Announcements
New Report: WWF Forest Pulse Report 2018
“Pulse of the Forest” showcases both the threats and the potential for the forests of the Greater Mekong region, which consists of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The region is one of 11 global deforestation fronts – areas that in the coming decades ...
MOOC on Open Data Management in Agriculture, Nutrition and Land
The Land Portal and GODAN Action partners have announced a new call for applications for the Open Data Management Online Course.The content of the course has now expanded to include land, in addition to agriculture and nutrition. This edition of the course has been revised ...
Exhibition at the Second session of the Committee on ICT, Science, Technology and Innovation and Second session of the Steering Committee on Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway
The objective of the exhibition is to provide additional informal space for member states, civil society, UN agencies and other stakeholders to share good practices for integrated and inclusive approaches for issues related to the Committee on Information and Communications Technology & Science, Technology and ...
New Booklet Explains MRC’s Rule-based Mekong Water Cooperation
A new booklet “An Introduction to MRC Procedural Rules for Mekong Water Cooperation” has been published online to help understand how the regional intergovernmental organization promotes rule-based water cooperation among its member countries of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam.In the booklet, each set ...
International Conference on Water Management and Climate Change towards Asia’s Water-Energy-Food Nexus and SDGs 23-25
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, ...
Call for Proposals: 2018 Collaborative Data Innovations for Sustainable Developmen
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 ...
ESCAP-ARTNeT/ITD Regional Workshop on Trade Facilitation for Sustainable Development
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 ...
Applications open for third round of Funding for Collaborative Data Innovation Projects
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 ...
World Bank’s new country classifications by income level
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 ...
The SeaWeb Seafood Summit 2019
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, ...
