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Lesson
Each new outbreak of disease confronts projects such as this one, as well as the implementing partners and global community, with a fresh challenge, because its early spread outpaces the gathering of scientific evidence needed to formulate containment policies. Each successive outbreak is followed by an initial opaque period characterized by a frustrating lack of scientific evidence on which to base policies and technical guidance.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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The rapid launch and accelerated implementation of the project made necessary by the threat that avian influenza would become a pandemic made it difficult to define verifiable indicators for a number of the outputs under the regional capacity building and regional coordination components. A mid-term review of the project would have facilitated a review and updating of the design and monitoring framework.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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Lesson
The project supported the One Health concept, which emphasizes the links between animal health and human health and emerging animal and human diseases. One Health provided a platform for unprecedented integration of animal, human and ecosystem health issues to fight the threat of avian influenza. The systematic collaboration of technical agencies across disciplines, such as FAO (veterinarians) and WHO (medical doctors) and civil society organizations (community health workers) supported by the project has promoted this concept since the beginning of the project.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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Lesson
ADB's high-level steering committee demonstrated ADB's institutional support, which enhanced coordination between development partners. The committee, comprising the heads of all regional departments and the Strategy and Policy Department and chaired by the director general of RSDD, provided prompt policy guidance and expedited decisions and actions. It also ensured that the needs of the countries were ascertained and that they had adequate access to project resources.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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Lesson
ADB was able to use its convening power effectively because it had the necessary in-house technical expertise. Public health experts on ADB's staff with knowledge of emerging infectious diseases were involved in designing and implementing the project. This in-house expertise made the dialogue with the technical and regional agencies to strengthen regional collaboration within and across the animal health and human health sectors possible.

Project Number: 39662-012
Project Name: Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific
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Lesson
Institutional lessons arise from the need for cooperation on the part of governments, airlines, and international agencies in reforming and harmonizing the regulatory and legislative environment. ICAO has already recognized PASO as a legitimate international organization and will exercise quality control through the regular Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program and Universal Security Audit Program in each country. Governments need to ensure continuing cooperation between aviation ministries and other ministries responsible for drafting and enacting legislation and for providing finance.

Project Number: 37449-013
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office Project (Pacific Region)
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Lesson
The concept of regional cooperation in technically demanding sectors is sound. The project concept of developing the coordinated provision of technical services to small and poorly resourced states has been proven. The project has helped develop similar regional activities in Asia and Africa by demonstrating feasibility to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and other international organizations.

Project Number: 37449-013
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office Project (Pacific Region)
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Lesson
The introduction of new aviation systems into regional and national organizations needs to be subjected to in-depth systems analysis to ensure that the systems are appropriate to the environment. Also, it is necessary to provide sufficient, continued capacity development and training to retain the use of the system and improve it.

Project Number: 37449-013
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office Project (Pacific Region)
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Strong management and strategic thinking are prerequisites for establishing a sound and viable institution. The early management of PASO was weak. More support was needed to help it put necessary systems in place earlier in the project period. Some member states expressed the need to further improve financial management in terms of adequacy and transparency. The PASO council has the potential to provide needed support through its finance and technical committees but has not yet fully leveraged those capabilities.

Project Number: 37449-013
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office Project (Pacific Region)
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Technical cooperation has required the use of best-practice systems and highly experienced professional staff from more developed countries. The development of regional expertise will take many years and require additional resources, if Pacific developing member countries (DMCs) expect to localize these positions. This environment requires flexibility in PASO staffing and structure to enable adjustments.

Project Number: 37449-013
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office Project (Pacific Region)
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The project is unique among ADB interventions in the Pacific. It involved setting up a regional organization from scratch, using a regional loan guaranteed by four Pacific Aviation Safety Office (PASO) members. While the concept was innovative, the first lesson is that a regional project can raise a variety of new issues. Inception was delayed by lengthy procedures for parliamentary approval of two of the guarantees. As of 2011, there is a risk that the organization could eventually fail unless a secure funding basis can be established in the near future.

Project Number: 37449-013
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office Project (Pacific Region)
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