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Projects should be responsive to change; as the media environment altered, the project design should have been adjusted.

Project Number: 38581-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention among Youth Project
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There was some concern that the feasibility study report prepared by Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), which was the official appraisal document on the government side, was not sufficiently consistent with the report and recommendation of the President. Considerable discrepancies between the two key documents, due to limited communication between MOET and the project preparatory technical assistance (TA) consultants, were observed.

Project Number: 28309-013
Project Name: Upper Secondary Education Development Project
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A lack of exit planning resulted in no proper plan for continuation of activities and future use of information, education, and communication materials, including websites, interpersonal communication and training materials.

Project Number: 38581-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention among Youth Project
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One of the project's major technical problems was the appearance of cracks in the Khe Ngang reservoir dam. This serious issue could have jeopardized a significant part of the project and could also have had further safety repercussions. The problem was resolved when the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, with ADB assistance, mobilized a senior engineering team to inspect the dam and come up with an acceptable and viable technical resolution.

Project Number: 30292-023
Project Name: Central Region Water Resources Project
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Evaluation of the two nongovernment organization-implemented voluntary counseling and testing services demonstrated that population mapping, coordination between government agencies and the recruitment of suitable peers improved service targeting (particularly vulnerable populations). Setting optimistic testing targets that encouraged broad-brush recruitment of clients adversely affected testing results.

Project Number: 38581-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention among Youth Project
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Project monitoring was not systematic. An indicator list was prepared during the project's early stages, but the indicators were not adjusted and routinely reported as a result of weak monitoring capacity.

Project Number: 38581-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention among Youth Project
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Participation in key decisions can have a major impact on the ownership of policies and institutional changes. Once proposed changes to the irrigation management companies and water user groups (WUGs) had been revised to take stakeholder views into account, they were enthusiastically taken up by government agencies, local administrations, and the intended beneficiaries themselves. The degree of ownership for the revamped institutions was tangible during field visits and interviews.

Project Number: 30292-023
Project Name: Central Region Water Resources Project
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The design of capacity building activities needs to be better structured with a model defining how knowledge and skills will be transferred and including pre- and post-training assessments to measure impact. Without a structure, capacity building activities are reduced to the number of persons trained.

Project Number: 33304-013
Project Name: Second Lower Secondary Education Development Project
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Project delays were mostly caused by lengthy administrative processes resulting from complex ADB and government procedures.

Project Number: 38581-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention among Youth Project
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When policies and views diverge, constructive dialogue is often more rewarding than confrontation. When Decree 115 was promulgated by the government, it directly impacted the loan agreement. While the ADB project team could have invoked the agreement and demanded that either the decree be withdrawn or the project suspended, it chose to conduct constructive dialogue, resulting in a workable compromise. This allowed the physical completion of the project works with its associated benefits.

Project Number: 30292-023
Project Name: Central Region Water Resources Project
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The procurement capacity of the executing and implementing agencies, as well as the context of the project, needs to be considered when determining procurement methods. Their procurement capacity needs to be developed in order for them to implement procurement methods and accurately follow procedures and guidelines. Tracking of project implementation becomes difficult if procurement documentation does not follow requirements.

Project Number: 33304-013
Project Name: Second Lower Secondary Education Development Project
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Low cost norms made it difficult to attract competent, full-time staff for the central project management unit, resulting in project delays. There is a need to ensure proper staffing of the central project management unit.

Project Number: 38581-022
Project Name: HIV/AIDS Prevention among Youth Project
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Positive outcomes in terms of cost and quality were associated with using market prices in cost estimates for civil works and involving local communities in the management of works. This fact was appreciated by the government, which valued ADB's flexibility in this aspect of the project's operation. Escalation of civil works costs has been a major delaying factor in numerous ADB-funded projects in Viet Nam.

Project Number: 28309-013
Project Name: Upper Secondary Education Development Project
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Delivery of skills training through the private sector is a viable approach to skills development in Nepal.

Project Number: 36611-013
Project Name: Skills for Employment Project
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In order to avoid major initial delays in project implementation, procurement planning must be effective, and packaging of contracts needs to be carefully thought out. Project implementation should also have a provision for supporting government officials with management consultants. Advanced actions including retroactive financing provisions should be investigated during the project design and used in establishing the project office, training packages and management support consultant.

Project Number: 36611-013
Project Name: Skills for Employment Project
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