ADB Water and Urban Development Forum 2025
March 31, 2025
The ADB Water and Urban Development Forum 2025 (AWUF2025) is a flagship knowledge-sharing event taking place in person from 27–30 May 2025 at the ADB Headquarters in Manila, Philippines. With the theme, Valuing Water and Enhancing Livability in Asia and the Pacific, AWUF 2025 will convene communities of practice from across the bank’s operations, developing member country representatives and experts for a week of interactive engagement on the critical drivers of water and urban development in the region.
This Forum is different. It will comprise master classes, peer-to-peer clinics, debates, and fireside chats; with each session carefully curated to ensure maximum value to specific audiences.
A focus on the new. Asia and the Pacific is the most dynamic region in the world. Achieving resilience, improving livability, and delivering just outcomes for all are the challenges of our time. AWUF 2025 will highlight the latest approaches and the current progress from across the region toward meeting these objectives.
An immersive experience. Beyond the formal sessions, participants will have a diverse program of external site visits, Fair Water? Exhibit, Innovation Fair, and social and cultural events.
The Forum will feature six topics under the water and urban development tracks:
❶ Improving services
❷ Developing capacity
❸ Advancing innovation
❹ Urban transformation
❺ Promoting resilience
❻ Mobilizing investment
CDIA’s Participation at AWUF2025
CDIA will organize a session titled Pipeline Exchange: Financing of Investment-Ready Projects on 28 May 2025 at 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. This event will bring together representatives from project preparation facilities and ADB project officers to foster meaningful exchange, facilitate partnerships, and enable matchmaking between them. By sharing insights on preparing bankable projects and exchanging project pipelines, the event aims to enhance the quality and quantity of projects, mitigate investment risks, improve investment efficiency, and strengthen the coordination of project pipelines toward more impactful development outcomes.
REGISTRATION: https://adb.eventsair.com/awuf2025/registration
AWUF2025 WEBSITE: https://adb.eventsair.com/awuf2025/
