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The full participation and cooperation of nodal officers and resident mission members contributed to a successful TA implementation.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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The active participation and cooperation from the SASEC member countries’ representatives including high-level participation provided strong support in achieving the TA’s outcome and outputs

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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Scaling up is likely to happen with the planned updating of the transmission master plan and extension of the same to include Myanmar, and the discussions taking place for SASEC countries to adopt a regional power trade framework agreement.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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Frequent and active coordination and consultation with relevant ministries and stakeholders during TA design process contributed to identifying ADB’s and SASEC member countries’ priorities.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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Strong support and active participation from SASEC member countries provided good motivating factors to replicate or scale up initiatives in cross-border power trading, such as the issuance of India’s new guidelines on cross-border electricity trade, and issuance of Nepal’s transmission master plan.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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Countries have shown a lot of interest and commitment for cross-border power trade activities. However, such activities take longer time to fulfill their respective processes and requirements and continuous facilitation support.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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Participants from SASEC member countries and the transmission utilities provided good feedback on the workshops and/or study tour that were undertaken under the TA.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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Updating of cross-border transmission lines master plan along with the inclusion of Myanmar, facilitating further dialogue for actual implementation of cross-border transmission line, and exploring possibilities for inter-subregional power trade (e.g., with Central and West Asia) will be pursued through follow on TA projects.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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The TA was managed and implemented well due to the efficient coordination and assistance provided by a designated resident mission focal point staff and representatives from government and its agencies, including TA-engaged consultants and ADB-based SASEC Secretariat.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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The TA enjoyed the benefits of engaging with national strategic partners and stakeholders to strengthen mainstreaming climate change concerns in national development planning. In particular, the TA’s output 2, which was designed to be open and flexible, helped accommodate the South Asian DMCs’ request for support for climate change–related priority capacity building activities that can be implemented within the scope of the regional TA.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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The in-country activities’ being identified through national consultations, anchored on existing collaboration mechanisms, building upon similar past and current initiatives, and close coordination with concerned national government agencies contributed to the TA’s successful implementation of activities and delivery of quality outputs.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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The knowledge partnership with the APEC Climate Center (Busan, Republic of Korea) contributed to the incorporation of updated and highly reliable historical and projected climate data and information, and climate scenarios into the SARD RS-GIS based Climate and Disaster Risk Resilience Decision Support System. It also contributed practical strategies to mitigate the impacts and consequences of climate disasters and natural hazards, and to formulate the most appropriate climate change adaptation/mitigation measures for South Asia DMCs.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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Despite a few changes in ADB staff managing and supervising it, the TA benefited from engaging a core set of consultants who provided the institutional memory and worked closely together to undertake specialized yet interrelated assignments, ensuring work consistency, and timely delivery of quality outputs. In the participating South Asia DMCs, the TA accommodated the in-country project management protocols and, thus, enjoyed full support from the respective partner national focal agencies, including inputs from expert-level working groups and guidance from project steering committees.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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The findings/results and lessons learned from TA activities were disseminated within ADB via in-house seminars and more widely via knowledge sharing events (trainings, workshops, seminars) in the participating South Asia DMCs.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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With capacity building as an excellent entry point for mainstreaming climate change in national development planning in South Asia DMCs, time-based relevant capacity building plans with appropriate institutional arrangements and streamlined coordination mechanisms will be important in achieving development objectives and sustaining outcomes.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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