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Lesson
In this TA, the Central and West Asia Department. collaborated effectively with the East Asia Department and the Development and Climate Change Department. A lesson from this would be: In a regional TA, application of the "One-ADB" approach can be particularly effective.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
Reforms should be embedded in government institutions that can take ownership and ensure that these will last beyond the life of the TA project.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
The stated lesson from the TA project is the second sentence, i.e., “The coordination of activities of this TA with relevant international development agencies, agencies in CAREC member countries, civil society and other stakeholders to avoid overlapping and to maximize the effectiveness of the project can be replicated in other TA projects.”

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
As this validation mentions, there is a need for government counterpart(s) to make an in-kind contribution so they have a “stake” in the results.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
A more specific lesson is that road safety programs need to be integrated into the design and management of specific road networks.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
A lesson from this TA project could also be: In addition to exploring involvement of traditional local stakeholders and other donor organizations, a TA project can explore relationships with and participation by local youth organizations (as was the case in this TA project with regard to the Global Shapers Ulaanbaatar Hub and the Youth Generation of Tajikistan).

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
This is a description of a follow_x005F_x0002_on activity and not formulated as a lesson. It could, for example, be: The effectiveness of a TA project can be enhanced if a follow-on TA will build on the results of the first.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
A lesson based on the first paragraph could be: “A TA project on road safety can be particularly effective when the TA results can be immediately used in preparation of investment projects or in ongoing projects.”

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
The importance of regular client meetings for fine-tuning of needs is a weak lesson since it is commonly known. The second part of the lesson could have been made more specific or clear, e.g., mentioning what “other stakeholders” the TA project team built relationships with, and is referred to, to trigger the lesson.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
Road safety know-how in different countries are at different levels, and it isimportant to have regular meetings with government counterparts to ensure that the TA remains relevant to their needs, and to fine tune if their needs change. It is also important to build close relationships with other non-government stakeholders and determine if they have activities in the road safety sector to avoid duplication. The follow-up TA includes more regional, and national capacity development activities to support CAREC DMCs.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
The training focusing on road safety engineering was aligned to ADB’s operations which led integration of road safety evaluation tools into CAREC road projects and consideration of road safety in the projects. The workshops featured practical trainings in blackspot investigation and road safety audit which was designed to assist road agencies in CAREC countries in providing safer roads.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
Strong demand from CAREC for similar TA projects is confirmed in annual TSCC meetings and there is also potential demand from South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) countries and other DMCs for similar TA projects which are being discussed in road safety workshops and conferences. The coordination of activities of this TA with relevantinternational development agencies, agencies in CAREC member countries, civil society and other stakeholders to avoid overlapping and to maximize the effectiveness of the project can be replicated in other TA projects.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
Report Date:
Lesson
The follow-on TA has road safety component to support the implementation of some findings of this TA which is costed at $1 million.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
Road safety requires a multi-disciplinary approach so actions on road safety needs to be taken at country level considering different approaches. Accordingly, the follow up TA (TA 9754: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation: Knowledge Sharing and Services in Transport and Transport Facilitation Phase 2) includes more national capacity development events to support DMCs was established and became an integral block of this program.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
Project and procurement readiness need to be worked out during project preparation to minimize completion delays.

Project Number: 42145-023
Project Name: North-South Road Corridor Investment Program – Tranche 1
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