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Providing a degree of flexibility in the scope and output targets during the preparation of emergency assistance projects could help in the attainment of project results. Often, greater emphasis is made to facilitate project formulation and get activities going on the ground as expeditiously as possible, usually within three months from the occurrence of a disaster. Under such circumstances, however, it is difficult to be precise as to what actually needs to be done.

Project Number: 48326-001
Project Name: Northern Flood-Damaged Infrastructure Emergency Rehabilitation Project
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Appropriate scoping of DNA is a critical element in planning a rehabilitation project. This could be enhanced through collaborative engagement of all key stakeholders during the conduct of reconnaissance and rapid assessment. For example, appropriate technical guidance in the preparation and conduct of DNA, taking into account the managerial and operational skills and institutional capacities of the concerned agencies, could promote a more streamlined implementation of project activities.

Project Number: 48326-001
Project Name: Northern Flood-Damaged Infrastructure Emergency Rehabilitation Project
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Utilizing executing and implementing agencies with prior experience of ADB-assisted projects, helps strengthen the support for an emergency assistance project. Their experience with the established procedures could facilitate preparatory activities for an emergency assistance. For instance, competent technical staff from these agencies could be readily mobilized and rapidly deployed during the conduct of disaster project reconnaissance and preparation missions.

Project Number: 48326-001
Project Name: Northern Flood-Damaged Infrastructure Emergency Rehabilitation Project
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Agreed. The soliciting of stakeholder buy-in and support is an important aspect of project design, implementation, and delivery. A proper understanding of the demands being made on local players to provide information and any cultural issues with information sharing can help to develop buy-in to facilitate smooth project facilitation. At times, incentives may be required to assist local players to overcome barriers to cooperation.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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Agreed. A large turn-out from all the Pacific DMCs at the workshop, including finance ministries, maritime and aviation authorities fostered interest in the project and facilitated knowledge sharing and contributed to project outcomes. A high turnout at workshops with multi-sector representatives from many DMCs helps to foster knowledge sharing and develop awareness, adoption and uptake of TA project initiatives building institutional capacity and driving and guiding national or sector guidelines.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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The TA project was cofinanced by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction and ADB through theThe TCR did not comment on the mechanism used to update cofinancing partners on progress toward key milestones and developments of the TA project. It is important to keep stakeholders engaged and informed during the project implementation. This is especially true when a project has a long implementation timeframe.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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Properly designed TA DMFs enables the outcomes and outputs to be clearly attributed to the TA project initiatives. Generalized achievements, or achievements that could have resulted from initiatives or projects being implemented by other organizations concurrently, should be avoided. It is important to define baselines for indicators and factor in expected growth/development when defining indicator targets.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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It is agreed that cofinancing partners ought to be updated regularly on key milestones and developments of the TA project, but this does not constitute a lesson.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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A robust research and consultation conducted during the project planning and design stage ensure that the outcomes, outputs, and TA project activities being proposed are not already being conducted by other donors or even by ADB. Evaluation of initiatives developed for roll-out in other regions where they have proven success supports them being adopted into the new region considering its own characteristics.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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Agreed. Strong field office support helps to facilitate smooth and efficient project implementation and delivery.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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A carefully developed TOR for consultants during the project planning and design stage ensure that the contract is set up in a most efficient way.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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The lifting of regulatory standards, the development of a project pipeline and the development of strategic trade and transport facilitation implementation plans help to direct government focus for budget allocation. Donors and the private sector are motivated to invest in areas where strategic development has already commenced, and where strategic plans are in place that have a coordinated long-term focus, and which can clearly demonstrate positive project outcomes.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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Agreed. A large turn-out from all the Pacific DMCs at the workshop, including finance ministries and maritime and aviation authorities culminated in strong ownership and commitment to delivering new projects. Regional workshops are an affective mechanism for soliciting stakeholder participation in the Pacific and can culminate in strong ownership and commitment to delivering new projects.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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Agreed. Maintaining continuity in the course of TA implementation by utilizing the consultant team most familiar with the project can result in benefits from knowledge building. Furthermore, knowledge sharing initiatives provide a mechanism to facilitate information exchange that can result in successful project outcomes.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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Agreed. Furthermore, the UNESCAP previously piloted a TTFMM in South Asia. The approach was replicated under this TA project for Output c. The application of well-executed methodologies used in other comparable regions is a positive example of knowledge sharing and replication. It is also important to adopt the approach piloted in other region by fully customizing the approaches that are applicable to the region of the interest, which for this TA project was the Pacific region.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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