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ADB’s Water Organization Partnerships for Resilience (WOP4R) Program is an initiative focused on building the capacity of water utility operators, irrigation operators, water regulatory agencies, river basin associations, coastal authorities, and other organizations involved in water and sanitation planning and management to complement engineering and technological advancements.

This knowledge sharing, experience-based twinning platform brings together experienced and efficient water organizations to mentor other water entities (recipients) on specific aspects of their operations. These organizations and recipients collaborate to address objectives such as improvements in asset management practices, fecal sludge management, and business planning for financial sustainability.

WOP4R builds on ADB’s successful Water Operators Partnership program that has supported at least 80 partnerships in 21 countries in Asia and the Pacific since 2007, with about $1.1 billion in investments in water supply and sanitation.

WOP4R aims to help water organizations tackle the challenges of increasing climate change and natural hazard risks and better prepare for the future by becoming more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient. WOP4R brings additional value in influencing project design. Water and sanitation utilities are at the forefront of a city’s overall development. Similarly, irrigation associations are critical to the efficient allocation of water to support agricultural production and food security. Infrastructure investments in water can only serve their purpose if assets are properly conceptualized, operated, and maintained. There is opportunity to improve these aspects through a twinning program, wherein partnerships are directly linked to investment programs.