Governance and public sector management

This new eLearning course on Advanced CAPI using Survey Solutions introduces learners to the topics and lectures based on the recent updates in Survey Solutions, furthering their advanced learning of the platform. This course is an advanced offering to our flagship Survey Solutions CAPI course. By the end of the course, students will have gained the ability to use advanced expressions, such as enabling or validation conditions. Students will also learn on how to validate GPS coordinates, advanced methods setting up dates and other upgraded features of Survey Solutions.

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 the cornerstone of ADB's Integrity framework. Finally, this module identifies practices that constitute integrity violations and shows examples of each integrity violation.

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 has been made to ensure that the contents are factually correct, ADB does not guarantee the accuracy and/or completeness of the modules’ contents, and accepts no responsibility for any direct or indirect consequence of their use or reliance, whether wholly or partially.

This eLearning course aims to equip students design and implement surveys using, CSPro or Census and Survey Processing System, a leading platform for Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI). CSPro is a free, globally trusted software package developed by the US Census Bureau, primarily for the editing, processing, and dissemination of census and survey data. It has been used by the United States Agency for International Development and the United Nations Children’s Fund for implementing Demographic and Health Survey in over 90 countries and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey in over 100 countries, respectively.

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 outlines key areas of anticorruption and integrity as they relate to ADB-related activities. It will highlight how and where corruption commonly occurs in project implementation: procurement, asset and contract management, and financial management. The course features examples and exercises to help you understand and apply the concepts presented. 

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 complaints. The module also investigates the key personal skills required by problem solvers and the main roles and responsibilities of the grievance redress committee

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 to a problem solving methodology for analyzing and addressing problems, and contains practical exercises using several problem solving tools.

The registration for the 2023 edition of the e-learning course on Decentralization, Local Governance, and Localizing SDGs in Asia and the Pacific is now open. The tutored e-learning program is designed to address the learning needs of ADB staff and government officials of ADB’s Developing Member Countries (DMC). Its potential learning benefits include

•                  Understanding basic concepts of decentralization and local governance (such as the different dimensions and modalities of decentralization)

•                  Introduction to planning and budgeting at the subnational level

•                  Greater awareness of the implementation challenges of DLG reforms (such as vertical and horizontal coordination, the linking of functions and resources in service sectors, the creation of adequate fiscal decentralization frameworks, and adequate monitoring and evaluation of DLG reforms)

•                  Familiarization with the policy linkages between the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals, the Localizing SDG discourse, and the legal and fiscal framework for sub-national governments

•                  Awareness on introducing Localizing SDG approaches into ADB operations and providing advisory support to DMC governments on the approaches.