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Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF)

The Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF or the Facility) was established on 29 November 2006, to provide additional financial and knowledge resources from development partners to support the implementation of Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Water Financing Program. The facility will support the following priority thrusts embodied in ADB's Water Operational Plan 2011-2020:

Increased water use efficiencies across the range of users
Expanded wastewater management and reuse, including sanitation
Embedded integrated water resources management (IWRM), including improved risk management to mitigate floods, droughts, and other water-related disasters
Expanded knowledge and capacity development that uses technology and innovation more directly
Enhanced partnerships with the private sector

Support provider

Australia, Austria, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and Switzerland support the fund

Purpose of support

Creating enabling environments and building institutional capacity

Project and program implementation

Eligible countries and regions

All ADB developing member countries are eligible to receive support from the fund.

Eligibility criteria

National governments of all ADB developing member countries are eligible to receive support from the fund.

Financial instruments

Grants

Decision-making information

The Financing Partners and ADB jointly steer the operation of WFPF and meet annually.
The WFPF Steering Committee provides strategic direction for WFPF resources for projects.
The ADB Water Sector Committee reviews and recommends project proposals for assistance from WFPF and advises the Steering Committee.
The Senior Director acts as the Facility Manager for WFPF.
The Office of Co-financing Operations facilitates contributions to the WFPF.

Monitoring and reporting procedures

The Monitoring and Reporting Framework can be viewed in appendix two of this document.

Information on how to...

The Water Sector Committee evaluates applications within 15 working days for TAs and grant component of loans and seven working days for direct charges.

Please contact the ADB for more information.

Please note, funding is only available to pre-selected countries. See the eligible countries field for more information.

https://www.adb.org/sectors/water/financing-program

Climate objective

Adaptation

Sectors and themes

Cities, Oceans and Coasts, Rural Development, Water

Type of support provider

Multilateral

Type of recipient

Public entity at the national level

Fund size

The total contributions as of December 2020 stood at USD 116.401 million

Co-financing required

Trustee or administrator

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Contact information

https://www.adb.org/site/funds/funds/water-financing-partnership-facility

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