What's New | e-Notification | Sitemap | Contact Us | Help

Water

Home Topics Water Water Operations Partnerships Asia-Pacific Water Forum

	News and Events
	ADB's Water Policy
	Water Financing Program
	Water Operations
		Sanitation Agenda
		Loans and Technical Assistance
		Networks
		Partnerships
		Pilot and Demonstration Activities
		Promotion and Awareness
	Funding Facilities
	Water Champions
	Country Water Actions
	Knowledge Center
	Contact Us

Asia-Pacific Water Forum
	The Asia-Pacific Water Forum, established in 2006, identifies and adopts solutions to water issues in the region.

Asia-Pacific Water Forum

The Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF) identifies and adopts solutions to water issues in the region. Established in 2006, the APWF works to increase the region’s access to improved water supplies and sanitation, protect and restore river basins, and reduce people’s vulnerability to water disasters. Its objectives are to:

Provide countries and organizations in the Asia-Pacific region with a common platform for articulating the region’s strategies and promoting its achievements in solving water problems
Showcase leadership in decision-making, excellence in practice and innovation, and concrete results that have had a substantial impact at the grassroots level

Read more about APWF.

ADB’s Commitments

ADB supports these APWF regional initiatives:

	Asian Water Development Outlook 2010 The second edition of the AWDO, commissioned by ADB, will focus on water security in the region. Read the news release.
	Asian Water Development Outlook 2007 Read about water and sanitation issues and challenges in Asia-Pacific’s future development scenarios in this 2007 report.
	Asia-Pacific Water Summit 2007 View the results of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit in 2007 that gathered Asia-Pacific leaders to address water issues.
	Regional Water KnowledgeHubs Learn about APWF’s KnowledgeHubs network that generates and shares knowledge to improve water security in the Asia-Pacific.

More about the APWF

	Priority Themes and Key Result Areas Know APWF’s 3 priority themes and 5 key result areas.
	Joining the APWF Find out how your organization can become part of the APWF.
	APWF in Motion Be updated on APWF’s events, activities, and other initiatives.