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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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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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Post-publication knowledge sharing events are critical for the dissemination of knowledge generated by TA projects. Involvement of industry resource persons has value addition. Utilizing various platforms including social media will maximize knowledge sharing and dissemination.

Project Number: 55319-001
Project Name: Southeast Asia Aviation: COVID-19 Impact and Short-term Strategy
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Government leadership and coordination are key to successful sector reforms. The main reason for the delay in completing subprogram 3 was because of the time needed to complete the coordination for a presidential regulation that required more interministerial coordination and agreements than a ministerial regulation. While this additional requirement makes this action more irreversible, overcoming the coordination challenge was not without difficulty. Government leadership for careful coordination was critical in completing this policy action.

Project Number: 49043-001, 49043-002, 49043-003
Project Name: Sustainable and Inclusive Energy Program 
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The results-based lending (RBL) modality provides flexibility to adjust targets adversely affected by unforessen adverse events such as COVID-19. During 2020–2022, the COVID-19 pandemic affected the demand for electricity, lowering the State Electricity Company's (PLN) revenues and creating uncertainty in its investment plans. Sourcing equity financing and implementing ongoing projects within PLN became difficult under such conditions and adjustments were needed in scope and time targets of ongoing works.

Project Number: 50016-001
Project Name: Sustainable Energy Access in Eastern Indonesia—Electricity Grid Development Program
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Adequate safeguard reporting arrangements with frequency and report templates included in the construction contracts and technical guidance on the implementation of safeguard actions can strengthen project compliance to ADB safeguard requirements. The introduction of program actions through the RBL programs has improved PLN staff's awareness and capacity concerning ADB safeguard requirements. The grievance redress mechanism was found to be an area for further improvement during the evaluation of the previous RBL in Sumatra.

Project Number: 50016-001
Project Name: Sustainable Energy Access in Eastern Indonesia—Electricity Grid Development Program
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Well-trained local government staff and project management consultants on the requirements for involuntary resettlement under ADB and national government guidelines can mitigate challenges. While a resettlement framework was prepared for the project, there was a need to ensure that the implementors understood it well. One approach would be to utilize the first resettlement undertaking as a running case for all participating cities to learn from the initial experiences generated.

Project Number: 46094-001
Project Name: Neighborhood Upgrading and Shelter Project (Phase 2)
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Leadership buy-in and management of the institution combined with teamwork among implementing agencies play a critical role in effective implementation and overall performance.

Project Number: 42099-013
Project Name: Polytechnic Education Development Project
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