Grants and Contributions

This project aims to support project preparation to develop sustainable regional energy infrastructure in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states. It represents Canada's contribution to the Regional Connectivity Fund Multi-Partner Trust Fund. The project focuses on enhancing regional energy connectivity and growth in Southeast Asia by contributing to the objectives of the ASEAN Power Grid for ASEAN’s transition to a low carbon, integrated, and resilient regional economy. It seeks to strengthen energy security and resilience, while fostering regional inclusive and sustainable economic growth by developing and implementing public and private sector-led projects.
Project activities include: (1) providing project preparation support; (2) facilitating project readiness and investment planning; and (3) strengthening capacity building and knowledge exchange.
Beneficiaries include ASEAN member states’ government agencies, state-owned power utilities and energy regulators, public and private sector developers, and regional institutions such as the ASEAN Centre for Energy.

It seeks to establish a finance facility under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to provide grants and technical assistance to financial institutions, alongside commercial loans from the ADB and other lenders.

The Canadian Climate and Nature Fund for the Private Sector in Asia (CANPA) is a partnership between the Government of Canada and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It aims to support Indo-Pacific developing countries transition to inclusive, low carbon and climate-resilient economies by using blended finance to mobilize private sector investments in climate mitigation and adaptation projects as well as nature-based solutions that advance gender equality in the region.

CANPA is a partnership between the Government of Canada and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) aimed at supporting Indo-Pacific developing countries transition to inclusive, low carbon and climate-resilient economies.

This project aims to improve the economic well-being of Vietnamese people, including women and other vulnerable groups, in Vietnam. After two decades of strong economic growth and poverty reduction gains, Vietnam needs to improve and expand its infrastructure while ensuring its environmental sustainability and climate change commitments. The Global Infrastructure Hub estimates that Vietnam would need to invest USD 110 billion between 2021 and 2025 in infrastructure to meet its Sustainable Development Goals, while its current public-financing capacity is only USD 15-18 billion per year. The government must attract much more private capital investment to support sustainable development.
The government passed its first-ever public-private partnership (PPP) law in 2020 to address inconsistencies in the regulatory framework, standardize PPP implementation practices, and encourage private sector investor confidence in Vietnam. This project builds on this regulatory momentum to improve the enabling environment for PPPs in Vietnam. It enhances the knowledge and skills of government officials, particularly in assessing gender and environmental sustainability/climate change in planned infrastructure, developing bankable PPP projects, and governance, policy and coordination of the PPP sector.
Project activities include: (1) conducting an analytical screening of the government’s 2021-2025 Medium-Term Investment Plan of PPP projects to identify strong candidates for public tendering and prepare a feasibility study for a viable PPP project; (2) studying women’s needs and infrastructure development in Vietnam and assessing gender gap in the operations of a selected government agency; (3) preparing curriculum and recruiting candidates for women’s executive and internship programs; (4) providing training and workshops on skills-building to assess PPP proposals; (5) providing seminars, advice and policy support to the Vietnamese government on the implementation of the PPP Law.
This project expects to reach Vietnamese government officials responsible for public-private partnerships (PPP) work at the municipal, provincial and national levels, officials engaged in PPP policy and sector coordination, and approximately 60 women selected to participate in leadership development and internship programs.

This technical assistance project contributes to building disaster-ready and financially resilient national and local governments and private sector institutions in Myanmar. It also increases resilience in communities in Ayeyarwady, a disaster-prone and highly populated delta region of the country. The project contribute to: (1) strengthening climate and disaster risk governance at the national level and in Ayeyarwady; (2) enhancing the capacity of government agencies and selected communities in Ayeyarwady to undertake pilot activities focused on disaster resilience in the agriculture and rural development sector; and (3) increasing awareness and capacity for disaster risk financing in government and the private sector at the national and local levels. It is expected that over 25,000 women and men will have the tools to cope with the impacts of climate change and natural disasters, benefitting an estimated 300,000 people in up to 300 communities.