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To help the Kyrgyz Republic transform its legal frameworks to modernize and catch up to electronic transactions, ADB drafted a report that reviews the legal framework for e-commerce in the country.
ADB partnered with the Ministry of Digital Development and Communications (MDDC) of Mongolia to strengthen the nation’s legal framework for e-commerce. To achieve this, ADB delivered an expert report that reviewed the legal framework for e-commerce in Mongolia and provided recommendations for enhancement and international harmonization.
In partnership with the Superior Council of Judicial Magistrates of Timor-Leste, the ADB Law and Policy Reform Program team conducted a comprehensive training for Timor-Leste judges on gender sensitization, violence against women and girls (VAWG) laws and procedures, and international best practices.
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.
An efficient insolvency system is crucial for promoting competitiveness and growth in an economy. Without an effective legal, market and institutional framework to address financial distress, entrepreneurship, access to finance and economic growth may be impeded.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in partnership with the National University of Management in Cambodia, conducted an in-person Train-the-Trainer (TTT) program in Siem Reap on 8-9 December 2022. This training aimed to update participating environmental law teachers with best practice concepts in pedagogy, share lessons learned on distance learning and online pedagogy innovations learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, and introduce the draft Model Environmental Law Curriculum for the Greater Mekong Subregion.
As a culminating event under the current phase of ADB’s Developing Environmental Law Champions Program, this Regional Roundtable will be held to do a stock-take of environmental legal education in the Asia and the Pacific including an assessment of ADB’s Developing Environmental Law Champions Program. Furthermore, it will be an opportunity to collectively consider the preferred future of environmental law teaching.
Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Royal Academy of Judicial Professions of Cambodia (RAJP) held consultations on 30 November 2022 on training judges to adjudicate commercial law disputes. The consultation meeting formed part of an ongoing ADB technical assistance program entitled Strengthening Judicial Capacity Towards Sustainable Economic Development in Asia and the Pacific.
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 and Cambodia’s Ministry of Justice will hold a symposium, Operationalizing Effective and Efficient Commercial Courts – Sharing Experiences on Good Practices, Challenges and Lessons Learned in Phnom Penh on 28 November 2022 at the Raffles Hotel Le Royal.