ADB–CDIA Completes the Kathmandu Valley Ecological Urban Renewal Project Preparation with Stakeholder Consultations
From 2–6 February in Kathmandu, Nepal, ADB–CDIA held consultations with six municipalities, ministries, development partners, and civil society organizations to advance the Kathmandu Valley Ecological ...
ADB–CDIA Engages Youth in Ecological Preservation and Development-Oriented Careers
On 6 February, ADB–CDIA organized two youth-focused activities with 32 engineering and architecture students from Tribhuvan University’s Institute of Engineering in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Urban ...
ADB-CDIA Marks Fifth Year of Contribution to the Asia-Pacific Mayors Academy
Since 2021, ADB-CDIA has actively participated in the Asia-Pacific Mayors Academy, an annual fellowship program that empowers newly elected city leaders to advance sustainable urban ...
ADB-CDIA Champions Local Leadership and Strategic Partnerships at AWUF 2025
From 27–30 May 2025, the ADB Water and Urban Development Forum (AWUF) gathered nearly 1,200 participants from 59 countries to explore the theme, Valuing Water ...
8th Asia-Pacific Urban Forum Calls for Strengthened Partnerships Toward Crisis-Resilient Cities
The Asia and the Pacific region – home to 54% of the global urban population – is facing multiple, interlinked crises such as the COVID-19 ...
CDIA Team Speaks at GCoM National Workshop for Accelerating Climate Finance in Malaysia
As more cities are committing to address climate change under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), necessary technologies, tools, and resources must ...
INVITATION: 1st Asia-Pacific Housing Conference 2022
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is organizing the 1st Asia-Pacific Housing Conference (AHC) 2022 taking place virtually on 8–9 November 2022, 1400H Manila time (GMT+8). ...
CDIA Contributes to the First EU-ASEAN Knowledge Exchange Workshop on Smart and Green Cities
ADB Urban Development Specialist and CDIA Project Officer Lara Arjan, along with CDIA Capacity Development Specialist Kathleen Jovellanos shared their insights on financing green and ...
CDIA, ADB and UNECE Organize City-to-City Learning Exchange on Urban Renewal
CDIA, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) facilitated a learning exchange on 18 March 2022, specifically to showcase two ...
Indonesian City Officials Get Insights on Their Projects at CDIA’s Third Virtual Clinic
Officials from Palembang City and Jeneponto Regency attended CDIA’s third virtual clinic held on 14-15 July 2021 to seek guidance on preparing projects related to ...
