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Inclusive public consultations and close relationships among stakeholders are crucial to determine the most appropriate design and ensure the smooth implementation especially of project components introduced for the first in the country or project sites. The project design underwent various scope changes, some of which were in response to requests from the Kulhudhuffushi City Council (KCC). The scope changes and additional works delayed project implementation.

Project Number: 36111-013
Project Name: Kulhudhuffushi Harbor Expansion Project
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Institutional strengthening and capacity development need to continue throughout the project. Capacity constraints continue to affect Maldives’ maritime development and management, including projects financed by development partners. The technical associated linked to this project provided significant recommendations based on in-depth analysis and developed toolkits and guidance for improving harbor management and operation. The related government agencies and Kulhudhuffushi City Council (KCC) should review the recommendations carefully and use the outputs.

Project Number: 36111-013
Project Name: Kulhudhuffushi Harbor Expansion Project
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The government and the Ministry of Energy and Environment (MEE) had implemented the Regional Development Project prior to this follow-up project. The government asked that project implementation support be provided to help implement Regional Development Project, Phase II - Environmental Infrastructure and Management. Although MEE was not fully conversant with ADB procedures at first, timely support from ADB and willingness of the MEE staff to adopt these practices helped implement the project. The Ministry of Finance and Treasury and the government fully supported the project.

Project Number: 33218-013
Project Name: Regional Development Project, Phase II - Environmental Infrastructure and Management
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Like the agencies that acted as the implementing agency before it, the Ministry of Energy and Environment experienced problems in obtaining approval for (i) establishment of the regional project advisory committee; (ii) government budgetary support; (iii) an operations and maintenance strategy; and (iv) project design changes. Investment under the project should have also includes increased institutional governance strengthening, ensuring a well-balanced, sustainable project.

Project Number: 33218-013
Project Name: Regional Development Project, Phase II - Environmental Infrastructure and Management
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Due to frequent restructuring within the government agencies, the PIU team was unstable throughout implementation. For future projects, permanent technical staff within the project implementation unit (PIU) team should be retained as much as possible to ensure continuity of key knowledge and information throughout the project. To further mitigate this situation, future projects could include strong procurement and project management support to the PIU to ensure smooth project implementation.

Project Number: 37265-013
Project Name: Domestic Maritime Transport Project
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There were initial start-up delays due to re-advertising of the institutional development and capacity building component and rebidding of the infrastructure investment component (IIC). The latter impacted the implementation schedule most and resulted in a one-year delay in completing the IIC. This also necessitated extending the loan by one year to December 2010. In the future, it would be beneficial to undertake more robust feasibility studies.

Project Number: 37265-013
Project Name: Domestic Maritime Transport Project
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Although the project cost estimate was made in 2002, procurement for the civil works was during 2008-2009. Due to price escalation, the bid prices received were much higher than originally estimated. Eventually, the implementing agency reduced the project scope so as to fit the project costs within the original cost allocation. In the future, it would be beneficial to shorten the time between detailed design and procurement and to use advance procurement to minimize start-up delays. Price escalation should also be factored into the project cost estimate.

Project Number: 37265-013
Project Name: Domestic Maritime Transport Project
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It is important to establish and maintain a network for cooperation in competency standards development within the region where similar issues and problems regarding the promotion of technical and vocational education and training and development of competency standards prevail. Benefits from this approach include facilitated adoption and adaptation of established standards, which may be applicable to Maldivian requirements, as well as the mutual sharing of ideas, processes, competency standards, and materials on skills training.

Project Number: 33217-013
Project Name: Employment Skills Training Project
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Stakeholder support is essential for increasing awareness and acceptance of technical and vocational education and training (TVET). To ensure the sustainability of the project's achievements, the government must provide continuing financial and human resources support to increase awareness and acceptance of TVET, particularly in the form of career guidance and social marketing.

Project Number: 33217-013
Project Name: Employment Skills Training Project
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Timely selection and training of project staff is essential for effective implementation. The delayed establishment and operationalization of the project implementation unit prevented activities from being properly sequenced during the first 2 years of project implementation.

Project Number: 33217-013
Project Name: Employment Skills Training Project
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The establishment of a dynamic labor management information system would have been useful in gathering relevant information for guiding the employment sector councils in identifying high demand occupations and developing competency-based skills trainings that are demand driven. Also, such as a system would have provided important information to support policy-related decision making, planning, and interagency cooperation and coordination and helped determine and quantify project achievements.

Project Number: 33217-013
Project Name: Employment Skills Training Project
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The relevant stakeholders (i.e., various ministries, agencies, employers, training providers, youth, parents, schools, and communities) are often unaware of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and its various features and components, and continued efforts to bring them onboard must be made through interagency cooperation and coordination, workplace visits, and promotional campaigns in schools and communities.

Project Number: 33217-013
Project Name: Employment Skills Training Project
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