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Water Financing Partnership Facility

ADB's Water Financing Partnership Facility mobilizes co-financing and investments from development partners to support its Water Financing Program 2006-2010.
Spotlight

 Austria Gives Additional Contribution
The Government of Austria is providing an additional EUR 2.6 million to the Water Financing Partnership Facility’s Multidonor Trust Fund to help finance technical assistance and grant components of investment projects in the water sector. This is Austria’s second contribution to the facility after providing $5 million in 2008.

Water Financing Partnership Facility
ADB established the Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF) in 29 November 2006 to support its Water Financing Program (WFP). This program aims to deliver substantial investment, reform, and capacity development in three key areas—rural water services, urban water services, and river basin water management—and targets the following outcomes:
  • 200 million people with safe drinking water and improved sanitation
  • 40 million people with better irrigation and drainage services
  • 100 million people with reduced flood risks
  • integrated water resources management (IWRM) introduced in 25 river basins

To achieve these WFP goals, the WFPF is mobilizing co-financing and investments from development partners, with initial contributions targeted at $100 million.

Read more about the WFPF.

Investment Windows
WFPF's resources will be directed at two investment windows, each with a specific set of activities:

Project Support Window
Demonstration projects in urban, rural, and basin contexts will get 70% of WFPF resources.

Program Quality Support Window
Activities that facilitate reforms and strengthen capacity will get 30% of WFPF resources.

Find out how your country can access WFPF resources.

Key Achievements to Date
Two years since it was established, the WFPF has become an important resource for ADB to provide additional financial and knowledge resources from development partners to help achieve the targeted outcomes of the WFP.

Read about the facility's key achievements in the WFPF 2010 Annual Report [ PDF ].


WFPF Supported Projects
All activities to be financed by the WFPF will contribute to attaining the WFP targets. These activities will be directed towards

Contributors
There are currently two windows under the WFPF through which donor contributions have been made available: Multi-Donor Trust Fund and Netherlands Trust Fund. Both trust funds provide resources for project support and program quality support activities.

Investing in the Facility
The WFPF promises direct and on the ground results, increased donor harmonization and efficiency, and strengthened partnerships. ADB accepts WFPF contributions, on an untied grant basis, from bilateral, multilateral, and individual sources, including companies and foundations.

Find out how you can contribute to the WFPF.


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Contacts

Karen Decker
Principal Financing Partnerships Specialist
E-mail: kdecker@adb.org


Investment Areas
Urban | Rural | Basin

Updates
Australia Ups Contribution to Water Financing Partnership Facility
ADB received an additional contribution equivalent to US$15.52 million from AusAID in April 2011, bringing the Government of Australia’s total contribution into the Water Financing Partnership Facility’s Multi-donor Trust Fund to US$24.21 million.
Conference Report: 2nd ADB and Partners Sanitation Dialogue (23-25 May; Manila, Philippines)
Nearly 300 participants from 45 countries explored actions needed to make sanitation and wastewater management a sustainable business.




WFPF Total Received Contributions (As of December 2010)
Read WFPF Semi-Annual Progress Report (January-June 2011) [ PDF ]