ADB's Water Financing Program (WFP) seeks to make water a core investment area, and increase water investments to well over $2 billion annually. It includes a large pipeline of programmed water investments, a wide array of knowledge and awareness products, and regional cooperation services. Its focus will be on combining increased investments in water infrastructure with capacity building and private sector participation.
In September 2006, ADB held the Doubling Water Financing and Results Conference on ADB's Water Financing Program 2006-2010 to jumpstart the program. Senior government officials from 5 developing member countries (DMC)—India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Viet Nam—worked with ADB water operations staff to discuss the barriers facing their water sectors and opportunities for investments.
Indonesia, in particular, faces the huge demand of improving water-supply services. The conurbation of Jakarta alone brings with it massive problems—from the need for improved sanitation to the shifting of water use from agriculture to industry— and this puts more pressure on the surrounding river basins.
This in-country WFP Conference in Indonesia built upon the outcomes of the 2006 WFP Conference to help the country achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
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The conference aims to:
- Achieve a clear and shared understanding on the directions in strengthening the partnership between ADB and the Government of Indonesia in the water sector
- Identify key interventions, issues, and specific projects to be included in ADB-supported pipeline projects in 2008-2010
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The following outputs are expected at the end of the conference
- Identification of key issues that need to be resolved and projects/activities in water sector for external assistance
- Initial inputs for draft concept notes on projects for possible ADB assistance. This output will help the Government of Indonesia and ADB in discussing the 2008-2010 operational programs
- Indicative timeframe for the implementation of the tentative ADB 2008-2010 operational program, taking into account the preparatory activities that need to be carried out within the Government
- Identification of possible funding resources from ADB and funding gaps
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The conference is being organized by BAPPENAS (Indonesia’s National Development Planning Agency), the Ministry of Public Works, and ADB through its Resident Mission in Indonesia.
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Officials from BAPPENAS, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Public Works, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Marine and Fisheries Affairs, the Ministry of Agriculture and local governments who attended the 2006 WFP Conference will be the core participants. Representatives from provincial governments, PDAMs (government-owned water enterprises), and other water utilities are also invited.
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The conference will be held in Bandung, Indonesia.
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