URBAN SECTOR GROUP

CONTINOUS LEARNING
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
What to expect in 2019 and a look back
at the 2018 training sessions
WHAT IS THE The Continuous Learning Development Program (CLDP) is the training program
of the Urban Sector Group. Sessions conducted highlight the sector group’s five
CONTINUOUS solution pathways or areas of strategic interest (water, equity, resilience, nature,
and digital). CLDP aims to enhance the technical skills and knowledge of ADB
LEARNING staff, as well as representatives of developing member countries (DMCs), in order
to improve the design and implementation of ADB investments.
DEVELOPMENT With the new ADB Strategy 2030, the training events organized by the group
PROGRAM? and/or partners have come to emphasize the operational priorities contained in
the institutional strategy. These training events range from either brief half-day
targeted workshops in ADB headquarters to weeklong in-depth missions with
site visits.

TRAINING TIMELINE

Smart Water Management

TRAINING PARTNER
Suez
Water Utility Operations –
Lev Accreditation
(Nonrevenue Water)*
TRAINING PARTNER
Maynilad Water Academy
*Should have completed lev training
to be eligible to participate.

SPADE Training
TRAINING PARTNER
Urban Policy and
University of Tokyo
Practice: Learning from
the Korea Experience
TRAINING PARTNER
Korea Research
Institute for Human Water Utility Operations –
Settlements (KRIHS) Lev ccreditation
(Wastewater)
TRAINING PARTNER
Maynilad Water Academy

Call for nominations and detailed information will be emailed in due

time. For other inquiries, kindly email Aldrin Plaza at aplaza@adb.org.
2018 Review 2018 By the Numbers

number of
total training countries
participating sessions where
trainings
were held

from ADB
headquarters participants
from ADB Asia Regional Department
Members of the Urban Sector Group, including some DMC representatives, developing
member
benefitted from an interesting set of five training sessions under the CLDP in countries
2018. A total of 58 ADB staff from headquarters and the resident missions (DMCs)
participated in the trainings.
ADB resident
The first training, held in April at the Georgia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, and missions
University of Tokyo in Japan, focused Sri Lanka) travel to Seoul in May to Asia Regional
Department
on geospatial information system (GIS) learn about the city’s over 50 years
applications for climate-resilient urban of progressive development and the Central and
planning. Second was the Water Utility importance of having sound governance number of DMCs West Asia
Operations Training (Levels 1 and 2) policies to support urban initiatives represented among Regional
in May, organized with the Maynilad such as smart city technologies for participants Department
Water Academy. A highlight of the enhancing public services. SDCC and other
departments
training was an actual visit to a repair of
a leaking pipe, where a demonstration The fourth training, held at Rotterdam
on the use of leak detection devices in October and co-organized with
was conducted. the Institute for Housing and Urban
Development Studies (IHS), centered
The third training, Urban Development on climate change tools for urban
Policy and Practice: Learning from development. Fifth and last for the year Regional Department
the (Republic of) Korea Experience, was a second Water Utility Operations
had seven ADB staff and 12 DMC Training, also in October and with the Department
participants (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Maynilad Water Academy.
2018 Training Sessions
1 | Training on GIS Applications
for Climate-Resilient Urban
Planning (23–27 April 2018 • Tokyo,
Japan)
TRAINING PARTNER Center for
Spatial Information Science (CSIS),
University of Tokyo
OBJECTIVE Provide theoretical
knowledge and knowhow on ICT
tools needed to operationalize
SPADE (Spatial Analysis Data
Explorer) in project design work
TOPICS COVERED Climate-
resilient planning, hazard
assessments of various climate
risks, use of geographic information
systems (GIS) software
SITES VISITED Metropolitan Area
Outer Underground Discharge
Channel at the Naka River
discharge basin, and facilities at
the Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency (JAXA)
2 | Water Utility Operations
Training (15–18 May 2018 • Metro
Manila, Philippines)
TRAINING PARTNER Maynilad
Water Academy
OBJECTIVE Provide participants
with practical knowledge on the
different aspects involved in water
utility operations management
TOPICS COVERED Overview
of the Philippines’ water sector,
water supply distribution process,
nonrevenue water management,
district metering area management,
business operations, wastewater
management, and use of GIS as a
management tool for water utilities
SITES VISITED Meter testing
laboratory of Maynilad Water
Services Inc. (MWSI), equipment
and appurtenance warehouse,
business area operations office,
and wastewater and septage
management plants, etc.
3 | Urban Development Policy
and Practice: Learning from the
Korea Experience (3–7 September
2018 • Seoul, Republic of Korea)
TRAINING PARTNER Korea
Research Institute for Human
Settlements (KRIHS)
OBJECTIVE Provide ADB and
DMC staff ideas and tools on how
to address urban development
issues based on Seoul’s 50-year
development
TOPICS COVERED Urban
development in Seoul, urban
governance, smart city
technologies and application
to urban services such as water
supply, wastewater management,
solid waste management, and
urban transport
SITES VISITED MAPO Resource
Recovery Facility, Ttukdo
Water Purification Center,
Cheonggyecheon Museum
and Cheonggyecheon Stream
Redevelopment Project, and the
Seoul Transport Operation and
Information Service (TOPIS)
Command Center
4 | Climate Change Tools for
Urban Development (1–5 October
2018 • Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
TRAINING PARTNER Institute for
Housing and Urban Development
Studies (IHS)
OBJECTIVE Provide ADB staff
knowledge on concepts behind
urban climate resilience and their
applications learning from the
country’s experiences on flood
management
TOPICS COVERED Theories
and concepts on climate change
mitigation and adaptation and
application to city planning and
development, including use of
computer-simulated role-playing
games to gauge how critical the
roles of different stakeholders
are in building resilience against
climate change impacts
SITES VISITED Maeslant
Storm Surge Barrier and various
Rotterdam City climate adaptation
initiatives
5 | Water Utility Operations
Training (Batch 2) (22–25 October
2018 • Metro Manila, Philippines)
TRAINING PARTNER Maynilad
Water Academy
OBJECTIVE Provide participants
with practical knowledge on the
different aspects involved in water
utility operations management
TOPICS COVERED Overview
of the Philippines’ water sector,
water supply distribution process,
nonrevenue water management,
district metering area management,
business operations, wastewater
management, and use of GIS as a
management tool for water utilities
SITES VISITED Meter testing
laboratory of Maynilad Water
Services Inc. (MWSI), equipment
and appurtenance warehouse,
business area operations office,
and wastewater and septage
management plants, etc.
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