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A key consideration in sequencing is that legislative and regulatory reforms require changes in the capacity of institutions, meaning policy and rules; in the organizations charged with implementation; and in the abilities and management practices of responsible government officers. This cascade of legislative and regulatory requirements - from institutions to organizations to people - would seem to provide a strategic sequence for reforms, but, in practice, this is not a linear sequence. Rather, people - officials and stakeholders - are involved from the outset of the reform process.

Project Number: 39658-013
Project Name: Economic Recovery Program
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The Economic Recovery Program (ERP) comprised 59 policy actions - 39 for the first tranche and 20 for the second tranche. The total number of policy actions under the ERP was significantly large and represented a challenge in terms of monitoring and implementation. The number of policy measures should be limited so that ADB can monitor compliance with them effectively throughout the program.

Project Number: 39658-013
Project Name: Economic Recovery Program
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The Economic Recovery Program (ERP) was developed in close consultation with the government and development partners such as the International Monetary Authority (IMF) and the World Bank through many joint missions, and was designed through a holistic approach. The ADB shared the policy matrix with the IMF and the World Bank and coordinated closely with them in the final design. The ADB also attended the Development Partnership Forum in the Maldives in March 2009 and held discussions with other key development partners.

Project Number: 39658-013
Project Name: Economic Recovery Program
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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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Project management. Adapting to a formal project management framework approach and a central repository for tasks, processes, guidelines, and templates can help a great deal with the efficient implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of a project. This can have positive impacts on the overall efficiency of the organization, as well as reporting.

Project Number: 34276-013
Project Name: Information Technology Development Project
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Island selection and subproject appraisal were inefficient, delaying the commencement of contract processing by over 2 years and suggesting a recommendation for altering the approach that is shown in the next section.

Project Number: 32036-013
Project Name: Outer Islands Electrification (Sector) Project
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A notable feature of this project was the difference in the performance of the batch 1 and batch 2 contractors, though both contracts were undertaken by the same consortium. The main difference was in project management requirements.

Project Number: 32036-013
Project Name: Outer Islands Electrification (Sector) Project
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Sustainability. Projects with adequate counterpart funds (capital and operational) can encourage government ownership and improve sustainability. The project plan should incorporate a strong operational and sustainable model. Some of the factors leading to unsatisfactory sustainability in ICT projects include an inadequate financial and business plan, and a lack of trained personnel, ownership, and support from public leaders.

Project Number: 34276-013
Project Name: Information Technology Development Project
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