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TA projects need to incorporate contingency plans to account for unforeseen events, such as global pandemics or other disruptions, to ensure the continuity and success of the projects. It will be useful to coordinate with the nonsovereign and advisory departments at the TA design stage to support the government synergistically.

Project Number: 52322-002
Project Name: Preparing Sustainable Energy Investment Projects
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TA could strengthen ADB’s client relations and network with stakeholders. This TA established local networks with Grab Philippines and some media outlets.

Project Number: 54246-001
Project Name: Impact Evaluation of Financial Technology Innovations in Selected Developing Member Countries
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Frequent changes of key counterparts can slow down complex studies that require access to confidential information and fluent communication.

Project Number: 53054-001
Project Name: Smart Energy System for Mongolia
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A donor coordination platform is helpful in harmonizing reform initiatives and identifying cofinancing opportunities while tracking progress. The government’s donor coordination platform between ADB, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the World Bank played a critical role in harmonizing and developing directions, and in sharing different international experiences.

Project Number: 52322-002
Project Name: Preparing Sustainable Energy Investment Projects
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Continuous discussions with the counterparts and early funding requests can ensure availability of financial resources for the preparation the ensuing project loan.

Project Number: 53054-001
Project Name: Smart Energy System for Mongolia
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A long list, covering all possible risks, needs to be considered in developing the risk monitoring framework. This is essential to ensure the monitoring toolkit is replicable for implementation in any other toll road projects. Development of institutional knowledge on the toll road sector is also deemed necessary for successful replication of this TA.

Project Number: 54396-001
Project Name: Trans Sumatra Toll Road Risk Monitoring
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Hybrid training activities, particularly in the People's Republic of China, can have a multiplier effect by helping reach many more participants than traditional ones due to large numbers involved.

Project Number: 55035-001
Project Name: Research for Demonstration of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Technologies in Industrial Sectors of Yunnan Province
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Studies that foster greater visibility for ADB have a value addition and need to be encouraged. The study on Philippines’ tricycle drivers fintech-based loans and Grab drivers increased ADB’s visibility in the local scene and generated added goodwill.

Project Number: 54246-001
Project Name: Impact Evaluation of Financial Technology Innovations in Selected Developing Member Countries
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Preliminary discussions and participation of the executing agency during the design of the TA can be crucial to obtain strong ownership and leadership.

Project Number: 53054-001
Project Name: Smart Energy System for Mongolia
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Securing strong government commitment and robust support from all stakeholders, including key development partners, is crucial to successful sector reforms and TA implementation. Regular monitoring systems need to be established to report progress to higher authorities, while involving multiple ministries to monitor and balance the reforms.

Project Number: 52322-002
Project Name: Preparing Sustainable Energy Investment Projects
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TA consistency with the country partnership strategy is important. This TA was envisioned to provide knowledge for future ADB fintech projects, consistent with respective DMC country partnership strategies.

Project Number: 54246-001
Project Name: Impact Evaluation of Financial Technology Innovations in Selected Developing Member Countries
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Trust funds and cofinancing can play a crucial role in supporting innovation and high-level technology transfer, which may not happen without such support due to limited ADB internal TA funding. Therefore, it is important that project teams pay more attention to effectively promote visibility and raise awareness of cofinancier contribution and support to ADB TAs and projects.

Project Number: 53054-001
Project Name: Smart Energy System for Mongolia
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Knowledge sharing and capacity building through workshops facilitate better understanding of stakeholder capacity and capacity building needs.

Project Number: 54396-001
Project Name: Trans Sumatra Toll Road Risk Monitoring
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Continuous monitoring and fluent communication with the consulting team coordinator can ensure on-time delivery, particularly when using teams of individual consultants.

Project Number: 55035-001
Project Name: Research for Demonstration of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Technologies in Industrial Sectors of Yunnan Province
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ADB Briefs, monographs as well as the conduct of media events, seminars, and workshops to disseminate the results of the studies are effective ways of knowledge sharing. Project officers should be encouraged to produce more knowledge products from the results of their studies.

Project Number: 54246-001
Project Name: Impact Evaluation of Financial Technology Innovations in Selected Developing Member Countries
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