9th ADB Business Opportunities Fair

Water and Urban Development Sectors

Frank Radstake & Stephane Bessadi

Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC)

14 March 2018
 Outline
• The Development Agenda: Road to 2030
• Water Sector
o ADB Policy/Focus for the Sector
o Issues and Challenges
o ADB’s total portfolio and pipeline for the sector
• Urban Sector
o ADB Policy/Focus for the Sector
o Issues and Challenges
o ADB’s total portfolio and pipeline for the sector
• General Business Opportunities
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Strategic Direction: Increased Water Security*
(Based on Water Operational Plan)

* Water security is not just being able to provide sufficient water for households and economic activities,
but also includes ensuring healthy ecosystem, and protecting against water-related disasters.

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 ADB’s Perspective
• ADB is focused on inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth,
and regional integration. Details for “The Development Agenda: Road to 2030” are still to
be determined.
• ADB expects to ‘add value’. Projects need to demonstrate innovation,
and are not just about financing
• ADB applies a wide range of social and environmental policies to ensure social
acceptance and sustainability
• Experiences to be shared with other member countries
• Contribution to the SDGs

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 2017 Operations Achievement
$2.78 billion approved investments

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 Water Sector investments – Per Region

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 2018 Pipeline - $4.31 Billion

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 Priority Areas for ADB’s Urban Work

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 Priority Areas for ADB’s Urban Work
Cross- Sectoral and Thematic
Collaboration
Social development, informal
settlements, health and housing
Urban Information Systems
Urban land use planning, data
analytics, mobile technology
and earth observation
Ecosystem-based adaptation &
Green Technology
Climate change adaptation, disaster
risk management, flood
management, drainage and
bioengineering
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Urban Mobility
Mass rapid systems,
walkability, air quality control
and climate change mitigation
Water Supply and Sanitation
Water distribution improvement,
fecal sludge management and solid
waste management
Smart Cities
ICT, E-governance, greenfield
development, digital and
municipal finance
 Project Cycle – Entry Points

Maintenance
Water Operators Partnership Program
Peer-to-Peer Twinning Arrangement
Policy Dialogue
PRC: Country Partnership Strategy
Pre-Concept
Country Programming Mission
TAJ: Dushanbe Water Supply
Improvement Project
Pre-feasibility Support

Implementation Concept
BAN: Dhaka BAN: City Region Development
Environmentally Investment Program
Sustainable Water Feasibility Studies (with financial
Supply Project support from CDIA)
Construction
Engineering and
Inspection
Pilot Preparation
BAN: Coastal Towns Environmental Approval MYA: Mandalay Urban Services
Improvement Project (AF) FIJ: Urban Water and Wastewater Improvement Project-2
Application using Investment Grant Management Investment Program Planning with partners support
(through UCCRTF) Detailed Engineering and Design (through European Space Agency)

CDIA: Cities Development Initiative for Asia, FCP: Future Cities Program, UCCRTF: Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund

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 2017 Operations Achievement

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 Servicing clients to improve efficiencies
• Use of geographical information
systems for asset management
and strengthening
• GEO: Urban Services
Improvement Investment Program
• Collaboration with UNESCO-IHE
on remote sensing for water
accounting and productivity
• Collaboration with the European
Space Agency on use of remote
sensing in urban, water resources
and food security
• Collaboration with University of
Tokyo and JAXA on climate
change and disaster risk
assessment

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 Introducing innovation in processes
• Waste to energy recovery—
sludge in wastewater systems
• FIJ: Urban Water Supply and
Wastewater Management
Project
• IND: Rajasthan Urban
Infrastructure Development
Project
• MYA: Mandalay Urban
Services Improvement
Project

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 Reducing environmental and/or
social costs
• Use of Reverse
Osmosis /
semipermeable
membranes for potable
water supply
• AZE: Water Supply and
Sanitation Investment
Program
• SRI: Jaffna-Killinochchi
Water Supply Project
• Pacific Islands, various
small plants

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 Business Opportunities
A menu of solutions will form the basis for operational
interventions over the next 5 years:
• Water use efficiencies across the range of users
• Expanded wastewater management and wastewater
reuse
• Embedded integrated water resources management
• Resilience of water and waste water utilities
• Expanded knowledge development
• Technology and innovation
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• Enhanced partnerships with the private sector
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 More to follow:

ADB’s Lending and

Non-Lending Pipeline by the Regional Departments

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 Contact persons:
Water: Mr. Thomas Panella
Chief of Water Sector Group
tpanella@adb.org

Urban: Mr. Manoj Sharma

Chief of Urban Sector Group
msharma@adb.org