Republic of Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund (EAKPF)

Climate Objective
Adaptation
Mitigation
Sectors and Themes
Agriculture
Cities
Disaster Risk Reduction
Economic Recovery
Education
Energy
Forestry and Other Land Use
Gender
Health
Industry and Infrastructure
Jobs
Nature-based Solutions and Ecosystem Services
Oceans and Coasts
Poverty
Rural Development
Transport
Waste
Water
Youth
Type of Support Provider
Multilateral
Type of Recipient
Public entity at the national level
Private sector
Fund Size

$263.3 million

Co-financing Requirement
No
Application Timeframe

Funding proposals are processed in batches every year. Duration of approval process varies according to transaction processing timelines by the trust fund team and by the project team. Contact ADB for more information.

Trustee or Administrator
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Contact Information

Fund Focal: Hyoung Ryoul Lee - hlee[at]adb.org

Fund Team: Trina Mari Raymundo Samia - traymundo[at]adb.org

Region
East Asia and Pacific
Europe and Central Asia
South Asia

The fund was established in 2006 to contribute to poverty reduction in Asia and the Pacific by improving access to information and communication technology and facilitating knowledge sharing and partnerships.

Support Provider

Republic of Korea 

Purpose of Support
Prepare Proposals, Projects and Pipelines
Project and program implementation
Funding Type
Grants
In-kind contributions
Monitoring and Reporting Procedures

Project implementation, supervision, and monitoring will be conducted by user departments following ADB’s standard policies, procedures, and guidelines.

Organizational and Decision Making Structure

The Government of Korea reviews applications from ADB and approve the EAKPF grant and TA amount for each application. 

Eligibility Criteria

The fund supports ADB TAs, grants, and investments which contribute to project readiness, policy reforms, institutional capacity, and knowledge dissemination. All ADB DMCs are eligible for funding. The fund supports regional and country-specific initiatives. 

Eligible Countries

All ADB developing member countries
 

Information on how to

Contact ADB for more information.