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It is essential that the project design acknowledges women’s role as clients, users, or potential beneficiaries with a gender action plan (GAP) and with target indicators in the design and monitoring framework (DMF).

Project Number: 36252-013
Project Name: Western Basins Water Resources Management Project
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Close adherence to the enhanced project delivery approach approved by the government of Afghanistan and ADB, including having a detailed security management arrangement, is necessary for the successful implementation of projects in the country.

Project Number: 36252-013
Project Name: Western Basins Water Resources Management Project
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Project administration by resident missions is effective in enabling prompt responses to implementation issues.

Project Number: 36252-013
Project Name: Western Basins Water Resources Management Project
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A thorough assessment of the institutional capacity of governments and participating agencies is especially needed in preparing projects for countries in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCAS).

Project Number: 36252-013
Project Name: Western Basins Water Resources Management Project
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The use of design-and-build contracts could be ineffective for complex water resource subprojects (with hydraulic structures) especially when relying on local contractors.

Project Number: 36252-013
Project Name: Western Basins Water Resources Management Project
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Prompt resolution of tax-related issues by ADB and the government is required to reduce the risk of late financial closure of projects.

Project Number: 36252-013
Project Name: Western Basins Water Resources Management Project
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Ensuring that design of the TA aligns with the ADB’s strategic regional efforts is important in helping to contribute to longer-term sustainable results. The DMFs could cross-reference these areas of alignment.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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Demonstration of the benefits of the tools (such as the time and efficiency improvements from the SARD RS-GIS) can usefully encourage their wider uptake.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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Additionally, this validation notes that feasible technical solutions that support national needs are critical to getting buy-in and ownership. For instance, some of the final reports for Bangladesh and Bhutan were produced in collaboration with national partners. It is missing from the TCR a description of the issues that led to including the DMF’s third outcome indicator in the DMF, or to managing lessons arising from a substantial increase in budget mid-way through implementation.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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Institutional capacity building and successful demonstration of pilots provide a strong foundation for scaling up efforts to mainstream climate adaptation and/or mitigation into national policies and programs. This also requires supportive national institutional leadership and streamlined coordination to sustain outcomes.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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SAOD added the importance of recognizing country processes in project management. Recognizing in-country protocols is crucial to working together successfully with partner national agencies.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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The TCR identified two findings, not lessons: first, engagement with strategic national partners was beneficial, and second, flexibility in output 2’s design enabled the TA to respond to national stakeholder priorities during implementation through consultative workshops with national stakeholders

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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The use of different dissemination pathways (such as trainings, workshops, seminars) is critical for sharing and transferring knowledge to external partners and can help to stimulate wider interest as these are placed in the public domain (downloads are trackable, and can serve as a proxy for wider interest). Within the ADB sharing tools and knowledge, particularly when they relate across sectors, these can help promote uptake of more efficient models that can contribute to institutional efficiency.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
Report Date:
Lesson
In finalizing this validation report, SAOD revised the lesson in the TCR and highlighted that considering country context in designing activities is important. Identifying in-country activities requires close collaboration with concerned national government agencies, and building upon similar past and current initiatives or mechanisms.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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The TCR noted that gaining the full cooperation of national agencies was important. The in-country governance arrangements, including the working groups and steering committee, played an important role in providing a steer, facilitating access, and reviewing outputs.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
Report Date: