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The TCR did not mention this dimension explicitly in the document. In-country ownership by government and/or private sector would be required to consolidate gains.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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Replication: Within ADB, the SDCD cost center has been established to develop GCF project proposals. Scaling up: It would require additional project preparation facilities, trust fund resources, and climate TA projects alongside ADB projects. Skills within SDCD have been developed but continue to rely on TA consultant support for implementation. The TCR, thus, recommended for a way forward.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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Based on the TCR narrative, the TA prepared some technical documents and accessed new mechanisms for climate finance. The approved GCF proposals were examples. While the TA made some efforts to increase awareness and disseminate knowledge via the in-country consultations, there was no clear evidence or assessment that the target audience was more aware of the technical materials presented, and had adopted the same, thereby, building institutional capacity. Adopting national or sectoral policies or legal standards, or any academic literature was not mentioned in the TCR.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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This validation adds the need to adopt a more realistic timeline where funding sources are uncertain or unknown.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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This validation adds that pioneering the GCF proposals with a strong SDCD team, like in Mongolia, will provide a sound template and be an effective way to demonstrate success for the subsequent proposals.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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Gender targets for training are based on actual data on the organization’s employee composition and should aim to increase participation of underrepresented groups. To increase the value of the training activities, gender targets can be designed such that the (i) organization’s current employee composition and (ii) steps to increase the exposure, awareness, and participation of underrepresented groups are taken into account, while ensuring the delivery of the training program to the appropriate people who are currently performing the critical tasks.

Project Number: 50318-001
Project Name: Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
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KEGOC has plans to procure additional PowerFactory licenses in 2020 using its own resources.

Project Number: 50318-001
Project Name: Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
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Besides ADB and the consultant/contractor, the only TA stakeholders were the Ministry of Energy and KEGOC.

Project Number: 50318-001
Project Name: Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
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Holding organized workshops with key staff (technical and managerial staff and other staff that would interact with the system) to identify the key features required for a successful transition to a new transmission planning system (or other major software or system change) and review and evaluate the different alternatives will help create buy-in and also result in a quality decision, factoring in the contributions of different team members. The software system chosen through this kind of process will be respected and will have a high likelihood of successful implementation and uptake.

Project Number: 50318-001
Project Name: Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
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One of the delays of the TA was due to KEGOC’s changing major assumptions of the transmission planning system model, which required redesign and simulation analyses. This highlights the importance of the Consultant’s communicating the importance of determining the client’s model assumptions clearly, considering upcoming/planned changes to transmission assets and anticipated changes to power and capacity trading arrangements.

Project Number: 50318-001
Project Name: Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
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Consultation in the design phase is critical to develop a clear understanding of requirements and allow any issues to be flagged upfront and factored into the design of the project in terms of scope, cost estimates, schedule and allocation of human resources. Some specific areas to ensure coverage in the design process of a similar project are: • The extent of data requirements • Data availability • Data accessibility, and whether language translation will be required.

Project Number: 50318-001
Project Name: Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
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Following the Kazakh experience, in 2019, the “Power the Future” program of the United States Agency for International Development provided two PowerFactory licenses each to Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Project Number: 50318-001
Project Name: Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
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One of the delays of the TA was caused by DIgSILENT’s waiting for the Ministry of Energy to provide locations for potential renewable energy generation sources by region. The Ministry of Energy was preoccupied at the time with other pressing issues. The flagging of upcoming input requirements from partners well in advance will enable them to plan and allocate adequate resources to the task, as well as give them opportunity to identify issues with the Consultant’s expected delivery schedule and make necessary adjustments.

Project Number: 50318-001
Project Name: Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
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As modern technologies for transmission system planning are new for Kazakhstan and the entire Central Asian region, the production of a knowledge product that highlights the lessons learned from this TA would be highly beneficial. Some generalized lessons could also be applicable to the implementation of modern technologies in other sectors and applications.

Project Number: 50318-001
Project Name: Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
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The TA had some design shortcomings related to insufficient information availability. During project preparation, the extent of the work and the inputs and resource requirements of each participant should have been clearly communicated.

Project Number: 50318-001
Project Name: Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
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