UN Global Compact Leaders Summit: 15th – 16th June 2020
The UN Global Compact Leaders 20th Anniversary Summit will bring together thousands of leaders to decide how business can support countries and communities around the world to recover better, recover stronger, and recover together from the COVID-19 crisis. The Summit will virtually convene
CBi and A-PAD Cross Border Best Practices COVID-19
A-PAD’s connectivity in the region and globally has allowed networks to share best practices in preventing and responding to COVID-19 pandemic. A-PAD country platforms in the Asia Pacific Region connected immediately in sharing information, response, best practices and cross border logistic support. While
A-PAD Board Emergency Meeting on Regional Partnerships in Fighting the Pandemic
An emergency board meeting was called for by A-PAD regional members in order to call for immediate action to contain the Corona virus and also respond to proactively than the current trend of being reactive. In doing so, the member country heads unveiled
A-PAD SL Outreach to Wuhan, China Amidst COVID’19 Outbreak
The 2019-20 Coronavirus pandemic outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China in December 2019. With rapid spread of the virus in China, the resources needed to contain the virus became limited and then scarce. A vital preventive equipment of face masks going
New board members of A-PAD elected
The Executive Committee and Asia-Pacific Alliance for Disaster Management (A-PAD) Founder’s Meeting was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 8th of November 2019. Hereby, A-PAD International elected its new Chairman and board members, strategies in expanding A-PAD platforms in the Asia Pacific