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Lesson
Ensuring the direct link between supported activities, outputs, and outcome, and relevance of their indicators is critical. For example, this program failed to achieve or achieved only in part some outcome indicators even though all planned outputs were delivered.

Project Number: 46537-002
Project Name: Strengthening Education System Sector Development Program
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Lack of capacity in governmen to continue reforms without external support puts the sustainability of reform projects' outputs at risk. Reforming the sector requires strong ownership and commitment in terms of providing sufficient financing and policy changes to support the reform. Some project outputs—including the textbook rental scheme and textbook provision, online training modules and attestation for teachers, curricula review system, and financing of innovative schools' additional functions—are incomplete as the government still has not implemented them countrywide.

Project Number: 46537-002
Project Name: Strengthening Education System Sector Development Program
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Lesson
The sector development program modality proved to be effective in helping the government to reform the education sector. It responded to the sector's major problem of insufficient financing, with the policy-based grant providing the government financial incentives to reform the sector. The project component effectively supported the implementation of policy reforms. Some project initiatives are not yet fully functional and the government needs further support to accomplish these. Supporting technical assistance could address this.

Project Number: 46537-002
Project Name: Strengthening Education System Sector Development Program
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No new lessons

Project Number: 54156-001
Project Name: COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program
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Lesson
Processing of activities or initiatives funded by new modalities takes time. This initiative helped build the capacity of Osh Vodokanal for the safe and sustainable operation of the chlorine neutralization unit at the Osh-Plotina water treatment plant (WTP) in the Kyrgyz Republic, which had been rehabilitated in 2016 under the successful ADB-financed Emergency Assistance for Recovery and Reconstruction project. It was funded under ADB’s small expenditure financing facility (SEFF), which provides a quick and flexible response to small financing needs linked to ADB-financed projects.

Project Number: 52256-006
Project Name: Osh-Plotina Water Treatment Plant Chlorine Neutralization Unit
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Lesson
Advance procurement is crucial in avoiding startup delays. Government’s ratification of the facility agreement was delayed by 3 months because of the COVID-19 outbreak and the October 2020 political turmoil in the country. But the executing agency effectively used advance procurement to avoid startup delay. With advance procurement for the supply and installation of equipment and consulting services commencing in June 2020, project implementation was completed nearly 1 year ahead of schedule. Financial closing was 8 months earlier than envisaged.

Project Number: 52256-006
Project Name: Osh-Plotina Water Treatment Plant Chlorine Neutralization Unit
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Lesson
The COVID-19 Pandemic Response Option (CPRO) is an effective countercyclical measure that needs to be followed up by additional assistance from ADB and other donors to ensure the Kyrgyz Republic’s continuous, multifaceted recovery from the pandemic.

Project Number: 54169-001
Project Name: COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program
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Navigating the appropriate financing size and institutional requirements of the CPRO while developing its scope and short- to medium-term directions demanded strong collaboration and coordination among ADB departments.

Project Number: 54169-001
Project Name: COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program
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Lesson
Contracts need to be carefully packaged (the initial Toktogul HEPP contract should have been broken into separate lots, while the two separate KESC packages for server hardware and MDM/AMDA software packages should have been combined to improve compatibility)

Project Number: 44198-013
Project Name: Power Sector Rehabilitation Project
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Lesson
In ongoing and future projects, training and advice on ADB’s safeguard policy should be strengthened. Strong safeguards compliance monitoring by the executing agency, consultants, and ADB will help in timely resolution of issues that emerge during project implementation. During project implementation, the removal and proper storage of asbestos-containing material and long-term storage of concrete waste are examples of where additional training would have better prepared the implementers in safeguard compliance.

Project Number: 44198-013
Project Name: Power Sector Rehabilitation Project
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Lesson
Considerable thought should be given to identifying the most appropriate executing agencies for project components, and especially for those that require specific technical expertise to manage the work. This will also provide a higher level of ownership, thereby helping to ensure successful completion.

Project Number: 44198-013
Project Name: Power Sector Rehabilitation Project
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Often, not enough consideration is given to developing DMF impacts and outcomes that can be easily assessed in post-project evaluations.

Project Number: 44198-013
Project Name: Power Sector Rehabilitation Project
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Terms of reference should be agreed by all pertinent stakeholders well before implementation to avoid costly delays, especially when there are complex issues to be resolved.

Project Number: 44198-013
Project Name: Power Sector Rehabilitation Project
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In the TCR’s Conduct of Activities section, it mentioned: “The nowcasting study featuring Indonesia was completed and published in the ADB Economics Working Paper series in December 2015 and in Empirical Economics journal in June 2017. This tool has been used regularly by the Indonesia Resident Mission to support their growth forecasts since 2016 and has also been shared to the Fiscal Policy Agency of the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of National Development Planning of the Republic of Indonesia to enrich their suite of tools for conducting macroeconomic monitoring.

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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Lesson
Agreed. Another useful lesson is the importance of involving clients in a hands-on manner to build a technical product and ensure the transfer of technical expertise, and the subsequent adoption or uptake

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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