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ADB launches Technical Assistance on International Trade and Investment Agreements in Uzbekistan
ADB conducts stakeholder consultations and policy dialogue on international trade and investment agreements.
ADB Wins Outstanding Industry Collaboration Award from the Islamic Banking and Finance Institute Malaysia
ADB won the Outstanding Industry Collaboration Award given by the Islamic Banking and Finance Institute Malaysia (IBFIM) in Kuala Lumpur. The award recognizes ADB's efforts to provide financial services to all segments of the population and strengthen the capacity of Philippine regulation and private sector participants.
Asian Development Bank Supports the Operationalization of Cambodia's First Commercial Court
Asian Development Bank Country Director Jyotsana Varma and Minister of Justice, His Excellency Koeut Rith, signed the memorandum of understanding, marking an important step towards operationalizing Cambodia's first commercial court, a top priority of the Ministry of Justice.
Asian Development Bank and Partners Host Conference to Strengthen Insolvency Systems in Asia-Pacific
The Asian Development Bank partnered with INSOL International, Singapore Management University, The University of Cambridge's Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law, and The University of Chicago's Center on Law and Finance to host a hybrid conference: Strengthening Insolvency Systems in Asia and the Pacific in Manila, Philippines on 15-16 December 2022 to analyze how countries in the region can strengthen insolvency and restructuring frameworks.
ADB Convened Cambodia’s First Commercial Courts Symposium
ADB and the Ministry of Justice held Cambodia’s first-ever Commercial Courts Symposium on operationalizing effective and efficient commercial courts. The Symposium convened over 120 senior government officials, judges, business leaders and international experts to exchange knowledge about experiences and lessons learned in developing commercial courts around the world.
ADB Supports Development of International Commercial Arbitration in Uzbekistan
ADB and the University of World Economy and Diplomacy convened a conference on the development of international commercial arbitration in Uzbekistan, following the enactment of the Law on International Commercial Arbitration (ICA Law) which was supported by ADB.
ADB Partners with the Philippine Judicial Academy
The ADB Law and Policy Reform Program team met with the newly appointed Chancellor Rosmari Carandang and her team from the Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA) and representatives from the Supreme Court to discuss capacity building of special commercial court judges and inclusion of courses on environment and climate change into the judicial education program.
ADB Supports Cambodian Judges Workshop on International Commercial Arbitration
ADB's Law and Policy Reform Program supported an international commercial arbitration workshop for Cambodian judges convened by the National Commercial Arbitration Centre (NCAC) and the Ministry of Justice on 25 November via Zoom.
ASEAN Chief Justices Recognize ADB as a Key Development Partner
At the 9th Council of ASEAN Chief Justices (CACJ) meeting on 7 October 2021, the ASEAN Chief Justices adopted a declaration calling on its Working Group on Judicial Education and Training to collaborate with ADB and submitted an implementation plan for CACJ's approval.
ADB Convened Inaugural Uzbekistan Judicial Colloquium
ADB Uzbekistan Resident Mission Deputy Country Director Enrico Pinali made opening remarks and emphasized the important role of the judiciary in the effective implementation of laws with significant development impacts, such as the 2021 Law on International Commercial Arbitration enacted with ADB's assistance to improve the business climate