Having a very successful and efficient small-scale TA activity that fulfills the needs of country partners and sets the stage for long-term strategic planning can catalyze subsequent larger-scale investments that scale-up and more fully implement the TA inputs. With a relatively short duration (implemented over approximately 19 months), and a modest budget ($0.42 million USD disbursed), the TA successfully provided important TA support for the country partners. Following the completion of the TA, the country partners were interested in a follow-up project. In addition, the ADB country operations business plan for Mongolia for 2020-2021 included the “Forest Sector Development Program” budgeted for $40.4 million USD, which could be used to greatly strengthen the TA results.
Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources