous Peoples safeguards be applied and the key requirements expected from borrowers/ client in designing, implementing and monitorin...

This eLearning resource package contains more than 10 hours' worth of content on the core principles of environmental law, which were identified by environmental law teachers across the Asia as resources they need to enhance their teaching.

This comprehensive course comprises 7 modules and 18 topics covering Philippine biodiversity, wildlife crimes, relevant policies, identification and handling of traded and threatened species, permits, and step-by-step guidance on Substantive and Procedural Laws.

This general course on Wildlife Law Enforcement in the Philippines comprises 4 modules and 8 topics that cover: Philippine biodiversity, wildlife protection laws and policies, live and online illegal wildlife trade, and roles of government agencies.

Understanding ADB’s financial management policies and requirements is essential to performing financial due diligence and providing financial management oversight. The course on Financial Management – Financial Due Diligence, Financial Reporting and Auditing – provides foundational knowledge on financial management (FM) in ADB and focuses on the...

The course is designed for individuals who have, or plan to have, a key role in the preparation of Project Financial Statements (PFS) for submission to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and provides you with the knowledge and skills to prepare PFS in accordance with the requirements of ADB. 

The new Procurement Policy and Procurement Regulations were approved in April 2017. The Procurement Policy, Regulations and other supporting documents form the NPF within ADB, governing the procurement of goods, works and services by borrowers, Executing Agencies (EAs) and Implementing Agencies (IAs) conducting procurement on ADB-funded projects...

This e-Learning course introduces ADB’s financial products, including the LIBOR-Based Loan (LBL), the Local Currency Loan (LCL), and Debt Management Products; explains the main features of these products; and provides an overview of the basic terms and conditions.

The e-Learn module on Cost Estimates is a preparatory course to gain basic understanding of the importance of robust project cost estimates, its guiding principles and detailed components.

ADB NPL Training Program aims to provide ADB Developing Member Countries (DMCs) with a flexible suite of training modules to build bespoke NPL resolution capacity programs in their public administration and other entities that are involved in the NPL resolution process, notably public Asset Management Companies (AMCs) including IPAF members. Thi...

Find out how the Asian Development Bank’s gender mainstreaming category system and key tools in implementing action plans help mainstream gender requirements in projects.

Developed by the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI), this refresher course provides the learner a review of concepts and guidelines earlier introduced in the Anticorruption and Integrity course. It also provides likely scenarios where the learner applies critical thinking and knowledge of ADB’s Anticorruption Policy and Code of Condu...

In 2012, the Asian Development Bank's NGO and Civil Society Center (NGOC) published Strengthening Participation for Developmental Results. It has been a valuable resource for ADB staff, government officials, and civil society organizations.  This guide is the basis of the e-course, Deepening Civil Society Engagement for Better Development Results. 

This course is a foundational module designed to introduce learners to key concepts in grievance redress mechanisms, and is best completed prior to face-to-face learning. Topics include exploring what is a grievance redress mechanism, examining what are the key elements of effective complaint handling and the steps undertaken in handling complai...

ADB’s mission is to support development in Asia and the Pacific, and this includes helping developing member countries (DMCs) fight corruption.This module defines corruption and its impact on development. It also provides an overview of ADB's Anticorruption Policy and Integrity Principles and Guidelines, which are the main policy documents and t...

Learn how to identify the key requirements that ensure a firm is implementing a sound policy framework to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.          Disclaimer: The e-learning modules provide an introduction and overview of money laundering and terrorist financing and how these can be prevented. While every reasonable effort ...

This course is a foundational module designed to introduce learners to key concepts in problem solving and is best completed prior to face-to-face learning. Topics include identifying what is a problem and what is problem solving. It explores the types of typical problems that occur on ADB-assisted projects. The module also introduces learners t...

The registration for the 2021 edition of the e-learning course on Decentralization, Local Governance, and Localizing SDGs in Asia and the Pacific is now open. The course, which had been initiated by ADB’s knowledge and support technical assistance project KSTA 9387 Strengthening Institutions for Localizing Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development...

Please note that this course is best taken using the following browsers: Firefox, Google Chrome, or Safari. 

Please note that this course is best taken using the following browsers: Firefox, Google Chrome, or Safari.  Advisory:  Enrollment of new learners are scheduled every Monday and Thursday at 5:00 P.M. (PHT). Please schedule access to the course accordingly.

This 20-minute video was produced to raise awareness of operational risks in ADB’s private sector operations. It was designed for PSOD staff, consultants, and contractors to orient and guide them on how ADB identifies, manages, and mitigates risks that they may encounter in their work; and to explain their important role in this effort.

This e-learning module will guide ADB staff and consultants on the application and use of the Regional Cooperation and Integration (RCI) scorecard for the classification of RCI projects (loans, grants or technical assistance).

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