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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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Significant changes to the PRIF CO staff (3 to 6 full time staff with 14 different consultants hired under 21 individual contracts) led to challenges in the delivery of services. An operational review conducted in 2018 proposed new operational structures to address “the need for longer-term funding certainty and broader funding base” and “the desire to provide greater stability in PRIF CO management and PRIF CO core team.” Majority of the individual consultants engaged for the TA performed satisfactorily.

Project Number: 46500-001
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility Coordination Office
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PRIF partner and stakeholder involvement and participation in PRIF activities, including attendance at SWG coordination meetings or support to the 51 subprojects’ implementation committees. Among the key challenges met was the wide range of assistance expectations from the PRIF partners and the stakeholders and the reconciliation of those expectations with the available PRIF CO resources. This was achieved through the dynamic “management committee/SWG” driven work prioritization mechanism.

Project Number: 46500-001
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility Coordination Office
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The implementation of PMC-approved activities led to the production of 78 technical reports and publications. This was executed through the recruitment of 146 consultant contracts including 6 consulting firms, 132 individual consultants and 8 resource persons.

Project Number: 46500-001
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility Coordination Office
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A subsequent phase with an approved budget of $9.09 million was approved on 3 October 2019. An increase in TA amount and minor change in scope memo is being processed by the user unit to include a $2 million contribution from the United States. This will be the first contribution from the United States.

Project Number: 46500-001
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility Coordination Office
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Apart from regular consultation between the government and ADB, it was also important for PPTA consultants to actively facilitate communication among concerned stakeholders.

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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The PPTA findings were disseminated as a publication through the ADB website which allowed easy access to various interested parties.

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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Flexibility in recommending ensuing projects was also exhibited based on the risks found during PPTA implementation.

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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Ownership and commitment of the government and other stakeholders should be ensured to successfully deliver the planned results. In this PPTA, stakeholder participation was high as it was designed to support one of the government’s top priorities (Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission) and power sector targets

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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The government facilitated donor coordination including the World Bank and New Development Bank to achieve the target under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. This contributed to the achievement of the government’s target in January 2018, four years ahead.

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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Designing a PPTA and succeeding interventions in a timely manner which align with the government’s priority areas led to the business development in the solar power subsector.

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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Identifying consultants with sufficient technical and country knowledge was important to deliver quality outputs. Also, appropriate consultant selection method reduced the cost and time for processing consulting services

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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Due to target achieved ahead of schedule under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, the government has set a new ambitious target of achieving 100 GW of solar power by 2022.

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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Delays in the recruitment and mobilization of loan implementation consultants could deter project management from keeping pace with the demands of project implementation.

Project Number: 40634-013
Project Name: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Environment Improvement Project (Phase II)
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Project modality needs to match the intended scope and existing implementation capacity of the executing and implementing agencies (EAs/IAs).

Project Number: 40634-013
Project Name: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Environment Improvement Project (Phase II)
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