How have NGOs/CBOs engaged with ADB in disaster situations?
During the joint needs assessment stage (with World Bank, UN agencies and major bilaterals), extensive consultations are carried out with a range of public, private and civil society stakeholders during the damage and needs assessment mission and later by project design missions. Consultations, participation, and local coordination are important—especially in emergency preparedness and crisis response. Increased role of beneficiaries in project preparation, implementation, and maintenance of facilities is one of the key lessons from the implementation of disaster projects. ADB also forges working relationships with partners at all levels. It plays a key role in such international bodies as the UN Economic and Social Council, Multilateral Banking Committee, and various NGO forums on emergency preparedness. NGOs, civil society, and relief and humanitarian agencies represent significant partners who help bridge the gap between relief and longer-term development programming. ADB multishare
