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Implementation Milestones

Following are the key milestones in implementing the Public Communications Policy:

Milestone	Date
PCP approved by ADB’s Board of Directors	22 Apr 2005
Upgrading of Office of External Relations to Department of External Relations, comprising five units--Media Relations, Internal Communications, Publishing, Web and Information Disclosure, Public Affairs--as well as European Representative Office, Japanese Representative Office, and North American Representative Office	1 Jun 2005
InfoUnit established	1 Jul 2005
PCP provisions for disclosure of Board of Directors' meeting minutes, schedule, and chair's summaries effective	15 Jul 2005
Briefings for ADB operational staff on disclosure requirements conducted	Jul - Oct 2005
External relations capacity building program for representative office/resident mission external relations staff and focal points conducted	22 Aug 2005
PCP became effective	1 Sep 2005
OM Section entitled Public Communications replaced section entitled Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information	1 Sep 2005
e-Notification system launched	Sep 2005
Staff procedures for disclosing documents disseminated	Oct 2005
Communication tools developed to raise awareness of borrowers and private sector project sponsors regarding the new disclosure requirements
PCP and communication tools about PCP translated into member country languages
Information Request Tracking System launched to record, monitor, and respond to external requests for ADB information and documents	21 Oct 2005
Disclosure Management System launched to aid project officers and country team leaders in document disclosure and enable InfoUnit to monitor compliance	Nov 2005
PCP awareness-raising seminar with executing agencies [PDF], civil society organizations [PDF], and Nepal resident mission staff in Kathmandu	28 Nov - 2 Dec 2005
Staff training on Disclosure Management System	Nov 2005 - Feb 2006
PCP awareness-raising seminar with executing agencies [PDF], civil society organizations [PDF], and Bangladesh resident mission staff in Dhaka	4 - 5 Dec 2005
PCP awareness-raising seminar with US Government, international financial institutions, civil society organizations [PDF], and North American Representative Office staff in Washington, DC	15 - 16 Dec 2005
Project information on website revamped to enable users to find all information related to a project in one place. See sample	Feb 2006
Project information documents (PIDS) for new projects uploaded to website. PIDS replace Project Profiles as they become available	Feb - Apr 2006
Access to Information: ADB's New Approach, speech by Jeffrey Hiday, Director General, DER, at ADB's 39th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors, Hyderabad, India	4 May 2006
PCP awareness-raising seminar with executing agencies, civil society organizations, and India resident mission staff in New Delhi (New Delhi - 5-8 June; Bhopal - 9 June; Mangalore - 12 June; Bangalore - 14 June; and Calcutta - 16 June)	5 - 16 Jun 2006
PCP awareness-raising seminar with executing agencies, civil society organizations, and Indonesia resident mission staff in Jakarta (Jakarta - 2 August; Mataram - 7 August; Makassar - 9 August)	2-9 Aug 2006
PCP awareness-raising with the Government of Italy	30 Oct 2006
86% of PIDs for loans and grants under implementation uploaded to the website	Dec 2006 – Feb 2007
Annual implementation progress report [ PDF: 141kb \| 35 pages ] approved	9 Mar 2007
Translation framework [ PDF: 94kb \| 22 pages ] approved	9 Mar 2007
Minor policy amendment regarding audit reports approved by ADB's Board of Directors [ PDF: 79kb \| 4 pages ]	9 Apr 2007
Assessment of the Implementation of the Public Communications Policy (September 2006-December 2007) [ PDF: 128kb \| 32 pages ]	May 2008