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News for NGOsDetails Online for Inspection RequestsInformation on requests for an ADB inspection is now posted on ADB’s web site. The information is updated whenever an important milestone in the inspection process is reached. Details include the name of the complainant and project, allegations of policy breaches and harm done, date of Management response, and action taken by ADB. For more information, please contact Jill Drilon at jdrilon@adb.org Indonesia Rehabilitates Coral Reefs
For more information, contact Weidong Zhou at wzhou@adb.org or Yoshiharu Kobayashi at ykobayashi@ adb.org Mainstreaming Gender StrengthenedADB is promoting greater gender mainstreaming in developing countries as well as its own operations through a regional technical assistance grant package worth $1.6 million. The Government of Denmark is providing most of the funds, which will be used to recruit gender specialists for ADB resident missions in Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Uzbekistan. For more information, contact Shireen Lateef at slateef@adb.org Grant Promotes Health of Afghan Children
ADB has approved a $3 million grant to improve health, particularly nutrition and reproductive health, of the rural poor in Afghanistan. The grant will come from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction, financed by the Government of Japan.
The project will explore how the Ministry of Health can effectively contract NGOs to develop community-based primary health care and thereby reduce rural poverty. ICT Can Help Reduce Poverty
For more information, contact Susan Ellison-McGee at smcgee@adb.org Online Resource for Social ProtectionThe new Social Protection page of ADB’s web site provides information and links on policies and programs designed to reduce poverty and vulnerability by promoting efficient labor markets, diminishing people’s exposure to risks, and enhancing their capacity to protect themselves against hazards and loss of income. For more information, contact Antero Vahapassi at avahapassi@adb.org Safe Drinking Water for Rural PunjabAbout 2,500 poor rural communities in Punjab Province, Pakistan, with an estimated population of 2.3 million, will receive safe drinking water and sanitation facilities under an ADB loan project. The Social Uplift and Poverty Eradication Program will pilot test the provision of microcredit to women for livelihood. For more information, contact Shakeel Khan at skhan@adb.org |
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Indonesia has borrowed $33 million from the concessional Asian Development Fund to rehabilitate and manage coral reefs. Phase two of the Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Project, a three-phase, 15-year program, will strengthen institutions and project management, and support community-based resource management and development. Beneficiaries include small fishers, fish farmers, fish processors, and workers in the fishing industry of coastal communities in six districts in the provinces of Riau, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra. 
In his keynote speech at the World Summit on the Information Society, Asian Regional Conference, ADB President Tadao Chino stated, “All stakeholders, including governments, the private sector, civil society, academia, and international organizations must work together and leverage our collective resources, expertise, and knowledge to ensure that the benefits of ICT (information and communication technology) are fully utilized to improve the lives of the poor.” More than 100 NGO representatives attended the conference.