Announcements

THA 2019 Internatiional Confference on Water Management and Climate Change towards Asia’s Water-Energy-Food Nexus and SDGs will be held on 23-25 January 2019 in Bangkok,Thailand. The objective is to provide a platform for researchers, scientists, practitioners, and policy makers to share and present new advances, ...

The World Bank’s Development Data Group (DECDG), in collaboration with the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD), is interested in supporting innovative collaborations for data production, dissemination, and use. The collaborations should take place in low-income countries and lower-middle-income countries, and be directed towards ...

This workshop aims at building the capacity of government officials on implementing trade facilitation and paperless trade initiatives and enabling them to more effectively support or participate in the work of National Committees on Trade Facilitation or related inter-agency bodies. The workshop will present an ...

The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data and the World Bank Development Data Group are pleased to announce that applications are now open for a third round of support for innovative collaborations for data production, dissemination, and use. This follows two previous rounds of funding ...

According to the newest World Bank’s classification, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam are Lower Middle Income countries while Thailand is Upper Middle Income.For the current 2019 fiscal year, low-income economies are defined as those with a GNI per capita, calculated using the World Bank Atlas ...

Thailand in partnership with SeaWeb will host the SeaWeb Seafood Summit 2019 during 11 – 13 June 2019 in Bangkok. The Summit will be a platform for sharing experiences in the sustainable seafood industry among relevant agencies including representatives from the public sector, private sector, ...

Based on our Assessment of capacity development needs of the countries in Asia and the Pacific for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14, the region needs strengthening of technical capacity, coordination, governance, data and statistics, awareness, stakeholder engagement and partnerships.To facilitate this conversation, ESCAP ...

Asia Water Forum 2018 will be held in Manila, Philippines, on 2-4 October 2018.The forum will focus on the theme of “Information, Innovation, and Technology”. Underpinned by the need for sustainable water management, reliable water services, and water security, participants can expect high-level plenary sessions ...

When faced with not one but two lawsuits, with claims totaling more than a billion dollars, you take strength from knowing that you did nothing wrong and your friends stand with you. We are grateful to all our supporters for standing by us, for being ...

In an effort by the MRCS CEO to ensure meaningful broader stakeholder engagement in the review and updating process of the Preliminary Design Guidance for Proposed Mainstream Dams in the Lower Mekong Basin (PDG2009), the third draft (P)DG2018 is now available for comment during 27 ...