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A project will be more successful if it demonstrates flexibility to meet the needs of stakeholders. In the case of the evaluated project, the decision to delay procurement of an off-the-shelf education sector information system (ESIS) and explore options to build the system resulted in an ESIS that is delivering lasting benefits to Mongolia— above and beyond government and ADB expectations. Although this decision delayed the project and impacted the efficiency of the investment, it contributed to a sound development outcome and a lasting impact.

Project Number: 39254-022
Project Name: Education Sector Reform Project
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Local knowledge innovations delivered through ADB projects have the potential to be replicated in other ADB investments. Examples of local knowledge innovations from this project that were new for ADB education investments include the translation of seminal English language texts on teacher education into local (Mongolian) language; and the national open source teacher development web portal set up to facilitate sharing of educational materials.

Project Number: 39254-022
Project Name: Education Sector Reform Project
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ADB’s contribution to development may be unknown where ADB branding is not publicly visible to stakeholders. ICT equipment, science laboratories, and other physical infrastructure provided under the project were not accompanied by ADB branding (plaques, stickers, etc.). This approach is inconsistent with current practice among development partners and diminishes the visibility of ADB’s positive contributions to development.

Project Number: 39254-022
Project Name: Education Sector Reform Project
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The TA project design and its five outputs were an amalgam of diverse activities. Most of these outputs could easily have been managed under separate TAs. While all the outputs fell within the finance sector, they were combined into one TA project in response to directions from ADB Management and the President that the number of individual TA projects be reduced. While the TA was managed properly overall, the many different counterparts and objectives involved made the oversight process challenging and complex.

Project Number: 50017-001
Project Name: Supporting Financial Sector Development and Stability
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The presence of a champion in managing cross-departmental transaction is essential. The CHP 5 transaction was the first cross-departmental collaboration across the East Asia Department (EARD) (upstream development and associated facility), Private Sector Operations Department (finance to CHP 5 plant), and the Office of Public–Private Partnership and Office of the General Counsel (transaction advisory), which jointly provided assistance to facilitate the deal. Director General, EARD was the anchor for coordination across the teams and the government.

Project Number: 46343-002
Project Name: Preparing the Energy Efficiency and Urban Environment Improvement Project
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The two-part approach of the TA project implementation was effective to flexibly accommodate changes in project environment and the government’s needs,and define the project scope for due diligence. Since CHP 5 construction was outside of direct control of the TA project, there were several occasions to change the technical specifications and subcomponent scope to accommodate the request from the CHP 5 concessionaire and the government.

Project Number: 46343-002
Project Name: Preparing the Energy Efficiency and Urban Environment Improvement Project
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Frequent change in the government remains a major risk to build up the energy sector pipeline in Mongolia. It was also a cause of delayed investment in baseload generation capacity development for power and heat supply in Ulaanbaatar and of much delayed response to improve air quality in the city. All requested projects in Mongolia would need to carefully factor in changes in government that directly impacts project processing especially for a project involving multiple domestic stakeholders and requiring lengthy preparation and processing time.

Project Number: 46343-002
Project Name: Preparing the Energy Efficiency and Urban Environment Improvement Project
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Communication messages disseminated through social media are more effective if there are parallel efforts to moderate online discussions and encourage audiences to share their experiences.

Project Number: 50093-001
Project Name: Gender-Responsive Sector and Local Development Policies and Actions
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Through the communication campaign, the TA project directly contributed to awareness-raising and advocacy objectives of the NPGE. To sustain the campaign momentum, succeeding projects need to build on the project gains, particularly in engaging local stakeholders to design communication campaigns for their respective communities where the impact can be most felt.

Project Number: 50093-001
Project Name: Gender-Responsive Sector and Local Development Policies and Actions
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As part of the Gender-responsive Policy for Food, Agriculture and Light Industry, the mandatory collection of sex-disaggregated data is included in the 2020 performance contracts signed by MOFALI with 21 aimags’ governors and heads of Food and Agriculture Departments. This initiative should be considered for scaling up in other sectors.

Project Number: 50093-001
Project Name: Gender-Responsive Sector and Local Development Policies and Actions
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Evidence-based and targeted communication is key to raising awareness of gender equality issues. Usage of television and social media channels are effective for awareness-raising, but these need to be reinforced by more tailored community-based communication and stakeholder workshops to ensure that local stakeholders not only sustain a dialogue but also undertake concrete action to recognize and address them at households, schools, and workplaces.

Project Number: 50093-001
Project Name: Gender-Responsive Sector and Local Development Policies and Actions
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Because the cross-cutting nature of the TA project, there were close consultation and active participation of different stakeholders ranging from national and local-level policy makers of four sectors to the private sector and civil society.

Project Number: 50093-001
Project Name: Gender-Responsive Sector and Local Development Policies and Actions
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Following the guidelines for preparing local gender subprograms, the NCGE continues to provide technical and financial support to local governments and CSOs for replication.

Project Number: 50093-001
Project Name: Gender-Responsive Sector and Local Development Policies and Actions
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The TA project was well-designed and aligned with the government’s and ADB’s priorities. The TA project design was technically sound, given its significant contribution toward the implementation of the gender equality legislation and five out of six objectives of the NPGE.

Project Number: 50093-001
Project Name: Gender-Responsive Sector and Local Development Policies and Actions
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To efficiently handle financial and administrative matters of the TA project, a finance and administration assistant should be recruited in addition to the coordinator.

Project Number: 50093-001
Project Name: Gender-Responsive Sector and Local Development Policies and Actions
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