Project profile — Asia Pacific Project Preparation Facility

• Asia, regional (100.00%)

• Water And Sanitation: Water sector policy and administrative management (14010) (18.00%)
• Public sector policy and administrative management:
Public sector policy and administrative management (15110) (1.00%)
Public finance management (15111) (2.50%)
• Transport And Storage: Transport policy and administrative management (21010) (29.00%)
• Communication: Telecommunications (22020) (4.50%)
• Energy Generation, Distribution And Efficiency - General: Energy policy and administrative management (23110) (22.50%)
• Banking And Financial Services: Financial policy and administrative management (24010) (9.00%)
• Business And Other Services: Business support services and institutions (25010) (11.50%)
• Other Multisector: Urban development and management (43030) (2.00%)

The Asia Pacific Project Preparation Facility (AP3F) is a $ 124.17 million multi-donor facility, managed by the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Office of Public-Private Partnerships (OPPP). This project aims to build the capacities of developing countries in Asia to create public-private partnerships for infrastructure. The AP3F prioritizes technical assistance requests that contribute to climate resilience, sustainable development and regional economic integration, which enhances enabling reforms and government capacity development. The facility is co-financed by ADB ($14.27 million), Australia ($9 million), Japan ($71.35 million), and Republic of Korea ($ 7.14 million). Project activities include: (1) providing technical assistance to any ADB developing member country government to support the financial, legal, and technical advisory services required to prepare and structure public-private partnership (PPP) transactions. This includes project scoping, feasibility, preparation, structuring and tendering; and (2) supporting legal and regulatory reforms that facilitate private sector investments in infrastructure projects.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) improved policy, legislative, regulatory and institutional practices for public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects by governments in the Asia Pacific region; and (2) increased delivery of infrastructure investment opportunities to prospective investors in the Asia Pacific region.

Results achieved as of March 2025 include: (1) approved 87 technical assistance initiatives and brought 17 supported Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects to market (financial and commercial close); (2) provided policy, legislative, regulatory and institutional practices advice and capacity development support to 24 developing member countries (DMCs), including 11 PPP units and agencies; and (3) catalyzed $5 billion of commercial investment into priority PPP infrastructure projects, of which $2.38 billion are climate finance; (4) expanded PPP activities into social sectors (health, food, security and education) to support government’s response to shocks related to severe flooding, increase in energy prices, and supply chain disruptions; (5) established a framework for national infrastructure development; (6) increased support to facilitate establishment of a PPP Centre; (7) increased PPP activities in the Pacific Island Countries; and (8) provided end-to-end support that combines multiple types of assistance in a single TA package that incorporated elements of climate resilience, gender inclusion, and digital transformation, and the principles of Quality Infrastructure Investment.

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