Another lesson could be that regional conferences and study tours can also be a useful way to engage stakeholders, rather than relying on a one-way flow of information through dissemination of knowledge products.
The validation agrees with the TCR lesson on the importance of building ownership of in-country stakeholders.
Counterpart government agencies’ ownership is crucial. The roles of resident mission gender specialists and the operations department gender anchors are key in ensuring in-country stakeholders’ participation.
Agree. It would be useful if the TCR could identify and discuss the inconsistency in scope of study between actual TA_x005F_x0002_produced reports and the planned reports as detailed in the TA report's methodology and key activities. The same applies to the no submission of the policy brief, no conduct of the international study tour, and the final dissemination event. It should be clarified whether these changes were decided in consultation with executing agency, implementing agency, and other stakeholders.
Stakeholder participation and consultation are both crucial for the relevance of project design.
There may have been some lessons for ranges of stakeholders to be consulted for PPP policy recommendations.
The formation of a steering committee also helps solicit buy-in, harness ideas, access resources, foster collaboration, synthesize development efforts and results in a superior project output while enhancing the sustainability of a project.
Agreed. Stakeholder workshops help to create buy-in and facilitate ownership, adding to the effectiveness and sustainability of a project.
During implementation, stakeholder’s workshops were held two times to facilitate involvement and ownership of all stakeholders. This approach was effective in conducting a comprehensive diagnosis of the current port operation and in elaborating the plan by incorporating different views from all stakeholders.
A lesson statement would be: It is critical to retain flexibility in the development of a regional assistance program's portfolio of interventions through a dynamic prioritization of work to respond to changes in country-specific priorities and manage demands and expectations in evolving political and development contexts.