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 Village consultation forum for wetland conservation and rehabilitation of Nakhon Nayok sub-basin in Thailand. Read the PDA |
Innovative ideas, technologies, approaches and methodologies can improve the delivery of water services and management of water resources. But innovative ideas do not always guarantee successful results on the first try. ADB's pilot and demonstration activities (PDAs) provide opportunities for initially testing and improving such ideas on a smaller scale.
Since 2002, ADB has offered local governments, communities, and nongovernment organizations the opportunity to test their ideas for water innovations on a small scale. ADB does this through its pilot and demonstration activity facility. The idea is to have these innovations ultimately replicated on a larger scale, or mainstreamed into larger projects.
To date, ADB has approved 31 projects worth $1.5 million, with each PDA receiving a grant of approximately $50,000; 19 of the PDAs have been completed. PDAs have been proposed and approved in every subregion of Asia and the Pacific, and majority was implemented in Southeast Asia and South Asia.
The subject of PDAs varies widely, but many dealt with institutional and policy reforms and public awareness. The other PDAs focused on women, the poor, and technology. Sometimes the PDA involves technology or approaches tested elsewhere but needing to be tested in a specific location, or those involving nuances. Certainly, wastewater treatment plants are no innovation. And the principles of integrated water resource management have been around for decades. Yet the PDA fund supported two such projects recently because they brought the tested innovations to new contexts.
 A decentralized wastewater treatment plant in the Philippine town of Liloan cleaned the coastal waters, bringing hopes of a thriving tourism industry and a prosperous economy. Read the PDA |
Find out if your ideas qualify for a PDA grant. Here are answers to frequently asked questions about PDAs.
Which ideas qualify?
Proposed projects should:
Which ideas would not qualify?
What kind of assistance would approved projects get?
Approved projects will be allotted about $50,000 funding assistance. These funds can be used for, among others, consultant services in developing, validating and demonstrating new approaches, and field-based applied research and demonstration by local stakeholders, including NGOs.
How will proposals be reviewed?
The proposals will be reviewed according to its technical merits, extent and nature of proposed innovation, and potential for replication.
 Training community leaders to become hygiene promoters —about 75 community leaders from 29 villages participated in the training courses in Nantai Island, PRC. Read the PDA |
Who can apply?
How should proposals be submitted?
Who will evaluate the proposals?
The Water Fund Manager, with assistance from the ADB’s Water Team, will review proposals on their eligibility, assist in their development, and recommend their consideration to the PDA Advisory Panel for “no objection.”
What are the next steps upon submission of the proposal?
For queries, please contact:
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