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While its benefits are clear, integrated coastal management (ICM) can be a complex and time-consuming endeavor, requiring sufficient expertise and resources. By definition, no single organization, agency or institution can achieve success without the support and collaboration of other stakeholders. This includes experts with knowledge, experience and funding focus on specific aspects of coastal governance, including science, policy, management practice and finance, among others. Local governments and others can benefit immensely from utilizing NGOs, consultants, research organizations, development programs and others to support and accelerate their ICM programs.

This e-Directory includes a catalogue of organizations that have been identified as offering expertise, services and/or funding that could help support ICM programs in the region. Inclusion in the catalogue does not imply endorsement of an organization.

If you are an organization with ICM expertise or funding mandate—including pollution reduction and waste management; food security and livelihood management; water use and supply management; habitat protection, restoration and management; and natural and man-made hazard prevention and management—and you would like to be discovered by programs in East Asia, you may submit your information for consideration for inclusion in e-Directory.

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  • The Adaptation Fund is a multilateral fund under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol. The fund was established in 2001 and became operational in 2009. It aims to finance concrete adaptation projects and programs in developing country parties to the Kyoto Protocol that are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, reducing the adverse effects facing communities, countries, and sectors. Projects are driven by the needs, views, and priorities of eligible parties, and should have the principal and explicit aim to adapt to impacts of climate change and increase climate resilience. A concrete adaptation project/program is defined as a set of activities aimed at addressing the adverse impacts of and risks posed by climate change. The activities shall aim at producing visible and tangible results on the ground by reducing vulnerability and increasing the adaptive capacity of human and natural systems to respond to the impacts of climate change, including climate variability.

    Adaptation projects can be implemented at the community, national, and transboundary level. Projects concern discrete activities with a collective objective(s) and concrete outcomes and outputs that are more narrowly defined in scope, space, and time. An adaptation program is a process, a plan, or an approach for addressing climate change impacts that is broader than the scope of an individual project. Provision of funding under the Fund will be based on, and in accordance with, the Strategic Priorities, Policies and Guidelines of the Adaptation Fund.
     

  • ALI BUDIARDJO, NUGROHO, REKSODIPUTRO (ABNR) was founded in 1967 by professionals with a deep respect for the law and a keen interest in assisting clients, both foreign and domestic, to achieve their commercial goals within the Indonesian legal environment.
     

  • Our commitment to help our clients deliver their global strategies has seen us build a truly global network now spanning 46 offices in 32 countries. We have also developed strong ties with relationship law firms in more than 100 countries where we do not have a presence. This network has allowed us to become one of the largest and most connected law firms in our peer group with a global reach and local depth that is simply unrivalled. So when we talk about global coverage, we’re not just talking about having offices in some important cities around the world. We mean being able to combine our international resources and sector expertise to work on cross-border transactions directly in the markets and regions important to our clients.
     

  • Allens provides access to leading lawyers and resources throughout Australia and Asia, covering all commercial issues, from acquisition finance to workplace relations. We are praised for our innovative approach to complex work and delivering market-leading solutions to clients.
     

  • ARUN invests in the social entrepreneurs in the developing countries, based on the fund capitalized by Japanese individuals and corporate partners. ARUN invests in the social entrepreneurs who tackle social problems such as poverty in the developing countries. These entrepreneurs do not depend on the conventional forms of aid, but strive to solve the poverty by the power of their independent business and improve the society. ARUN connects the entrepreneurs and the investors through investment activities, aiming to create “meaningful money” flow of investments that contribute to the sustainable and rich society where we all live together, and to build a platform, which leads the social investment.

  • The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) is an informal partnership between Nations and organizations which strives to preserve coral reefs and related ecosystems around the world.
     

  • ADB offers a range of financial products that help developing member countries (DMCs) build economic growth and social development. These tools include loans, technical assistance, and grants.

    Public sector (sovereign) financing is extended to DMC governments and public sector entities, such as state-owned enterprises. Sovereign lending or financing secured by a government guarantee forms the greater part of ADB’s development assistance.
     

  • The Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in Asia was established in March 2013. The fund aims to catalyze greater private investment in climate change mitigation and adaptation in Asia and the Pacific. The fund will aim to play a key role in helping to overcome leading edge technology risks and cost hurdles in order to initiate and scale-up projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase climate resilience. The fund is ADB’s first concessional debt cofinancing facility specifically oriented to support private sector operations to combat climate change.

    ADB will manage the fund resources under its Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facility umbrella.
     

  • The ASEAN Infrastructure Fund (AIF) is a dedicated fund established by ADB and nine member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to address the ASEAN region’s infrastructure investment needs. The AIF finances projects that promote infrastructure development within the territories of ASEAN developing member countries by mobilizing regional savings, including foreign exchange reserves. All AIF-financed projects are also cofinanced by ADB funds.
    A central goal of the AIF is ensuring that investments are environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive. All AIF projects must therefore comply with ADB’s strict anticorruption regulations and its environmental and social safeguards.

    Infographic: http://www.adb.org/news/infographics/asean-infrastructure-fund
     

  • The fund was established in June 2006 by the Republic of Korea. It aims to bridge the digital divide and promote improved access to information and creating and sharing of knowledge through information and communications technology (ICT) in the Asia and Pacific region.

    The fund aims to contribute to poverty reduction and the economic and social development in ADB's developing member countries (DMCs) through its two windows: the e-Asia program and the knowledge partnership program.