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The Strategic Partnership between ADB and the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP) aims to support ADB’s Water Financing Program (WFP) 2006-2010 through parallel-financed grant contributions under the Water Financing Partnership Facility to
- provide access to water supply and sanitation for 2 million people
- help ADB develop sanitation project
- strengthen water utilities
- improve water resources management in river basins
More About the ADB-NWP Partnership
The idea of a partnership between ADB and NWP grew out of ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda’s visit to the Netherlands on 13 September 2006 to discuss new approaches for sustainable water management in Asia with NWP members. The discussion resulted in a Netherlands Water Sector Business Mission to ADB headquarters in Manila on 5-7 June 2007 that concluded with an agreement by both parties to support ADB’s WFP.
At the International Symposium on Water for a Changing World organized by the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education on 13-15 June 2007 in Delft, The Netherlands, ADB and NWP signed an Aide Memoire that summarizes the intention to develop a strategic partnership between NWP and ADB, and proposes initial actions.
NWP is an independent body composed of about 160 organizations from government, private sector, academe, and nongovernment organizations that aims to harmonize the the Dutch water sector initiatives abroad and promote Dutch expertise in water worldwide.
ADB-NWP Strategic Partnership Programs
The ADB-NWP Strategic Partnership’s Core Areas of Cooperation include:
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Water Supply and Sanitation Services
The partnership will provide clean water and improved sanitation to 2 million people in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Sanitation
ADB and NWP will explore mechanisms to speed up the implementation of sanitation services |
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Water Utilities and Knowledge Sharing
Twinning of Dutch and Asian water utilities through ADB’s Water Operators Partnership program will be explored.
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Integrated Water Resources Management
The partnership will promote IWRM in river basins, including flood management and climate change adaptation.
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Pool of NWP Experts
NWP experts will be tapped for ADB’s project preparation and implementation, workshops, stakeholder dialogues, and more.
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Pilot Demonstration Activities
Innovative pilot projects will be developed; lessons from such pilots will be mainstreamed into ADB’s project design.
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Contacts
Wouter Lincklaen Arriens
Lead Water Resources Specialist, ADB
Email: water@adb.org
Jeroen van der Sommen
Director, Netherlands Water Partnership
Email: jvds@nwp.nl |
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