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The 42nd ADB Board of Governors Annual Meeting (AGM) was held in Bali from 2-5 May 2009.

Contents: Background;  PSI/GUFs agenda in Tashkent;  PSI/GUFs activities in Tashkent;  May 1  Meeting with ADB President Kuroda;  PSI speaks at May 2 Forum on Women Empowerment;  May 3 PSI/GUFs Forum on “Workers and Unions in ADB Operations”;  PSI gives ADB ‘Very Poor’ score in Madya Pradesh power project;   May 1-4  Meetings with country delegations; Recommended next steps from PSI/GUFs wrap-up session.

West Seti Hydroelectric Project (WSHP) involves the construction and operation of 750-MW hydroelectric power plant on Seti river in far western region of Nepal on BOOT basis for 30 years. Project sponsor is Australian-based Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation (SMEC); West Seti Hydro Limited (WSHL) is 100% subsidiary of SMEC. Construction will be by China Machinery & Equipment Import and Export Corporation under lump sum price turnkey contract signed in April 2005; construction period is for 5 years.

PSI Toolkit on ADB

Administration of Japanese ODA  

A Validation Report in May 2009 of a Project Completion Report (PCR)of Pakistan's Energy Sector Restructuring Program (ESRP). US$350M loan approved in 2000), by ADB's Independent Evaluation Department.  The validation report called for, among others, a Labor Impoact Assessment that had not been undertaken as part of ESRP.
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Validation/PAK/in161-09.pdf

"Evaluation Validation Report: Ninth Power Project (Bangladesh)", Independent Evaluation Department, ADB, May 2009 http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Validation/BAN/in160-09.pdf

EXCERPTS:
ADB has been the lead institutional development agency in the power sector in Bangladesh since 1973.

Key Union Issues in Madya Pradesh Power Sector Reforms:  Final Report Submitted of the PSI-APRO Research Mission, Jabalpur, Madya Pradesh, India, September 2008.

Ongoing / proposed projects in energy/power, water, education, health, financial, other sectors in Pacific in Cook Islands, Micronesia, Giji, Palau, PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu (as of July 2009)
 
Cook Islands:

Ongoing / proposed ADB projects in education, health, financial, road and other sectors in Mongolia (as of July 2009):

Ongoing/proposed ADB projects in power, water, health, education & other sectors (as of July 2009).
 
Power:

• Power Sector Development Program (PSDP)
• Rural Electric Cooperatives
• Visayas Base Load Power
• Philippine Energy Efficiency Project
• Acquisition and Rehabilitation of Masinloc Coal Fired Thermal Power Plant
• Pasuquin East Wind Farm Development Project
• Electricity Market & Transmission Development

Water:

Ongoing/proposed ADB projects in energy/power, water, health, education, financial & other sectors (as of July 2009).
 
Energy:

• Guarantee for Java Island Transmission
• Tangguh LNG Project
• Renewable Energy Development
• Power Transmission Improvement Sector

Water:

Public Services International Asia Pacific Regional Organisation, together with the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) and Union Network International (UNI), launched a campaign on the International Solidarity Levy. The campaign launch was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 11-12 August. Forty-three participants from twelve countries represented affiliated unions of PSI, BWI and UNI, and ITUC AP, SASK and LO-Norway. The campaign was co-sponsored by FES Indonesia office.
 

Publications of NECU-NEWU (Supervisors & rank-and-file unions of National Power Corp/Napocor)
Dec 2009

• Save Agus & Pulangui:  No to Privatization of Agus-Pulangui Hydropower Complexes
• NAPOCOR LABOR DISCONTENT!
• Collective Negotiation Agreement-CNA

Jan 2010

Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Advisory:
“The human right to drinking water is fundamental for life and health. Sufficient and safe drinking water is a precondition for the realization of all human rights.”1