European Representative Office

Speeches delivered in Europe

President Haruhiko Kuroda

• "Asia's Energy Needs and Climate Change: What Can Be Done?" (Chatham House, London, United Kingdom, 12 Mar 2007)
• The Development of the People’s Republic of China and India: Prospects and Challenges (Clare College Cambridge, 1 February 2007)
• Emerging Asia and the Global Economy (International Institute for Asian Studies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 13 September 2006)
• Trade Policy Trends: Serving the Business Interests (Asia-Europe Business Forum, Helsinki, Finland, 10 September 2006)
• Emerging East Asia: Economic Outlook and the Threat of Avian Flu (7th ASEM Finance Ministers' Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 9 Apr 2006)
• ADB's Clean Energy Initiatives (7th ASEM Finance Ministers' Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 9 Apr 2006)
• Asia 2015: Promoting Growth, Ending Poverty (Asia 2015 Conference, Lancaster House, London - 7 March 2006)
• Building on Success (London Conference on Afghanistan, London, UK, 31 January 2006)
• Towards a Borderless Asia: A Perspective on Asian Economic Integration (Oxford, United Kingdom - 10 December 2005)
• Building on Momentum: A New Era of Development for Asia and the Pacific (Istanbul, Turkey - 3 May 2005)
• Opening Remarks: Governors' Seminar on A Roadmap for Asia's Economic Cooperation and Integration (Istanbul, Turkey - 4 May 2005)

Managing Director General Rajat Nag

• Consultations on the Review of the Asian Development Bank's, Long-Term Strategic Framework (Frankfurt, Germany, 5 Sep 2007)

Vice-President Geert H.P.B. van der Linden (2003-2006)

• Financing the City: Asia's Cities: Problems and Opportunities (Istanbul, Turkey, 3 May 2005)
• Empowering the Future - the Asian Challenge (The Netherlands, 14 December 2004)

Vice-President Liqun Jin

• China in the Global Economy (Senior Executive Seminar, Total S.A., Versailles, France, 8 Oct 2007)
• Asia's Position in the Financial Power Shift (International Conference on the Changing Dynamics of Global Financial Power, Chatham House, London, 22 January 2007)
• The Mekong: Challenges, Successes and Opportunities (Mekong Development Forum, Stockholm, Sweden, 3-4 April 2006)
• Frankfurt European Banking Congress 2005 (Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 18 November 2005)

Vice-President Ursula Schäfer-Preuss

• "The Challenges of Energy and Environment in Asia" (Conference on Multilateral Economic Cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (CMEC-ASEAN), Berlin, Germany, 18 Sep 2007)

Philippe Bénédic, Resident Director General, European Representative Office

• New Challenges and Opportunities in Asia: Asia and Europe Growing Together: Is it Possible? (Frankfurt am Main, Germany 26 February 2007)
• The Millennium Development Goals: Progress and Challenges in Asia and the Pacific [ PDF 28 pages | 2.1mb ] (Dublin, Ireland - 15 February 2007)
• Rapid Economic Growth in Asia: Can it be Sustained? [ PDF 26 pages | 184kb ](Madrid, Spain - 23 November 2006)
• Energy and The Economy (Paris, France - 22 - 23 May 2006)
• The Role of Regional Development Banks in Financing Trade Development (Brussels, Belgium - 28 April 2006)
• Asia - The New Economic Competitor of Europe, Risks and Opportunities (Bonn, Germany - 18 January 2006)
• Recent Progress of Regional Cooperation and Integration in Asia [ PDF 9 pages | 127kb ] (Asia Forum 2005, Casa Asia, Barcelona - 13 December 2005)
• UN Meeting on Humanitarian Assistance to Tsunami-affected Communities (Geneva, Switzerland - 11 January 2005)
• The Relevance of Regional Institutions for Asia’s Future Development (Berlin, Germany - 16 September 2005)

Jean-Pierre Verbiest, Assistant Chief Economist (2002-2005)

• Economic Integration of East Asia: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities (Istanbul, Turkey; Rome, Italy; Brussels, Belgium 6-8 April 2005)

Former ADB Management and Staff

President Tadao Chino (1999-2005)

• Closing address at the ADF IX Donors' Meeting (Copenhagen, Denmark - 10 October 2003)
• ADF IX Donors Meeting (Copenhagen, Denmark - 9 October 2003)
• High-Level Forum on Harmonizaton (Rome, Italy - 24 February 2003)
• Prospects and Challenges of the Asian Economy and the Role of ADB (London - 23 September 2002)
• Media Statement (Vienna, Austria - 14 February 2002)
• "Prospects and Challenges for the Asian Economy and the Role of Private Sector" (Zurich, Switzerland - 13 February 2002)
• "Prospects and Challenges for the Asian Economy in the 21st Century" (Brussels, Belgium - 8 February 2002)

Vice-President Khempheng Pholsena

• Statement at Paris Ministerial Conference on Innovative Development Financing (Paris, France, 28 February 2006)

Vice-President John Lintjer (2002-2003)

• Launch of Asian Development Outlook 2003 (Madrid, Spain - 29 April 2003)
• Asia Forum (Frankfurt, Germany - 11 April 2002)
• Asian Development Outlook 2002 (Helsinki, Finland - 10 April 2002)
• Asian Development Outlook 2002 (Zurich, Switzerland - 9 April 2002)

Vice President Myoung-Ho Shin (2002-2003)

• Afghanistan High-Level Stategic Forum (Brussels, Belgium - 17 March 2003)
• Statement at the Asia Forum (Frankfurt, Germany - 23 April 2002)
• Recent Trends in Financing for Asia-Pacific (Frankfurt, Germany - 25 April 2002)

Managing Director General Young-Hoi Lee

• Opening of the Relocated ERO (Frankfurt, Germany - 15 October 2004 )

Director General Shamshad Akhtar, Southeast Asia Department (2004)

• Economic Integration of East Asia: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities (The Royal Society, London - 27 October 2004)