About Us

The Joint Safeguards Practitioners CoP consists of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australia (DFAT), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the World Bank (WB), and may expand to include additional partners. The members have a mutual interest in ensuring socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth in the Asia Pacific region and recognize that country safeguard systems, covering environmental and social assessments that address potential risks and impacts of development programs and projects on the environment and affected communities, are a critical element for ensuring socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth.