Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund under the Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF) Contributing to a healthier, more productive urban poor in Asia through supporting innovations in policies, business models, and technologies for sanitation and septage management services

ADB’s support to sanitation:

Water Financing Program
• Sanitation Trust Fund: Financial contribution from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Non-sewer sanitation solutions

Pilot and Demonstration Activity:
• Innovative technologies
• Policy reforms
• Capacity development
• Knowledge products

Water Operators Partnerships:
• Twins weak and strong utilities
• Objective: Adopt mentor’s best practices

Promoting Innovations in Wastewater Management:
• Website
• Case studies
• Project development
• Technology datasheets
• Videos
• Toolkits

Mission

The purpose of the project is to contribute to a healthier, more productive urban poor in Asia through supporting innovations in policies, business models, and technologies for sanitation and septage management services.

Approach

Example of Vietnam: Ongoing Sanitation Work - CDTA7885-VIE: Support to Central and Local Governments to Implement Urban Environment Programs ($2 million, 2012 to 2015) with Ministry of Construction (ATI/MABUTIP) - City Sanitation Strategies: 10 cities (2014 - 2015) - Options Studies: 3 Cities - Planning for decentralized wastewater management & Septage Management (2015) Policy Issues: - Institutional, - Social, - Technical, - Financial Viet Nam ADB Sanitation Strategy: Capacity Building, Pilots, Policy & Planning (2010 – 2015) Large Cities (15): Ongoing central wastewater projects (up to 60% coverage) by Donors: Plan decentralized ww for peri-urban areas and septage management (2015 – 2025 ++) Secondary Cities (50,000 to 250,000): Plan decentralized ww & septage management (2015 – 2025 ++) Small Towns and Communes ( 50,000): Septage management (2015 – 2025 ++)

Documents in library

BMGF grant database (brief information)

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Capacity developmentMarket developmentTechnology comparisonsCitiesPublic awareness, advocacy and civil society engagement Operation, maintenance and sustainable servicesPolitical processes and institutional aspectsSpecific to one or several countriesEmptying and transport (non sewered)Treatment of wastewater or greywaterTreatment of faecal sludgeEnabling environment and institutional strengtheningCapacity development (WG1)Market development (WG2)Cities (WG6)Public awareness, advocacy and civil society engagement (WG9)Biogas systems Constructed wetlandsDecentralised wastewater treatment (e.g. DEWATS)Faecal sludge treatment processesBill & Melinda Gates FoundationUrban informal settlements (slums)PractitionersMultilateral organisation

Related Countries

IndonesiaPhilippinesViet nam