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The same project officer handled the sole subproject under the cluster TA from the start to the end. There was also no change in consultants at any stage. They were found to be highly qualified for the tasks assigned. This shows the importance of consistency not only in managing the TA, but also of the consultants’ inputs for successful achievement of the outputs.

Project Number: 45396-001
Project Name: South Asia Economic Integration Partnership
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Lesson
The SASEC Transmission Master Plan is expected to be updated and expanded soon to include Myanmar, which exercise has been eased by the availability of requisite databases. The findings of the feasibility study on power trading companies in Bangladesh and Nepal would help similar studies on other countries.

Project Number: 45396-001
Project Name: South Asia Economic Integration Partnership
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Prior consultation with countries targeted to participate should be done extensively during preparation of the TA. For the subproject, the convenient process of TA approval helped to mobilize necessary resources for these supplementary activities in a timely manner.

Project Number: 45396-001
Project Name: South Asia Economic Integration Partnership
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Some of the TA activities helped to increase close collaboration with South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, which was always included in the dissemination and capacity development programs.

Project Number: 45396-001
Project Name: South Asia Economic Integration Partnership
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Partnership with United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) helped extensively to supplement the efforts in related activities under RETA 8619 and expand the capacity development on Bangladesh and Nepal. The cluster TA funded travel-related expenses of participants from Bangladesh and Nepal on the SASEC Cross-border Power Trade Development Study Tour held in Nord Pool Spot, Oslo, Norway, while RETA 8619 funded those of participants from other SASEC member countries.

Project Number: 45396-001
Project Name: South Asia Economic Integration Partnership
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Bringing together the relevant government stakeholders such as the ministries-in-charge of energy, the power utilities and transmission utilities, and the regulatory agencies in the intergovernmental meetings helped to further the discussions more effectively at both policy and technical levels.

Project Number: 45396-001
Project Name: South Asia Economic Integration Partnership
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Regular training and dissemination on this activity, among others, helped keep the momentum on regional energy cooperation.

Project Number: 45396-001
Project Name: South Asia Economic Integration Partnership
Report Date:
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This describes outputs and does not constitute a lesson. During the finalization of this validation, SARC provided another lesson: The availability of a comprehensive database with regional information aids in the scaling up of cross-border sector plans and/or initiatives.

Project Number: 45396-001
Project Name: South Asia Economic Integration Partnership
Report Date:
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