Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund under the Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF)

Climate Fund
iSustain score 60

On 25 July 2013, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation signed a channel financing agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to establish the Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund under the Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF). The fund initially focused on innovative sanitation solutions to increase support for fecal sludge management through non-networked (non-sewered) sanitation and septage management. Since 2019, the focus has shifted to more holistic approach through the citywide inclusive sanitation framework to increase access to appropriate sanitation systems, whether sewered or non-sewered, centralized or decentralized, including the required support to increase knowledge and capacity and improve governance. The fund continues to support ADB’s water operations from 2021 onwards guided by the Strategy 2030 Water Sector Directional Guide: A Water-Secure and Resilient Asia and the Pacific to deliver support in four areas of operational focus for the water sector: (i) water as a sustainable resource, (ii) universal and safe water services, (iii) productive use of water in agriculture and energy, and (iv) reduced climate change and water-related disaster risks. Guiding the implementation of the Water Sector Directional Guide are five guiding principles for improving development outcomes: (i) building resilience and adaptive capacity, (ii) promoting inclusiveness and gender equality, (iii) embracing environmental sustainability and the circular economy, (iv

Geographic focus

Central Asia
East Asia
Eastern Europe
Pacific Islands
South Asia
Southeast Asia

Sector appetite

Climate Adaptation
Industry
Infrastructure
Urban Development
Water

Fund size

USD 27 million

Eligible recipients

Public entity at the national level
Public entity at the regional level
Public entity at the sub-national level

Co-financing requirement

No formal co-financing requirement

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