The East Meets West Foundation (EMWF) is a US-based international NGO, operating in Vietnam for the last 20 years, including in the water sector.  EMWF received funding from GPOBA to develop small-scale piped water supply systems to low-income households in 75 villages in rural areas of central Vietnam, under an Output-Based Aid (OBA) approach. The project expected to benefit 30,000 households (about 150,000 people).  

This activity financed a study tour from senior officials from selected Tunisian institutions to learn about the lessons learned and good practices of the Morocco Output-Based Aid pilots in the water and sanitation sectors.

This project will played a critical role in testing the first public‐private partnership for the efficient technical and financial management of water distribution in rural areas. Project results helped determine subsequent organization of water services management in rural areas, an important issue for Morocco's water sector sustainability and a focus of World Bank dialogue with the Government of Morocco.

This diagnostic analysis was a joint product between the World Bank's Africa Region and GPOBA. It began with the GPOBA diagnostic tool to analyze the projects in Africa,  to test and validate the diagnostic tool to bridge the gap between the global tool and project activities in Africa.

This activity supported technical work commissioned by the World Bank led by Opus International Consultants Limited.

The activity was structured two parts:
1) Identify factors that make projects succeed and consolidate best practice.
2) Develop guidance on the benefits of the PBC approach, including clear selection criteria for each PBC model type.

This activity funded a training course to build OBA awareness within the donor community in the Philippines. The  training discussed scaling  up OBA and how OBA fits within results-based financing. The interactive course included real case studies, exercises and discussions -- and was taught and facilitated by subject matter experts from GPOBA.

This activity funded a training course to build OBA awareness within the donor community in Australia. The training discussed scaling up OBA and how OBA fits within results-based financing. The interactive course had real case studies, exercises and discussions -- and was taught and facilitated by subject matter experts from GPOBA.

This activity funded for a training course to build OBA awareness within the  donor community in India. The training discussed scaling up OBA and how OBA worked within results-based financing. The interactive course included case studies, exercises  and discussions.    

This  activity  provided  funding for a feasibility study to design an OBA  approach to increase electricity access in Vanuatu. Consultants worked with the Minister of Finance and Economic Management, Ministry of Energy, and private concessionaries.

Activities included:

• Defining targeting mechanism and identifying geographical coverage.
• Analysis on willingness and ability to pay among potential beneficiaries
• Quantifying projects costs and determining amount of subsidy.
  
  The  feasibility  study  for  the  subsidy  project  was completed satisfactorily, the OBA project was approved and moved into early implementation. The TA closing date was extended to provide support to the Vanuatu Department of Energy to design the household wiring component of the project and set quality  standards to be adhered to by the service providers.                                                                          

This activity supported GPOBA’s efforts to work with the Asian Development  Bank  (ADB) as well as Other Development Partners(ODP) such as the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), AusAid and DFID.

The goal was to facilitate the development and implementation of an OBA  project pipeline and to enable OBA Experts at GPOBA to support ODPs to deliver their OBA mainstreaming activities through: 

• General advice/training support including the use of the Diagnostic Tool.
• Participation in ODP project missions to facilitate design of OBA projects by the ODPs country programs.
• OBA scheme structuring advice and review/peer review at concept stage;
• Procurement and management  of  OBA consultants where GPOBA funds TA.
• Implementation support (e.g., troubleshooting, monitoring/lessons learned, et al).

In November 2013, GPOBA  delivered an OBA training program to staff of the Asian Development Bank’s Strategy and Policy unit in Washington, DC. GPOBA supplied ADB with information and advice to support an OBA water project in Indonesa.

At the ADB's behest and during the same month, GPOBA delivered a one-day presentation to the overnment of Timor Leste regarding the design of an OBA water component.
Other explored activities: support to the ADB in preparation for the Asia Clean Energy  Forum  as  well  as  the  discussions  with KfW about considering OBA schemes.