CAI-Asia Partnership - Non-binding, multi-stakeholder network of government agencies, NGOs, research institutes, international organizations, and private sector firms. As a non-legal entity, the Partnership will be a forum for urban air quality management and focal point for country and regional networks. Because it is complicated for Governments to join a legal entity, the formation of the Partnership enables national and local government agencies to maintain their involvement in CAI-Asia.

CAI-Asia Center - Legal entity incorporated June 2007 as a regional non-stock, non-profit organization based in Manila, Philippines, which serves as the Secretariat of the CAI-Asia Partnership.

Background of CAI-Asia

In 2001, Asian Development Bank together with the World Bank and the US Agency for International Development / US-Asia Environmental Partnership established the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) as a multisector network promoting measures to improve air quality in the region. Since then, CAI-Asia has become the acknowledged knowledge manager and regional convener on urban air quality in Asia.