| Project Detail |
The small-scale technical assistance involved updating of ADBs procurement documents consultation to ensure consistency with international best and current practices in line with promoting sustainable development.
Project Name Increasing Sustainability in ADB Financed Infrastructure Solutions
Project Number 57274-001
Country / Economy Regional
Project Status Active
Project Type / Modality of Assistance Technical Assistance
The small-scale technical assistance involved updating of ADBs procurement documents consultation to ensure consistency with international best and current practices in line with promoting sustainable development.
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy
In line with promoting sustainable development through interventions in social sectors and infrastructure as articulated in Strategy 2030, it is important to align ADBs procurement documents (bidding documents and contracts) with international best and current practices to achieve sustainability.
Sufficient market engagement and participation is critical for ADB and its borrowers ability to drive sustainable development and include sustainable infrastructure specifications into ADB-funded projects. Technology and innovation, as it relates to building materials, design methods, and solutions, will largely come from the private sector contractors, suppliers, and consultants. As such, this TA will focus on outreach activities across the entire ADB sovereign portfolio to ensure that ADBs procurement documents are consistent with international best and current practices
Impact
Public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities as outlined under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 12.7a exercised across ADB operations. |
