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Lesson
Community involvement was substantial during project implementation and proved to be crucial in integrative flood and river erosion management. Advocacy and capacity development of community stakeholders enabled them to understand the complex flood risk management Cultural norms regarding women's roles in society were carefully navigated.

Project Number: 38412-013, 38412-023, 38412-033, 43069-012
Project Name: Assam Integrated Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Investment Program (Tranches 1 and 2; and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Strengthening the livelihood base of vulnerable communities in newly protected flood plains is imperative. The approach improved community relations and executing agency. Future grants could better support the participation of marginalized people through in-kind support and/or a participation allowance.

Project Number: 38412-013, 38412-023, 38412-033, 43069-012
Project Name: Assam Integrated Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Investment Program (Tranches 1 and 2; and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Structural and nonstructural interventions require cohesive and integrated program approaches as well as long-term planning. The phased approach taken by this program proved most appropriate, allowing the step-by-step construction of various flood and riverbank erosion management (FRERM) structures while verifying innovative solutions and, in the process, strengthening state and local institutions.

Project Number: 38412-013, 38412-023, 38412-033, 43069-012
Project Name: Assam Integrated Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Investment Program (Tranches 1 and 2; and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Climate risks such as monsoon and weather conditions need to be considered in drawing up implementation schedules.

Project Number: 38412-013, 38412-023, 38412-033, 43069-012
Project Name: Assam Integrated Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Investment Program (Tranches 1 and 2; and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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As a key area of development for ADB, climate adaptation infrastructure for flood protection and bank erosion protection need to be effectively disseminated. Structural solutions demonstrated to be effective by the project included (i) riverbank protection works with innovative technologies and prosiltation measures; (ii) upgrade of flood embankments; and (iii) construction of sluice gates and one pumping station to improve drainage.

Project Number: 38412-013, 38412-023, 38412-033, 43069-012
Project Name: Assam Integrated Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Investment Program (Tranches 1 and 2; and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Integrated flood and riverbank erosion risk management (FRERM) programs are highly replicable. For example, the structural (geotextile bags, high embankments), and non-structural (community-based) approaches were replicated in Kaziranga in the Golaghat district even while the program was still ongoing.

Project Number: 38412-013, 38412-023, 38412-033, 43069-012
Project Name: Assam Integrated Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Investment Program (Tranches 1 and 2; and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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The absence of a project performance management system leads to difficulties in monitoring and evaluating project outcome and outputs targets. It is a critical requirement in loan covenants to help track progress and risks at implementation and assist in the identification, valuation, estimation, and quantification of economic benefits.

Project Number: 38411-043, 38411-013
Project Name: Orissa Integrated Irrigated Agriculture and Water Management Investment Program (Tranche 2 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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A well-designed design and monitoring framework with clear indicators and performance targets allows better monitoring during implementation and better assessment of project achievements at completion.

Project Number: 38411-043, 38411-013
Project Name: Orissa Integrated Irrigated Agriculture and Water Management Investment Program (Tranche 2 and Multitranche Financing Facility)
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Proactive and attentive ADB reviews foster project success. The implementation of this project benefitted from proactive and attentive ADB reviews. These reviews facilitated timely approval of submissions, including requests for extensions and cancelation of loan funds.

Project Number: 43253-023
Project Name: Karnataka Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management Investment Program - Project 1
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The design of future irrigation rehabilitation projects can build on the project’s community empowerment model but also consider options for increasing beneficiary contributions for water use. The project increased community ownership and management of irrigation infrastructure through resourcing and strengthening the participation of women and their roles in the water user cooperative societies (WUCSs). Despite gains in irrigation fee collection, the WUCSs and infrastructure O&M requirements are not yet financially sustainable without significant government inputs.

Project Number: 43253-023
Project Name: Karnataka Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management Investment Program - Project 1
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Targets need to be specific and evidence-based and indicators well-defined and measurable to enable a reliable assessment of implementation progress and project accomplishments and performance at completion. This project suffered from weaknesses in indicators and the results chain. Examples were inadequate links between intended outputs and outcome, lack of specific targets (output 1 and outcome), and poorly defined target (output 3). One impact target was misplaced (project staffing) and another was deemed unachievable (number of WUCSs confirming receipt of water services).

Project Number: 43253-023
Project Name: Karnataka Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management Investment Program - Project 1
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Project reporting needs to be undertaken holistically to provide a comprehensive view of implementation progress and support the synergistic delivery of project outputs. The inclusion of an implementing agency, the Advanced Centre for Integrated Water Resources Management (ACIWRM), which is independent of the executing agency (EA), the Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Ltd (KNNL), created confusion in quarterly and annual reporting requirements.

Project Number: 43253-023
Project Name: Karnataka Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management Investment Program - Project 1
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No additional lessons

Project Number: 38411-023
Project Name: Orissa Integrated Irrigated Agriculture and Water Management Investment Program – Project 1
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Assessing the technical limitations of existing dated surface irrigation systems requires a rigorous process.

Project Number: 38411-023
Project Name: Orissa Integrated Irrigated Agriculture and Water Management Investment Program - Project 1
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A thorough assessment of the executing agency (EA) institutional capacity must be undertaken to ensure that the project design matches the existing implementation capacity.

Project Number: 38411-023
Project Name: Orissa Integrated Irrigated Agriculture and Water Management Investment Program - Project 1
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