In some joint commissions, donor support is considered an additional source of funding for specific projects and makes up the special funds which are different from the commission’s budget (e.g. in ICPDR). In other joint commissions, donor funds form the main part of the budget. In 2008, the main donors of the Mekong River Commission included Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, the European Commission and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which contributed in total 16 million US$ to the Commission’s budget.