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Linking gender to disaster risk financing will effectively mainstream gender into DRM, climate change, and overall national development policies and plans.

Project Number: 50212-001, 50212-002, 50212-003
Project Name: Disaster Resilience Program (Phases 1 and 2)
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It is agreed that cofinancing partners ought to be updated regularly on key milestones and developments of the TA project, but this does not constitute a lesson.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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The TA project was cofinanced by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction and ADB through theThe TCR did not comment on the mechanism used to update cofinancing partners on progress toward key milestones and developments of the TA project. It is important to keep stakeholders engaged and informed during the project implementation. This is especially true when a project has a long implementation timeframe.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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Agreed. A useful lesson is the importance of partnering with other knowledge institutions to tap expertise and efficiently use financial resources.

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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This is more of a description of what happened during the implementation than a lesson or recommendation

Project Number: 46500-001
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility Coordination Office
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Another internal lesson could be that when introducing additional funding midway through implementation—such as the TASF in this project—the TA needs to closely plan and monitor activities so that the overall TA project implementation is not delayed.

Project Number: 48206-001
Project Name: Promoting Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (Phase 2)
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The key lesson for ADB is to assess partner capacity and provide detailed guidance on operational procedures to manage expectations and to make the partnership effective.

Project Number: 48206-001
Project Name: Promoting Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (Phase 2)
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Lesson
External NDF cofinancing and GCF climate finance partnerships were referenced here, and lessons provided were very broad, and not supported by evidence in the TCR. Internal ADB partnerships were not mentioned in the TCR, which would be important for encouraging broader adoption and sustainability of respective DMCs’ TA efforts via the country dialogue processes.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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Lesson
Fluctuations in committed and in effective financial contributions from the PRIF partners led to some uncertainties in allocating resources and in budgeting assistance programs. It was not possible to process the European Investment Bank planned cofinancing commitment of $1.1 million equivalent due to legal issues preventing the ability to conclude a cofinancing mechanism and agreement with ADB. During the TA period, ADB built on the constructive working relationship with the Governments of Australia and New Zealand.

Project Number: 46500-001
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility Coordination Office
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Partnership with institutions, like the International Monetary Fund and those from developed counterparts like the Bank of Italy, has enabled us to work together and tap relevant expertise.

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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Cofinancing partner was updated regularly on key milestones and developments of the TA.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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Close exchange with the GCF Secretariat as well as with other multilateral development banks and development partners accredited to the GCF has been helpful for understanding the investment criteria of climate financiers. The TA benefited from cofinancing by the NDF which was mobilized during TA implementation.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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Lesson
When building a new partnership, it is important to carefully assess partners’ capacity, provide prior guidance on ADB’s required procedures and expectations, and select the right partnership modalities to avoid the unexpectedly high transaction costs to make the partnership work.

Project Number: 48206-001
Project Name: Promoting Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (Phase 2)
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The TA project benefitted from a broad network of partners from the PRC and independent accountability mechanism that contributed to mobilizing a large number of workshop participants and to getting rich inputs to improve the quality of the initial draft of the regional framework.

Project Number: 53140-001
Project Name: Developing Accountability and Mechanism Framework for Financial Intermediaries
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Lesson
ADB recognizes the need to leverage strategic knowledge partnerships for learning, capacity building, and innovation. It is particularly so in the areas of emerging technologies. The knowledge partnerships have been leveraged to tap into the expertise, resources, and networks of these organizations. For example, ADB joined the Global Partnership Network on Identification and jointly endorsed the Declaration of Common Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development on 11 January 2017.

Project Number: 48240-001
Project Name: Information and Communication Technology for Development Initiative Facility in Asia and the Pacific
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