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Embedding organic staff in the project administration structure provide valuable hands-on experience and coaching from the consultants and facilitate a smooth transition.

Project Number: 38298-022
Project Name: Vocational Education and Skills Development Project
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No additional lesson.

Project Number: 39674-022
Project Name: CAREC Transport Corridor 1 (Bishkek–Torugart Road) Project
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Despite the urgency of government requests for additional financing, conduct a thorough due diligence on all government entities involved and ensure that the available resources fit the scope of the project.

Project Number: 31197-032
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project (Supplementary Grant)
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At appraisal, all parts of previous project arrangements should be thoroughly reviewed to identify the real causes of past project implementation issues. For key past problems, new solutions should be sought, rather than trying to modify past arrangements.

Project Number: 31197-032
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project (Supplementary Grant)
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Do not reengage in a sector with poor past performance until the government demonstrates its commitment and ownership by creating an enabling environment for delivery of sustainable outputs.

Project Number: 31197-032
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project (Supplementary Grant)
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Choose sustainable implementation arrangements. Although the same person headed the Agency for Vocational Education and the project implementation unit, there was a lack of integration between the two organizations. The project activities were separately implemented and managed by the project implementation unit without involving the staff of the Agency for Vocational Education. As a result, activities initiated under the project may slow down after the departure of the project implementation unit consultants.

Project Number: 38298-022
Project Name: Vocational Education and Skills Development Project
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Understand that project implementation will require significant ADB staff resources, and allocate resources for additional support to bolster areas where project implementation was previously weak.

Project Number: 31197-032
Project Name: Community-Based Infrastructure Services Sector Project (Supplementary Grant)
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Road safety and road asset management. Road safety and road asset management components should be included in all future transport projects because they are essential to the sustainability of projects and to their effectiveness. As road safety involves various agencies, the design and implementation arrangements for this component should be based on extensive discussions with all related agencies and policy dialogue with high-level government bodies.

Project Number: 39676-023
Project Name: CAREC Regional Road Corridor Improvement Project
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Performance-based maintenance (PBM). Implementing PBM contracts requires sufficient preparation and time for transition. More attention should be given to PBM readiness and to such important factors as allocating proper budgets, developing institutional frameworks, establishing legislation and procedures, recruiting qualified consultants, mitigating negative effects on road maintenance units, and fostering local private contractors. In both countries, the PBM pilot testing was delayed mainly because of the lack of experience and knowledge of the executing agencies.

Project Number: 39676-023
Project Name: CAREC Regional Road Corridor Improvement Project
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Border infrastructure improvement. The benefits of good infrastructure at border crossings can be fully realized only when countries on both sides of a border fund complementary investments and when their border control agencies cooperate. Projects should support the construction and renovation of border-crossing points in a country where investments to upgrade complementary facilities on the other side of the border have been completed or are nearing completion. [Main text, para. 53]

Project Number: 39676-023
Project Name: CAREC Regional Road Corridor Improvement Project
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To avoid potential cost overruns during the project implementation period, the engineering design of roads at the project preparation stage should be based on the most reliable traffic forecasts and sufficient geological and climate surveys to enable the preparation of realistic designs without the need to amend them later. Road safety issues should be identified during the project design period in consultation with local communities, and features that enhance road safety, including on sidewalks and at bus shelters, should be adequately reflected in the project design. [Main text, para.

Project Number: 39676-023
Project Name: CAREC Regional Road Corridor Improvement Project
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Regional project. This project was designed as a regional project including two countries. A joint effect was observed by executing the two countries' projects simultaneously, yet different institutional frameworks and different effective procedures were required in the two countries. Thus, full agreement among stakeholders is necessary in designing future regional projects. [Main text, para. 56]

Project Number: 39676-023
Project Name: CAREC Regional Road Corridor Improvement Project
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Information technologgy training for government agencies' staff was expensive. It may be more efficient in future procurement plans to have a separate package for training in basic information and communication technology, as there are many institutions in the country that provide these services.

Project Number: 41544-072
Project Name: Investment Climate Improvement Program System Support Project
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Projects with significant information technology (IT) components require specific expertise in designing the software's technical specifications and bidding documents, and monitoring a software developer's work. The terms of reference for IT experts should have required candidates to have minimum experience in writing technical specifications for software development that were successfully tendered.

Project Number: 41544-072
Project Name: Investment Climate Improvement Program System Support Project
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It is unlikely that civil servants in the Kyrgyz Republic have the necessary incentives to manage complex projects as unremunerated, part-time project managers, even if they are highly competent. It is also unlikely that public procurement processes can be managed without specialized procurement skills. A fully dedicated project manager and a procurement specialist should have been appointed to the project.

Project Number: 41544-072
Project Name: Investment Climate Improvement Program System Support Project
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