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Water for All - 2005

• Updated Sites


• Approved Pilot and Demonstration Activities
• Media Activities - Media Workshops on Water Issues
• Network of Asian River Basin Organizations

• Water Champions


• ADB's Initial Assistance to Tsunami-Hit Countries: Interview with Ann Quon
• Saving Wetlands for the Future: Interview with Shaoxia Cheng

• Country Water Actions


• India: Picking Up The Pieces - Tamil Nadu Farming After The Tsunami
• Indonesia: Rebuilding Aceh's Water Infrastructure Must Involve Everyone
• Fighting Against the Odds -- The Quest for Clean Water in Sri Lanka

• Reports


• Final Report: Education for Sustainable River and Water Conservation [PDF]
• Flipchart: Communities working together, sharing water [PDF]
• Inception Report: Bang Pakong Dialogue Initiative [PDF]
• Inception Report: Central Region Water Resources Sector Project [PDF]
• Inception Report: Development of Pro-Poor Rural Water Actions in Collaboration with World Vision [PDF]
• Mid-term Progress Report: Initial Proposal for a Participatory Methodology and Additional Interventions in Binh Dinh and Quang Ngai provinces [PDF]

• Photo Essays
• China, People's Republic of: Sanjiang Plain

• Workshop Materials


• ADB National Media Workshop on Water - Indonesia (5-8 December 2004, Bogor, Indonesia)

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• New Sites


• Comprehensive Review of ADB Water Policy Implementation

• Updated Sites


• ADB's Water Policy Introductory Page
• Loans and Technical Assistance
• Promoting Water Sector Reforms
• Review Panel: Comprehensive Review of ADB Water Policy Implementation
• Videos, Photos, and Publications
• Water for All Sitemap
• Water Awareness Program

• Country Water Action


• Water Management in Thailand - Learning from History

• Publication


• Water for All News (February 2005)

• ADB Water Sector Statistics


• 2004 Approved Loans with Water Component [Excel]
• 2004 Approved TAs with Water Component [Excel]
• 2004-2006 Proposed ADB Loans with Water Component [Excel]
• 2004-2006 Proposed TAs with Water Component [Excel]
• Regional Distribution of Proposed Water Sector Loans [Excel]
• Regional Distribution of 2004-2006 Proposed Water Sector TAs [Excel]

• Water Policy Flyer


• How Effective is ADB's Water Policy? [PDF]

• Report


• Sustainable Water Integrated Management Background and Update (Sept. 2004 - Jan. 2005)

• Events


• Blue Bag Seminar: Water Supply - Can Full Cost Recovery be Achieved? (10 February 2005, ADB Headquarters)
• Training Workshop in River Basin Management and Organizations for Mid-career Water Professionals from South Asia (25-29 April 2005, Colombo, Sri Lanka)

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• New Sites


• Comparative Analysis of Water Sector Reforms

• Updated Sites


• Cooperation Fund for the Water Sector: Fund Management
• Regional Events
• South East Asia Water Utilities Network (SEAWUN)
• Water Awareness Program
• Water Champions
• Water for All News Main Page
• Water Operations

• Water Champion


• Overcoming the Water Supply and Sanitation Constraints of Bangladesh: Interview with Khondaker Azharul Haq

• Country Water Action


• Viet Nam: Poverty Reduction Gets a Boost in Bac Ninh

• Water Brief


• Should Asia's Urban Poor Pay for Water?

• Water Policy Flyer


• Flyer: Criteria and Selection Process for the Review Panel [PDF]

• ADB Water Sector Statistics


• 2004 Approved Loans with Water Component [Excel]

• Events


• Exploring New Approaches to Speed Up Implementation of Water Supply and Sanitation Projects (22 March 2005, ADB Headquarters)
• Second Regional Meeting of National Water Sector Apex Bodies - Leadership in Water Governance (27-29 April 2005, Bangkok, Thailand)

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• New Sites


• Comprehensive Review of ADB Water Policy Implementation
• Review Panel
• In-Country Consultation Workshops
• Regional Consultation Workshops
• ADB Staff Workshops and Surveys

• Updated Sites


• First Regional Meeting of National Water Sector Apex Bodies: Leadership in Water Governance - Report of the Meeting
• Regional Events
• Interim Review of ADB's Water Policy Implementation
• Water Awareness Program
• Water Champions
• Water for All News Main Page
• Videos, Photos, and Publications

• Water Champion


• ADB Water Policy as Guide for Investments: Interview with Wouter T. Lincklaen Arriens
• Creating a Lifestyle Built on Integrated Water Management Practices: Interview with Chandrashekar Hariharan

• Country Water Action


• Thailand: Disputes Beneath the Surface of Bang Pakong
• Thailand: Flourishing Local Innovation Keeps the Peace in Samut Songkram
• Thailand: Guarding the River from Generation to Generation

• Publication


• Water for All News (April 2005)

• Events


• Comprehensive Review of ADB Water Policy Implementation: Staff Workshop (12 April 2005, ADB Headquarters)
• ADB National Media Workshop on Water - Pakistan (17-19 April 2005, Islamabad, Pakistan)
• Training Workshop in River Basin Management and Organizations for Mid-career Water Professionals from South Asia (24-29 April 2005, Colombo, Sri Lanka)
• Second Regional Meeting of National Water Sector Apex Bodies - Leadership in Water Governance (27-29 April 2005, Bangkok, Thailand)
• Blue Bag Seminar: Breaking New Ground in Sanitation to Achieve the MDGs (28 April 2005, ADB Headquarters)
• Blue Bag Seminar: Rationalizing Water Tariffs for Private Water Utilities (5 May 2005, ADB Headquarters)

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• Updated Sites


• Comprehensive Review of ADB Water Policy Implementation
• Review Panel
• In-Country Consultation Workshops
• Network of Asian River Basin Organizations (NARBO) Activities
• Regional Events

• New Water Actions


• National Water Sector Apex Bodies - Blazing New Trails with Performance Benchmarking and Peer Reviews (Regional)
• Water and Energy Commission Secretariat (WECS): Steering Nepal's Water Sector (Nepal)

• New Pilot and Demonstration Activities


• Establishing Local Partnership for Managing Water and Sanitation Services in Secondary Towns of Azerbaijan
• Groundwater Aquifer Rejuvenation Demonstration Pilot Project for Balochistan
• Pilot-test the Preparatory Process of Developing a New Subproject Management Model

• Online Survey


• ADB Water Policy Implementation Review - Client and Stakeholder Survey

• Documents
• Development of a Strategy for Private Sector Participation in Small Scale Water Sector Projects [PDF]
• TOR Report: Development of a Strategy for PSP in Small Scale Water Sector Projects [PDF]
• Contract for the Decentralized Water Treatment Facility in Lilo-an Public Market [PDF]
• Proposal for PDA: Pilot-test the Preparatory Process of Developing a New Subproject Management Model [PDF]
• Proposal for PDA: Establishing Local Partnership for Managing Water and Sanitation Services in Secondary Towns of Azerbaijan [PDF]
• Proposal for PDA: Groundwater Aquifer Rejuvenation Demonstration Pilot Project for Balochistan

• Events
• 46th Annual Meeting Inter-American Development Bank (10-12 April 2005; Okinawa, Japan)
• SEAWUN Convention on Water and Wastewater in South East Asia (Hanoi, Viet Nam: 7-9 June 2005)

• Event Materials


• ADB National Media Workshop on Water - Pakistan (17-19 April 2005; Islamabad, Pakistan)
• Training Workshop in River Basin Management and Organizations for Mid-career Water Professionals from South Asia (25-29 April 2005; Colombo, Sri Lanka)

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• Updated Sites
• Approved Pilot and Demonstration Activities
• Country Water Actions
• Events
• Links
• PDA: Developing and Testing Environmental Education and Awareness Methodologies
• Promoting Water Sector Reforms: National Water Sector Apex Bodies (NWSABs)
• Water Briefs


• New Sites
• NWSABs: Report of the 2nd Regional Meeting of National Water Sector Apex Bodies
• NWSABs: Peer Review Process
• NWSABs: Developing Performance Indicators for Benchmarking
• NARBO Report on Training Workshop in River Basin Management and Organizations for Mid-Career Water Professionals from South Asia


• Comprehensive Review of ADB's Water Policy Implementation
• In-Country Consultation Workshops
• In Country Consultation: Cambodia - Agenda
• Report of the First Work Session of the Review Panel
• Summary of Assessments and Review Processes to Date [PDF]
• Summary of ADB Water Operations and Progress in Cambodia [PDF]
• Summary of ADB Water-related Projects in Cambodia [PDF]
• Timeline of Key Events
• Review Panel
• Biographies of Panel Members


• Water Champion
• Ramon B. Alikpala on Striving for a Stronger and More Cohesive Philippine Water Sector


• Water Brief
• Apex Bodies: The Coordinating Eye Behind Water Sector Reforms


• Online Survey
• ADB's NGO Center Questionnaire on ADB-Government-NGO Cooperation


• Publication
• Water for All News E-Newsletter (June 2005)


• Documents
• A Peer Review Process to Support Performance Benchmarking Among Nantional Water Sector Apex Bodies [PDF]
• Background Brief for Participants of the In-country Consultation in Cambodia [PDF]
• Final Report: PDA on Developing and Testing Environmental Education and Awareness Methodologies [PDF]
• Full Report on First Work Session of the Review Panel [PDF]
• Mission Report: Integrated Water Resources Management and Environmental Impact Study [PDF]
• Performance Indicators for Benchmarking National Water Sector Apex Bodies [PDF]
• Training Materials on NARBO Training Workshop in River Basin Management and Organizations
• Project Completion Report: Development of Pro-poor Rural Water Actions in Collaboration with an NGO [PDF]
• Study of National Water Sector Apex Bodies and Civil Society Involvement in Asia [PDF]


• Events
• Hands-on Workshop on Sanitation and Wastewater Management (19-23 September 2005)
• ADB National Media Workshop on Water- Bangladesh (5-8 June 2005)
• Roundtable Discussion on Private Sector Participation in Urban Water Supply in India (15-16 June 2005)
• Comprehensive Review of ADB's Water Policy Implementation: In Country Consultation in Cambodia (23-24 June 2005)
• Blue Bag Seminar: Willing-to-Pay (WTP) in Water Projects - All You Need To Know (23 June 2005)
• Blue Bag Seminar: Emerging Trends in Public-Private Partnerships in the Irrigation Sector (30 June 2005)

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• Updated Sites
• Cooperation Fund for the Water Sector
• Fund Management
• Fund Allocation


• Water Champion
• Narendra K.C. on No community too remote for Nepal's water-minded SAPPROS


• Pilot and Demonstration Activities
• Initiating Integrated Water Resources Planning in the Vu Gia Basin
• Piloting School-led Water Supply and Gender sensitive Sanitation in Kapilvastu


• Country Water Actions
• Asia: Study Uncovers What Makes Irrigation Initiatives Pro-Poor
• India: India's Management Transfer Scheme Begins Irrigation Reforms
• Nepal: Demonstrating the Promise of Drip
• PRC: A Promising Path Toward Poverty-free Countryside


• Publication
• Water for All News (July 2005)


• Photo Essay
• Nepal: Women Working for Every Drop


• Video Documentary
• Saving Cambodia's Great Lake


• Reports
• Report on Round Table Discussion on Private Sector Participation in Urban Water Supply in India
• Reference Materials from the Round Table Discussion on Private Sector Participation in Urban Water Supply in India


• Documents
• Proposal: Piloting School-led Water Supply and Gender sensitive Sanitation in Kapilvastu [PDF]
• Proposal: Initiating Integrated Water Resources Planning in the Vu Gia Basin [PDF]


• Events
• 2nd Southeast Asia Water Forum (Bali, Indonesia)

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• Updated Sites
• ADB Water Awareness Program
• ADB's Water Policy
• Basic Water Sector Information
• Comprehensive Review of ADB's Water Policy Implementation
• Agenda: Fiji In-Country Consultation Workshop
• Agenda: Indonesia In-Country Consultation Workshop
• Fiji In-Country Consultation Workshop
• In-Country Consultation Workshops
• Participants' Brief: Fiji In-Country Consultation Workshop
• Participants' Brief: Indonesia In-Country Consultation Workshop


• Events Calendar
• National Water Sector Apex Bodies (NWSAB)
• Network of River Basin Organizations (NARBO) Activities
• Past Events
• Roundtable Discussion on Private Sector Participation in Urban Water Supply in India (15-16 June 2005; Bangalore, India)
• Event Photos
• SEAWUN Convention on Water and Wastewater in South East Asia (Hanoi, Viet Nam: 7-9 June 2005)
• Videos, Photos, and Publications
• Water Partnerships


• Country Water Actions
• Azerbaijan: Urban Water Supply and Sanitation in Goychay, Agdash, and Nakhchivan
• Indonesia: Indonesia, ADB Create a Custom-Fit Regulatory Framework to Improve Investing Environment in Country's Water Services
• Maldives: Paying the Price for Clean and Safe Water
• Regional: Credible Regulatory Bodies — The Watchdog of Water Interests
• Regional: Public-Private Models Offer Options to Utilities


• Speech
• Business Unusual
  K.E. Seetharam at the Roundtable Discussion on Private Sector Participation in Urban Water Supply in India (15 June 2005; Bangalore, India)


• Reports
• Progress Report: Operational Research on Decentralized Wastewater Management & its Dissemination [PDF] (August 2004)


• Events
• Water Awareness Program ADB National Media Workshop on Water (Beijing, People's Republic of China; 4-7 September 2005)
• Water Awareness Program ADB National Media Workshop on Water (Chengdu, People's Republic of China; 12-15 September 2005)
• Water Awareness Program ADB National Media Workshop on Water (Shanghai, People's Republic of China; 8-11 September 2005)
• Apex Bodies Training on Performance Benchmarking (Manila, Philippines; 20-23 August 2005)
• Final Local Water Dialogue for the PDA on Sustainable Water Integrated Management and Governance (SWIM) for Baguio City, Philippines (Manila, Philippines ; 26 August 2005)
• Launching of the Performance Benchmarking System of RBOs with Peer Review Process (Bali, Indonesia; 3 September 2005)
• Workshop on Strategic Directions for ADB's Future Irrigation Investments (Manila, Philippines ; 18 August 2005)

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• Updated Sites
• Comprehensive Review of ADB's Water Policy Implementation
• Agenda: Kazakhstan In-Country Consultation Workshop
• Indonesia In-Country Consultation Workshop
• Kazakhstan In-Country Consultation Workshop
• Fiji In-Country Consultation Workshop
• India In-Country Consultation Workshop
• Participants' Brief: India In-Country Consultation Workshop
• Participants' Brief: Kazakhstan In-Country Consultation Workshop
• Timeline of Key Events


• Events Calendar
• 2nd Southeast Asia Water Forum
• Media Activities - Media Workshops on Water Issues
• National Water Sector Apex Bodies (NWSAB)
• Network of River Basin Organizations (NARBO) Activities
• Water Awareness Program — ADB National Media Workshops on Water
• Photo Gallery: Beijing, Shanghai, and Chengdu Workshops




• Water Champion
• Manila Water's Tony Aquino: Living Up to the Promise of Private Sector Involvement in Water


• Country Water Actions
• Philippines: Rationalizing Tariffs for Private Water Utilities under the National Water Resources Board
• Philippines: Saving the Fish for Another Day
• Philippines: River Waste Goes Up in Smoke and Helps Poor Fisherfolk in the Process


• Photo Essays
• Philippines: River Waste Goes Up in Smoke And Helps Poor Fisherfolk in the Process
• Philippines: Saving the Fish for Another Day


• Publication
• Water for All News (September 2005)


• Events
• Comprehensive Review of ADB's Water Policy Implementation In Country Consultation: India (New Delhi, India; 28 September 2005)


• Reports
• Meeting Report — Comprehensive Review of ADB's Water Policy Implementation In Country Consultation: Cambodia
• Meeting Report — SEAWUN Convention on Water and Wastewater in South East Asia


• Speeches
• Keynote Speech [PDF: 15Kb | 3 pages]
  Bindu N. Lohani, Director-General, Regional and Sustainable Development Department
  Advancing Sanitation and Wastewater Management Agenda in Asia and Pacific Region, Workshop on Sanitation and Wastewater Management - The Way Forward (19 September 2005; ADB Headquarters)



• Opening Remarks [PDF: 11Kb | 2 pages]
  Wouter Lincklaen Arriens, Lead Water Resources Specialist, Regional and Sustainable Development Department
  In-Country Consultation for Kazakhstan, ADB Water Policy Implementation Review (15 September 2005; Almaty, Kazakhstan)



• Advancing the National Water Agenda [PDF: 102Kb | 6 pages]
  Shamshad Akhtar, Director General, Southeast Asia Department
  2nd Southeast Asia Water Forum (29 August 2005; Bali Indonesia)



• National Water Reforms for Investment [PDF: 58Kb | 13 pages]
  Wouter Lincklaen Arriens, Lead Water Resources Specialist, Regional and Sustainable Development Department
  2nd Southeast Asia Water Forum (29 August 2005; Bali Indonesia)



• Understanding Water Services in Growing Asian Cities [PDF: 33Kb | 9 pages]
  Stephen Curry, Advisor, Office of the Director General Southeast Asia Department
  2nd Southeast Asia Water Forum (2 September 2005; Bali Indonesia)

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• Updated Sites
  • ADB's Cooperation Fund for the Water Sector
  • ADB Water Awareness Program: Promotion and Public Awareness
  • Closing the Water Information Gap in the PRC
  • News and Events
  • Comprehensive Review of ADB's Water Policy Implementation
  • Review Panel
  • Consultations
  • Water-Related Conferences
  • ADB Staff Workshop and Feedback Sessions
  • ADB Revises Water Policy Regarding Large Water Resources Projects
  • Southeast Asia Water Utilities Network — Convention on Water and Wastewater in Southeast Asia
  • ADB Media Workshops in the People’s Republic of China—Beijing, Chengdu, and Shanghai

• Water Champion
  • Overcoming Water Challenges in the People’s Republic of China: Interview with Vice Minister Suo Lisheng

• Country Water Actions
  • PRC: Charting Change: Water Reforms for Full Cost Recovery in the PRC
  • PRC: Drafting the Law, Saving the Yellow River
  • PRC: Integrated Solutions for Integrated Water Problems
  • PRC: Suzhou Creek’s Ecological Comeback

• Publication
  • Dams and Development E-Paper

• Photo Essay
  • PRC: Cleaning Shanghai's Suzhou Creek

• Reports
  • Final Report: Rationalizing Tariff for Private Water Utilities Under NWRB [PDF]
  • Meeting Report on Hands-On Workshop on Sanitation and Wastewater Management
  • Progress Report: Cooperation Fund for the Water Sector (January - June 2005)
  • Report on Second Work Session of the Review Panel

• Events
  • Blue Bag Seminar: Better Water Resource Management: Lessons from Thailand (25 October 2005; ADB Headquarters)
  • 3^rd NARBO Training Workshop: Technology for Integrated Water Resources Management — River Basin Approach (14-18 November 2005; Daejeon, Korea)
  • Regional Consultation with the Private Sector (18 October 2005; Manila, Philippines)
  • Regional Consultation with the Civil Society (18 November 2005; ADB Headquarters)
  • Blue Bag Seminar: Towards Effective Local Water Governance (6 October 2005; ADB Headquarters)

• Updated Sites
  • 3rd NARBO Training Workshop: Technology for Integrated Water Resources Management — River Basin Approach
  • Event Materials
  • Apex Bodies Training on Performance Benchmarking
  • Event Materials
  • Comprehensive Review of ADB's Water Policy Implementation
  • Consultation with the Public Sector
  • Consultation with Civil Society
  • Feedback from Clients and Stakeholders
  • Country Water Actions - Topic Index
  • Dams and Development E-Paper
  • Links
  • Pilot and Demonstration Activities
  • Presentation of Asia Water Watch 2015: Are Countries in Asia on Track to Meet Target 10 of the Millennium Development Goals?
  • Event Materials

• Water Champion
  • Joe Madiath: Championing 100% Sanitation Coverage in Rural Communities in India: Interview with Joe Madiath

• Country Water Actions
  • Asia: Are Countries in Asia on Track to Meet Target 10 of the Millennium Development Goals?
  • Philippines: Securing the Lives and Landscape of Hidden Paradise

• Publications
  • Asia Water Watch 2015: Are Countries in Asia on Track to Meet Target 10 of the Millennium Development Goals? (Forthcoming) [PDF]
  • Charting Change: The Impact of ADB’s Water for All Policy on Investments, Project Design, and Sector Reform [PDF] (Forthcoming)
  • Water for All News (October 2005)

• Reports
  • Report on Third Work Session of the Review Panel (November 2005)
  • Meeting Report on the Private Sector Consultation (November 2005)

• Speeches
  • Welcome Remarks
    Bindu N. Lohani at the Presentation of Asia Water Watch 2015: Are Countries in Asia on Track to Meet Target 10 of the Millennium Development Goals? (17 November 2005; ADB Headquarters)
  • Keynote Address
    Charles Melhuish at the Apex Bodies Training on Performance Benchmarking (4 October 2005; Manila Philippines)
  • Welcome Remarks
    Wouter Lincklaen Arriens at the Apex Bodies Training on Performance Benchmarking (4 October 2005; Manila Philippines)

• Event
  • Presentation of Asia Water Watch 2015 - Are Countries in Asia on Track to Meet Target 10 of the Millennium Development Goals? (17 November 2005; Manila, Philippines)

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• Updated Sites
• Approved Pilot and Demonstration Activities
• Comprehensive Review of ADB's Water Policy Implementation
• ADB Staff Workshop and Feedback Sessions
• Consultations
• Results of the Client and Stakeholder Survey
• Review Panel
• Cooperation Fund for the Water Sector
• Promotion and Public Awareness
• Regional Events
• Program Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation
• Highlights of Accomplishments
• Country Water Actions
• Events Calendar
• Videos, Photos, and Publications
• Water for the Poor - Partnerships for Action
• Partnership with WaterAid: Empowering Civil Society for Reforms

• Country Water Actions
• Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan: Border Residents Manage 'Mad' River
• Nepal: Meeting the Sanitation Challenge: Low Technology, High Rewards
• Nepal: Villagers Solve Own Water Woes
• Pakistan: Canal Rehabilitation a Boon for Small Farmers
• Philippines: Northern Mine Switching to Water
• Singapore: Technology Turns Water Weakness into Strength

• Publication
• Water for All News (December 2005)

• Reports
• Comprehensive Review of ADB's Water Policy Implementation
• Fiji Consultation: Meeting Report
• India Consultation: Meeting Report
• Indonesia Consultation: Meeting Report
• Results of the Client and Stakeholder Survey
• Meeting Report of the 1st NARBO Thematic Workshop on Water Rights and Water Allocation

• Events
• Final Work Session of the Review Panel for the Comprehensive Review of ADB’s Water Policy (2-6 December 2005; Manila, Philippines)
• NARBO Thematic Workshop on Water Allocation and Water Rights (5-9 December 2005; Hanoi, Viet Nam)
• Gender and Irrigation Training (19-21 December 2005; Phnom Penh, Cambodia)