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Project feasibility reviews, consultant recruitment and procurement, and government approval procedures in Uzbekistan need to be streamlined to minimize implementation delays.

Project Number: 42489-033
Project Name: Water Supply and Sanitation Services Investment Program - Tranche 2
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ADB requirements for a project performance monitoring system (PPMS) to be set up and regularly updated and for a quarterly progress report to be submitted need to be strictly implemented.

Project Number: 42489-033
Project Name: Water Supply and Sanitation Services Investment Program - Tranche 2
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Financial covenants have to be realistic and clear about all the financial reporting and documentation requirements of ADB.

Project Number: 42489-033
Project Name: Water Supply and Sanitation Services Investment Program - Tranche 2
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The capacity of national civil work contractors in technology and workmanship needs to be developed to ensure that the quality of civil works is on par with international standards. An environmental monitoring group (EMG) should be established in a timely manner with realistic mandates for monitoring environmental impact throughout project implementation, so that it can fulfill its responsibilities, including information sharing and coordination with the local authorities.

Project Number: 40007-013
Project Name: Surkhandarya Water Supply and Sanitation Project
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The salaries of project management unit (PMU) and project implementation unit (PIU) staff should be comparable with prevailing market rates to prevent high turnover.

Project Number: 40007-013
Project Name: Surkhandarya Water Supply and Sanitation Project
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The project should not engage individual national consultants for construction supervision if there are many project sites due to limited capacity, unless mitigation measure are adopted. Significant inflation affected contracts. However, the contract amount was not adjusted due to the absence of price adjustment provisions in the contract documents, even in cases where the contract period was extended beyond 18 months. Price adjustments should be considered for contracts of less than 18 months when high inflation is likely to occur.

Project Number: 40007-013
Project Name: Surkhandarya Water Supply and Sanitation Project
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Lesson
Initial implementation delays were mainly attributed to delays in: (i) government approval of subproject feasibility studies, and (ii) the engagement of consultants, suppliers, and contractors. These delays could be minimized if government approval procedures involving various ministries are streamlined and approval authority, at least for smaller contracts, is further delegated to the executing agency.

Project Number: 40007-013
Project Name: Surkhandarya Water Supply and Sanitation Project
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The project should take fully into account the condition of the power supply, which is critical for water supply services in the country. The availability of water supply relies exclusively on an uninterrupted power supply.

Project Number: 40007-013
Project Name: Surkhandarya Water Supply and Sanitation Project
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An additional lesson is that if the executing agency’s limited relevant experience of project design and implementation is known at the outset at the project design stage (i.e., as confirmed in the risk assessment), it is necessary to design appropriate mitigation strategies. These could include the following: (i) design smaller pilot projects to gain experience before larger projects are tackled; or (ii) make significant consultant support available in the early stages of implementation to strengthen capacity and ensure timely implementation.

Project Number: 33548-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply Project
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Initial implementation delays can be reduced by completing more works during project preparation such as (a) preparation of request for proposal for consulting services, (b) approval of feasibility studies by the government, (c) preparation of tender documents for the first contract package; and (d) advance actions for the procurement of consulting services or construction contracts.

Project Number: 33548-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply Project
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Market-level compensation is necessary to attract and retain competent staff at PMU, PIUs, and vodokanals.

Project Number: 33548-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply Project
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Local government counterpart funding should not be included in future projects because such funds were invariably delayed which resulted in implementation delays.

Project Number: 33548-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply Project
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Specifications for operation and maintenance (O&M) equipment should be prepared in consultation with the relevant agencies.

Project Number: 33548-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply Project
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Consultants should be fielded early in project implementation.

Project Number: 33548-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply Project
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More capacity building needs to be provided to the staff of project management units (PMUs) and project implementaiton units (PIUs), particularly during early stages of implementation.

Project Number: 33548-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply Project
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