Past Projects 
Report of the Asia Society Leadership Group on Water Security in Asia (2009)
Main goal:
Raising awareness about the importance of water as a means of security as multiple levels in Asia.
Agenda:
- Raise the profile of water security on the agendas of national governments in Asia.
- Include water in security policy planning
- Encourage investment in & collaboration on water management technologies.
- Generate better policies through dialogue.
- Address the emerging water crisis through a post-2012 climate agreement.
- Utilise the IPCC data on water & climate change to develop early warning systems.
- Develop concrete ways to implement existing statements & regional agreements.
- Expand the Water Financing Partnership Facility initiated by the ADB.
- Harmonize the Millennium Development Goals that pertain to water.
- Improve data quality to generate better policies.
Key Lessons Learnt and Good Practices for Water Resource, Urban Water and Wastewater Management (2009)
Objectives:
Improve the likelihood of success in implementing water and wastewater projects, especially in Asia
Expected Outcomes:
Research methodology for the evaluation of the current ADB Water Policy that frames ADB-funded water management projects in various countries
Pattern of achievements and challenges, success factors in recently completed water projects across Asia.
Presentation in SIWW 2009 and journal article to be published in IWA Water Policy
Relevance:
Identifies structural, macro and long term policy issues in the projects and the emerging global trends in water policy to advise updates to the ADB Water Policy.
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