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Lesson
In ongoing and future projects, training and advice on ADB’s safeguard policy should be strengthened. Strong safeguards compliance monitoring by the executing agency, consultants, and ADB will help in timely resolution of issues that emerge during project implementation. During project implementation, the removal and proper storage of asbestos-containing material and long-term storage of concrete waste are examples of where additional training would have better prepared the implementers in safeguard compliance.

Project Number: 44198-013
Project Name: Power Sector Rehabilitation Project
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Lesson
Considerable thought should be given to identifying the most appropriate executing agencies for project components, and especially for those that require specific technical expertise to manage the work. This will also provide a higher level of ownership, thereby helping to ensure successful completion.

Project Number: 44198-013
Project Name: Power Sector Rehabilitation Project
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Lesson
Terms of reference should be agreed by all pertinent stakeholders well before implementation to avoid costly delays, especially when there are complex issues to be resolved.

Project Number: 44198-013
Project Name: Power Sector Rehabilitation Project
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Contracts need to be carefully packaged (the initial Toktogul HEPP contract should have been broken into separate lots, while the two separate KESC packages for server hardware and MDM/AMDA software packages should have been combined to improve compatibility)

Project Number: 44198-013
Project Name: Power Sector Rehabilitation Project
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The results of the prefeasibility analysis at appraisal should be clearly presentedin the RRP, including information on traffic surveys and forecast; and the estimate of the projectEIRR, including sensitivity analysis results.

Project Number: 42399-023
Project Name: CAREC Corridor 1 (Bishkek–Torugart Road) Project 3
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The project road alignment should be fixed at project inception so that environmental, land acquisition andresettlement, and indigenous peoples’ safeguards could be prepared more comprehensively.

Project Number: 42399-023
Project Name: CAREC Corridor 1 (Bishkek–Torugart Road) Project 3
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Lesson
Capacity building assistance including the provision of necessary facilities and equipment, which is important in protecting the Chatyr-Kul lake wetlands, should have been included in the beginning to mitigate the negative environmental impacts of the project road section traversing the protected area.

Project Number: 42399-023
Project Name: CAREC Corridor 1 (Bishkek–Torugart Road) Project 3
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Lesson
Communication between ADB and the government needs to be strengthened. Despite fielding 13 missions, ADB failed to learn of the government’s efforts to undertake component 3B, indicating a possible lack of communication, which needs to be improved.

Project Number: 44236-013
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Recovery and Reconstruction
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Lesson
Risks of combining emergency assistance projects with the more standard assistance packages. Providing fiscal resources was clearly urgent to ensure uninterrupted service and to reconstruct houses after the political disturbances. However, providing funds for undamaged but old water supply and sanitation systems was not as urgent and should have been completed as a separate project.

Project Number: 44236-013
Project Name: Emergency Assistance for Recovery and Reconstruction
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