The Ministry of Foreign Affairs oversees the Netherlands' development cooperation, coordinating and implementing Netherlands’ development policy through its embassies.
Under the General Cooperation on Operational Arrangements related to Cofinancing signed by ADB and the Netherlands’ Ministry for Development Cooperation in 2002 and amended in 2010, the Netherlands provides grants to investment projects and technical assistance focusing on water, food security, health, migration, security and stability, trade and economy.
Netherlands' activities will focus on trade and the economy, security and stability, and migration. These will be promoted through programmes and diplomatic efforts in water management, food security and health.
The Netherlands is a founding member of ADB and has, since 1966, committed $822.6 million to ADB special funds. Of this commitment, $787.7 million is for the Asian Development Fund (ADF). The ADF provides grants to ADB’s low-income, developing member countries to help reduce poverty and improve the quality of life.
15 October 2024
Two new publications released today by the GEMs Consortium—a group of 26 multilateral development banks and development finance institutions—provide further insights on the level of credit risk in emerging markets and developing economies according to the investment experience of Consortium members.
3 May 2024
Donors and ADB have agreed to a replenishment of $5 billion for ADB’s Asian Development Fund 14 and Technical Assistance Special Fund 8. The commitment was made during ADB’s 57th Annual Meeting.
Expanding riverfront protection against floods and erosion and upskilling community disaster units will increase Bangladesh’s resilience, opportunities for economic growth, and the lives of its people.
The Water Financing Partnership Facility was established in November 2006 to support ADB’s Water Program 2006–2020. The program aimed to boost investment in the water sector in Asia and the Pacific, accelerate policy and institutional reforms, and build the capacity of water sector organizations.
Cities in Bangladesh ravaged by floods brought by Cyclone Sidr are rising up to become livable once more through improved infrastructure that adheres to cyclone-resistant and flood protection design standards.
Bangladesh’s Primary Education Development Program introduced innovative approaches that changed the face of basic education in the country, helping increase primary school enrollment and completion rates over the last 20 years.
Communities and infrastructure in Sri Lanka destroyed by the 2004 Asian Tsunami have been rebuilt. Sturdier national roads, coastal highways, and access roads are in place to help hasten recovery from the disaster, together with basic public services.
Bangladesh is preparing for a $100 million investment in climate and disaster-resilient small-scale water resources management. The Water Financing Partnership Facility, through the Netherlands Trust Fund, is supporting the preparations.
An ADB program is promoting better management of infrastructure in the region for greater sustainability and resilience.
A pressurized piped irrigation system equipped with remote-sensing technology promises to change the way farming is done in five provinces in Viet Nam. Supported by the Climate Change Fund and Netherlands Trust Fund, the irrigation systems will climate-proof farmlands and directly benefit more than 39,000 households, including over 7,000 ethnic minority households.
ADB and its financing partners are supporting Pakistan in overcoming locust infestations that pose serious threats to the country’s food security. The project is being financed by ADB’s Technical Assistance Special Fund, the Climate Change Fund, and the Netherlands Trust Fund.
ADB and the Netherlands collaborated on several knowledge products and events including the following:
ADB and the Netherlands' Leiden University reached a memorandum of understanding, which serves as a strategic tie-up to bring high-caliber scientific, technological, and applied knowledge on key development themes to ADB’s developing member countries and Leiden University’s interdisciplinary programs.
ADB and the Netherlands Water Partnership hosted the Asia Netherlands Water Learning Week in The Hague, the Netherlands, from 15 to 19 April, which brought together project teams from across ADB’s developing member countries with water experts from the Netherlands.
This presentation highlights and discusses best practices and lessons learned from the Netherlands' experience in solid waste management.
Active trust funds are those a) with ongoing projects; or b) with no active projects but have remaining funds.
The Netherlands contributes to ADB’s development initiatives through two key avenues: Cofinancing and Special Funds.
Nonsovereign Cofinancing. The Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program (TSCFP) supported over 260 transactions valued at $488.3 million with banks domiciled in the Netherlands from 2009 to 2024. During the same period, the TSCFP supported over 620 Dutch exports and/or imports valued at $894.4 million. In 2024 alone, the TSCFP supported 70 Dutch exports and/or imports valued at $120.3 million. Exports and/or imports were mainly to/from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Viet Nam. Underlying goods involved mostly food and agriculture-related goods, raw and non-energy commodities, as well as industrial machinery and capital goods.
