<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Dear OPDs from Asia and the Pacific:</font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Sharing with you this opportunity for our engagement in the upcoming Phase 2 Regional Consultations on ADB Safeguard Policy Review. Please do let us know should you wish to participate and speak in these consultations so we can better coordinate and prepare with reference materials and some talking points/recommendations. Strongly recommend persons with disabilities from each of the subregions register and kindly contact us if you need further assistance with the registration process. Please find the email below for more details. </font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Thank you and looking forward to your support and participation. </font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Kind regards,</font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Lany</font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 4:58 PM Nalini Vaz <<a href="mailto:nvaz@sightsavers.org" target="_blank">nvaz@sightsavers.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Further to our discussion today please find information on the ADB safeguard review process. This is incredibly important to engage as their large-scale projects impact the lives of so many including persons with disabilities. </div>
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It would be really good to engage as a constituency and have a structured approach like we did with the APFSD including identifying who will attend/speak at each sub regional consultation. There is a short window to present key points which feed into the draft
summary and are then reflected in an overall matrix. We also have colleagues from the Bank Information Center who are presenting points on disability inclusion in some sessions. It would be good to coordinate. </div>
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Description The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is conducting a comprehensive review and update of the 2009 Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS). Stakeholder engagement is a critical element in the update process and will be guided by a Stakeholder Engagement Plan
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The next consultation is on Climate Change. The schedule is as follows</div>
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<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem">ADB’s Strategy 2030’s Operational Plan 31 sets the course for responding to the region’s changing needs. Recently, ADB management determined Climate Change as a high priority area, and has committed to
fully align all ADB operations with the Paris Agreement. The consultations will cover a review of ADB’s approach in managing project-level climate change risks, based on the practice and experience of other multilateral financial institutions, and on feedback
from stakeholders on policy interpretation and implementation.</p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem">The objective of these consultations is to obtain a better understanding of the views of stakeholders on implementation challenges, good practices, and determine practical recommendations for possible integration
of climate change issues and risks into ADB’s safeguard policy review discussions.</p>
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<li style="box-sizing:border-box">Introduction of Participants and Meeting Reminders (10 minutes)</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Welcome Message (5 minutes)</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Presentation on Climate Change Study (20 minutes)</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Open Forum / Q&A (50 minutes)</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Wrap up and Synthesis (5 minutes)</li></ul>
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<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem">20 April 2022, 10:00 a.m., Manila (GMT +8) / 2:00 p.m., Fiji (GMT +12) <br style="box-sizing:border-box">
<strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Consultation with Civil Society Organizations and other Non-Governmental Stakeholders in East Asia, Pacific, and Southeast Asia</strong><br style="box-sizing:border-box">
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for this event</a></p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem">20 April 2022, 10:00 p.m., Manila (GMT +8) / 9:00 a.m., Washington DC (GMT –5) / 3:00 p.m., Frankfurt (GMT +1)<br style="box-sizing:border-box">
<strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Consultation on Climate Change with Civil Society Organizations and other Non-Governmental Stakeholders in North America and Europe</strong><br style="box-sizing:border-box">
<a href="https://adb-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqcuCoqzwqHdOt4DBAVRVekv2D6eizQduQ" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,72,136)" target="_blank"><i style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome"> </i>Register
for this event</a></p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem">21 April 2022, 5:00 p.m., Manila (GMT +8) / 2:00 p.m., Pakistan (GMT +5) / 2:30 p.m., India (GMT +5:30)<br style="box-sizing:border-box">
<strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Consultation on Climate Change with Government Stakeholders in South Asia and Central and West Asia</strong><br style="box-sizing:border-box">
<a href="https://adb-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkd-2sqDMtHtNLj_Xr8JLptKkETDR4vHP_" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,72,136)" target="_blank"><i style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome"> </i>Register
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<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem">22 April 2022, 10:00 a.m., Manila (GMT +8) / 2:00 p.m., Fiji (GMT +12)<br style="box-sizing:border-box">
<strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Consultation on Climate Change with Government Stakeholders in East Asia, Pacific, and Southeast Asia</strong><br style="box-sizing:border-box">
<a href="https://adb-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEsc-CoqD4sGdLuEuGGZYuRAP_1UEtb8-JA" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,72,136)" target="_blank"><i style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome"> </i>Register
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<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">22 April 2022, 5:00 p.m., Manila (GMT +8) / 2:00 p.m., Pakistan (GMT +5) / 2:30 p.m., India (GMT +5:30)<br style="box-sizing:border-box">
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<a href="https://adb-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkd-2sqDMtHtNLj_Xr8JLptKkETDR4vHP_" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,72,136)" target="_blank"><i style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome"> </i>Register
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best regards,</div>
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