High-Level Technology Fund

The High-Level Technology Fund (HLT Fund) provides grant financing to promote the integration of high-level technology (HLT) and innovative solutions into ADB-financed and -administered sovereign and nonsovereign projects throughout the project cycle. The fund encourages more widespread adoption of HLT to address development challenges in ADB’s developing member countries. Fund resources are used for a broad range of innovative technologies and solutions that enable technological development and/or scaling up of the technology deployment in the recipient country. The fund also supports the Technology Innovation Challenge (TIC) program, which seeks proposals for proof-of-concept or pilot studies of HLT Fund applications from technology providers in developing countries’ contexts.

In 2023, the HLT Fund TIC introduced five pilot projects focusing on urban development, healthy oceans, and transport, all supported by funding from the HLT Fund. These projects encompass a diverse range of technologies and innovations: (i) PHI: The Poverty Impact and Vulnerability Estimator; (ii) PHI: The Integrated Approach for Coral Reef Conservation and Rehabilitation; (iii) THA: AI-Based Vigilance System for Enhancing Security in Buses; (iv) IND: Technologies for Urban Transit to Enhance Mobility and Safe Accessibility; and (v) IND: Promote Efficient Wastewater Treatment and Sanitation.