Box 5.7 Communities of Practice
The input to strategic direction would also include advice on certain
aspects of the HR strategy such as the ADB-wide competencies, skills
and numbers required to meet its medium- and long-term strategic
objectives and implementation of the proposed technical stream.
The Formal COPs are:
• Education
• Energy
• Environment
• Finance and Trade
• Gender and Social Development
• Governance
• Health
• Regional Cooperation and Integration
• Transport
• Urban
• Water
Recognizing the value of COPs as venue for knowledge sharing, ADB
also has informal COPs in the following areas:
• Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Education
• Financial Management
• Information and Communication Technology
• NGO and Civil Society
• Poverty
• Resettlement
• Transport
• Urban Development
• Water
Source: Asian Development Bank, (2006)