Southeast Asia Resilient and Water Secure Cities Facility (ADB-58284-001)

Countries
  • Cambodia
  • Indonesia
  • Laos
  • Philippines
  • Thailand
  • Timor-Leste
  • Vietnam
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
U
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Dec 12, 2024
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Regional - Asian Development Bank
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Infrastructure
  • Technical Cooperation
  • Water and Sanitation
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 6.30 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 6.30 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS May 12, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Dec 12, 2024

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Project Description
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According to the Bank’s website, the technical assistance will serve as an end-to-end, climate-focused project development, implementation support and innovation facility for water and urban development sector support to Southeast Asian developing member countries (DMCs). The facility will support the following activities: (i) upstream sector diagnostics leading to pipeline of climate-focused, low-carbon urban and water sector investments suitable for sovereign, non-sovereign and blended financing, (ii) project design for sovereign projects, ensuring ADB's value added through the adoption of innovative approaches such as nature-based solutions, digitization, last-mile connectivity to under-served areas, gender inclusion, and contracting modalities to strengthen engagement with private sector operators e.g. performance-based non-revenue water management contracts; (iii) institutional reforms and capacity development to ensure the right enabling environment, and (iv) follow-on support for ADB-financed projects to ensure sustainable operations and maintenance arrangements are in place.

The TA will take a systematic approach to private sector development planning by assessing the water and wastewater value chains, identifying infrastructure needs, and assessing what infrastructure modality creates value for money. Activities supported under the TA will aim to create upstream, midstream, and downstream opportunities to support private sector development in Cambodia, Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam. Such interventions include but are not limited to (i) improving the enabling environment through strengthening of the regulatory environment, e.g., through tariff reforms; (ii) identifying opportunities for PPPs; and (iii) making specific investments that could be best delivered through nonsovereign financing.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

According to the Technical Assistance Report, the Risk Categories are:

Environment: Not Applicable
Involuntary Resettlement: Not Applicable
Indigenous Peoples: Not Applicable

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

The TA financing amount is $6,304,000, of which (i) $1,504,000 will be financed on a grant basis by ADB’s Technical Assistance Special Fund (TASF), with $1,295,000 from TASF 7 and $209,000 from TASF-other sources; (ii) $1,800,000 will be financed on a grant basis by the Global Environment Facility and administered by ADB; and (iii) $3,000,000 will be financed on a grant basis by the Urban Resilience Trust Fund under the Urban Financing Partnership Facility and administered by ADB.


Contact Information
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Project Officer: Allison Woodruff
Designation: Principal Water Security Specialist - Asian Development Bank
Email: awoodruff@adb.org

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

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ADB has a two-stage appeals process for requesters who believe that ADB has denied their request for information in violation of its Access to Information Policy. You can learn more about filing an appeal at: https://www.adb.org/site/disclosure/appeals

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF ADB

The Accountability Mechanism is an independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who believe they are likely to be, or have been, adversely affected by an Asian Development Bank-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the Accountability Mechanism, they may investigate to assess whether the Asian Development Bank is following its own policies and procedures for preventing harm to people or the environment. You can learn more about the Accountability Mechanism and how to file a complaint at: http://www.adb.org/site/accountability-mechanism/main.

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