Water

Water Awareness
Pilot and Demonstration Activities

Pilot and demonstration activities are short-term activities designed to

• support new approaches to processing and implementing ADB technical assistance and loan-financed investment projects, and new approaches to water sector policy development and sector reform

• improve or promote innovative local initiatives implemented by NGOs, development partners and local communities

PDAs are being financed under the Cooperation Fund for the Water Sector, a multi-agency umbrella facility that promotes effective water management policies and practices in Asia and the Pacific.

Water awareness PDAs are designed to highlight local level projects that promote awareness and encourage behavioral changes among local stakeholders.

• Clean River Program for the Urban Poor in Nantai Island, Fuzhou
• Developing and Testing Environmental Education and Awareness Methodologies
• Education for Sustainable River and Water Conservation
• Operational Research on Decentralized Wastewater Management and its Dissemination
• Participatory Project Evaluation of Community Action in Hygiene Promotion in Shandong Province
• Piloting School-led Water Supply and Gender sensitive Sanitation in Kapilvastu
• Water Management Information Dissemination and Extension for Irrigated Agriculture