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How to break out of old patterns of thinking and provide new approaches or new ways to respond to the needs of ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs).
Technical assistance comprising multiple internal and external interlinked innovation workstreams. Internally, the Innovation Framework gives a coherent structure to the bank’s innovations. An in-house Innovation Challenge brought ideas to the surface, and innovation tools empowered sta . Externally, the TA researched DMCs’ innovation ecosystems to better understand how to e ectively engage with countries. Futures and foresight applications were then piloted in three DMCs to identify transformative investments. DMCs were also supported to run their own public sector innovation challenges.
Find out more:
• Regional: Demonstrating Future Thinking and Foresight in Developing Member Countries
• Regional: Support for Innovation and Technology Partnerships in Asia and the Paci c
Read an article:
• The Journal of Future Studies on ADB’s work Read ADB Blog:
• “Tomorrowland: Applying futures studies and foresight in
policy dialogue”
“The Futures and Foresight work in Armenia, Mongolia, and Timor- Leste identi ed opportunities for new areas of sovereign lending, and bolstered ADB’s relevance as a long-term partner. The Technology Innovation Challenge yielded several challenges that were launched at the 2020 ADB Clean Energy Forum, and there are signi cant downstream opportunities for grant recipients to procure high-level technology funded by ADB sovereign and private sector loans.”
Susann Roth
Principal Knowledge Sharing and Services Specialist, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department
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