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&Updates AIT Consulting provided technical assistance and support to several Asian Development Bank funded projects. Two recent activities are highlighted below:
ADB performs Asset Inspection in Sri Lanka, Project Procurement-Related Review in Mongolia The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB)
project “Education for Knowledge So-
Office of Anticorruption and Integrity
ciety Project” (EKSP) were inspected.
conducted a project procurement-
EKSP aims to improve the quality, rel-
related review (PPRR) of selected
evance, management, effectiveness,
ongoing ADB-financed projects to
and equity of access to secondary
determine compliance with appli-
and tertiary education, and training
cable ADB’s policies, guidelines, and
programs in rural and disadvantaged
loan/grant agreements. In 2012, ADB
areas of Sri Lanka.
Hambanthota, Sri Lanka: H/Vihargala School was one of the five schools engaged the services of AIT Consultinspected for ADB ing to conduct asset inspections and
While in Mongolia, the construction
project procurement reviews of two
of a railway crossing, two link roads
PPRRs relating to ADB-financed pro-
and an access road were reviewed
jects in Sri Lanka and Mongolia.
to determine whether quality was maintained as per project require-
In Sri Lanka, five educational facili-
ments.
ties that are part of the ADB-financed Erdene Soum, Mongolia One of the highway access roads reviewed for project compliance
ADB's Transport Forum promotes Sustainable Transportation “Inclusive and Sustainable Transport” was this year’s theme in the ADB’s transportation forum held on 6-8 November 2012 in Manila, Philippines. The most critical issues facing transport in the Asia Pacific region today were discussed and debated in the forum. The forum program spanned the breadth of current issues in inclusive and sustainable transport including key sessions on urban transport, road safety, green freight and transport technologies, climate change resilience, mode choice, socially inclusive transport, road asset management, and cross-border transport. The event brought together the world's leading
forum making the event ideal for knowledge exchange in themes covering future trends in transporta-
transport experts, representatives from various
tion development, and professional networking.
consulting organizations, key developing member country officials, and ADB transport experts.
During the meeting, ADB shared the leading aspects of their work in member countries covering build-
Various government representatives, consulting
ing low-carbon, safe, accessible, and affordable transport systems. Engr. Samat Sukenaliev, Project De-
organizations, and donor agencies joined the
velopment Engineer, represented AIT Consulting in this forum.
8 Technology | January 2013
