Announcements
First Asian conference: Best practices in scholarly publishing
This conference will be held in Singapore, 4-5 April 2016. Organised by the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors. Early bird registration ends 19 February. ...
ICAW 2016: Second international conference on ASEAN women
The aim of this conference is to facilitate and support gender mainstreaming throughout ASEAN countries. Held in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, 12-14 April 2016. ...
The Guardian releases interactive virtual tour down Mekong River
Ahead of the UN climate talks, The Guardian releases an interactive virtual tour down the Mekong River. Environment Editor John Vidal introduces locals struggling to deal with the impacts of climate change, giant dams, deforestation and coastal erosion. ...
UN report on human cost of weather-related disasters
Based on analysis of 20 years of data, this report shows that since 1995, 606,000 lives have been lost and 4.1 billion people have been injured, left homeless or in need of emergency assistance as a result of weather-related disasters. ...
First Mekong TESOL Conference 2016
This conference, on the theme "Tailoring English teaching to regional needs", will be held in Can Tho City, Vietnam on 17 January 2016. Includes streams on theory and classroom practice. Registration closes 27 November 2015. ...
ASIA 2016: Conference on water resources and hydropower development in Asia
This international conference will take place in Vientiane, Laos, 1-3 March 2016. The event is organised by the International Journal on Hydropower and Dams, IEA, IFC, the World Bank and others. ...
UNICEF highlights impact of climate change on children
This new report looks at how children are affected by climate change and steps needed to protect them. Almost 530 million children live in countries hardest-hit by floods and storms, mostly in Asia. ...
World Bank releases 'Doing Business 2016'
'Doing Business 2016: Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency' is the World Bank's annual measurement of the ease of doing business. ...
ILO launches competition on media reporting
This global competition will recognize exemplary media coverage of labour migration issues. Professional and citizen journalists can submit entries. Deadline 1 Dec 2015. ...
World Bank releases new 'East Asia and Pacific Update'
This publication is the World Bank’s comprehensive review of the region’s economies. It is published twice yearly. ...