The Community Resilience Financing Partnership Facility (CRFPF) operationalizes the Community Resilience Partnership Program (CRPP), a regional program developed by ADB in collaboration with the International Institute for Environment and Development and Huairou Commission.
The CRPP aims to strengthen climate resilience of countries and communities in the Asia and Pacific region by scaling up climate adaptation measures, especially at the community level, that explicitly address the nexus of climate, gender, and poverty. The CRFPF is designed for implementation over a 10-year period from 2021 to 2031.
In November 2023, ADB approved the establishment of the new CRPP Investment Fund (CRPPIF), which will provide loans and grants to support the implementation of local adaptation measures targeting poor and vulnerable populations in seven priority developing member countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and Vanuatu. The CRPPIF focuses on the efficient rollout of local adaptation measures through downstream investment projects. At the Conference of the Parties 28 held in December 2023, ADB and the Green Climate Fund signed the latter’s $120 million contribution to the CRPPIF.
The CRPP approved $8.3 million across 13 projects in 2024: 2 investment grants, 5 technical assistance projects, and 6 direct charges. This portfolio expanded across sectors, financing modalities, and geographies, involving (i) all the human and social development sector (health, education, and social protection); (ii) agriculture; (iii) food; (iv) natural resources; and (v) the rural development sector. It also engaged, for the first time, the finance sector and ADB’s Private Sector Operations Department.
The program channeled its finance through different modalities available to ADB, including grants for investment projects in Nepal, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), and Timor-Leste, and technical assistance attached to a policy-based loan focused on integrated adaptive elements into the existing social protection program in Bangladesh. These demonstrate the program’s ability to influence policies and projects. In 2024, the CRRP also expanded into new countries and regions by supporting its first projects in Timor-Leste and the Pacific region.
In Nepal, the CRPPTF approved a $2 million grant for the $37 million Climate Resilient Landscapes and Livelihoods Project, and $2.5 million for the Rural Resilience and Livelihoods Improvement Project in Timor-Leste. The investment in Nepal also marked CRPP’s first through its Gender Window. The CRPP Investment Fund also became fully operational in 2024, establishing its implementation guidelines and approving a $6 million grant for the Building Resilience and Reducing Rural Poverty Project in the Lao PDR.
| Year Established | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Partner | Agence Française de Développement , Nordic Development Fund, United Kingdom |
| Cumulative Contributions Committed | $62.2 million |
| Project Commitments | |
| Grants | $4.5 million for 2 projects |
| Technical Assistance | $7.2 million for 4 TA projects |
| Direct Charges | $2.3 million for 15 activities |
The Community Resilience Partnership Program Trust Fund (CRPPTF) is a multi-donor trust fund administered by ADB and financed by the Agence Française de Développement, Nordic Development Fund, and the Government of the United Kingdom through its Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. The trust fund focuses on upstream support to strengthen the enabling environment required for financing and implementing local adaptation measures at scale. The CRPPTF includes a dedicated gender financing to promote women-focused investments in resilience. As of December 2024, ADB developing member countries eligible to access the trust fund include Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Lao PDR, Nepal, and Timor-Leste.
13 December 2024
ADB approved a $16.6 million project to help improve climate resilience, water and food security, and livelihood opportunities for rural communities in Timor-Leste.
13 December 2024
ADB approved a $32 million financing package to help reduce poverty and food insecurity, empower women, and build resilience amid increasing health, economic, and climate vulnerabilities in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
5 June 2024
ADB approved a $250 million policy-based loan to further strengthen Bangladesh’s social protection system by supporting program implementation, technical and policy analyses, and capacity building of relevant government agencies.
The Community Resilience Partnership Program Trust Fund enables countries in Asia and the Pacific to scale up investments in adaptation, thus improving the resilience of the region’s poor and vulnerable communities against the rising impacts of climate change.
This annual report details how the multi-donor program promoted climate adaptation during its second year of operation, supporting projects across Bangladesh, Cambodia, the Lao PDR, and Nepal.
This brochure explains how the Community Resilience Partnership Program Trust Fund works to meet its goals of scaling up climate adaptation investment and driving transformational change to increase the resilience of communities in Asia and the Pacific.
The Community Resilience Partnership Program Trust Fund is supporting governments and communities in Asia and the Pacific boost pro-poor resilience investments, focusing on strengthening local institutions and empowering poor people to participate in decision-making processes.
This Q&A with Arghya Sinha Roy, ADB principal climate change specialist, discusses the priorities of the Community Resilience Partnership Program Trust Fund and how the program can help scale up climate actions at the community level in the Asia and Pacific region.
