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- This online workshop for select policy makers from Asia and the Pacific aims to convey messages on best practices and innovative approaches for long term financing of the water and sanitation sector, using PPP model in a local context.
- A community-led approach engages the urban poor and other stakeholders in identifying, implementing, and sustaining a project.
- Join us for an international round table on World Water Day and World Meteorological Day, focusing on the vital theme of Promoting Efficient Management of Water Resources in Central Asia. Held on March 19, 2024, at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, this event offers a platform for crucial discussions on sustainable water management.
- The technical assistance (TA) aimed to provide knowledge and technical support among development member countries (DMCs) on how to integrate climate-resilient, low-carbon urban development objectives in their respective city planning to support their country’s nationally determined contributions (NDCs). This will be demonstrated in two selected DMC cities.This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED's overall assessment is successful.
- ADB has approved a $71 million loan to improve flood control, irrigation, and water resources management in rural communities in Gopalganj and Madaripur districts in Bangladesh to strengthen their preparedness and resilience to the effects of climate change.
- Access to safe and affordable water and sanitation is essential for a city to thrive, be livable, and be inclusive. This requirement aligns with Goal 6 of the Sustainable Development Goals.
- The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to strengthen green urban planning for aimag (provincial) centers in Mongolia by delivering the following outputs (i) review of good practices for green urban planning, (ii) update of green urban planning process, and (iii) preparation and dissemination of green urban plans. The TA addressed the need for updates of the planning system, codes, and regulations, which were last updated in 2004 and no longer aligned with the government’s development strategy.This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.
- The Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF) 2024 Annual Work Program describes the WFPF’s support to the Asian Development Bank’s water sector operations to further promote innovative project design, strengthen capacity, and advance institutional reforms.
- The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to enhance low-carbon development and climate resilience in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The TA was expected to define a municipal climate finance development strategy and an urban climate finance roadmap for selected pilot cities to support municipal governments in undertaking climate-positive investments and unlock new climate financing sources.This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.IED's overall assessment is successful.
- About 95% of Metro Manila’s drinking water is sourced from the Angat system or Umiray-Angat-Ipo. Built in the early 1960s, the Angat dam, reservoir and tunnel system conveying water from the Angat reservoir to treatment plants are in many cases, reaching the end of their design lives.
- The program was intended to enable a longer-term horizon to implement politically sensitive reforms including developing an appropriate regulatory environment and cost-based tariffs for wastewater operations (WWO). The program’s envisaged outcome was Palau Public Utilities Corporation's (PPUC’s) financial sustainability improved.This report validates the completion report's assessment of the program. IED overall assessment: Successful.
- The technical assistance (TA) aimed to strengthen the design and implementation of integrated flood risk management (IFRM) solutions and enhance knowledge and application of IFRM strategies in ADB developing member countries (DMCs). The TA aimed to provide targeted support to selected DMCs in program and project preparation in flood risk management and climate change adaptation and promote more holistic, basin-scale IFRM solutions that incorporate nonstructural and nature-based solutions (NBSs).This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.
- Lockdown policies in Viet Nam inhibited both industrial production and the mobility of people, which led to a greater reduction in fine particulate matter.
- Improving access to clean water and adequate sanitation is particularly crucial in Asia and the Pacific, where 1.5 billion people in rural areas and 600 million people in urban areas still lack water supply and proper sanitation infrastructure.
- Navigating the intricacies of plastic pollution in the East Asian Seas region demands a harmonized approach to data collection and management.
- Access to piped water increases the probability that rural households in Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic will adopt modern sanitation and washing facilities.
- By improving rural infrastructure and supporting farmers, the TSSD-AF is reducing rural poverty and increasing agricultural productivity while helping Cambodia adapt to climate change impacts.
- The objective of the technical assistance (TA) project was to design, pilot, set up, and operationalize the ADB Ventures Facility—a multi-donor trust fund that would deploy and scale technologies and business models throughout the developing Asia and the Pacific in order to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.IED's overall assessment is highly successful.
- ADB has approved a $419.6 million loan for the Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Project to help Indonesia expand access to climate-resilient, adequate, and safely managed sanitation services in the cities of Mataram, Pontianak, and Semarang.
- The expected outcome of the technical assistance (TA) was technical, financial, and legal due diligence conducted for two to three projects for possible ADB nonsovereign lending in selected cities in India. It aimed to scale up urban infrastructure financing for economically and environmentally critical basic urban infrastructure projects in the selected cities.This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.IED's overall assessment is less than successful.