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Lesson
Better coordination of activities for power generation capacity expansion and fuel supply pipeline improvement helps avoid delays in realizing the full efficiency gains from the investment.

Project Number: 42378-015
Project Name: Power System Expansion and Efficiency Improvement Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Cross-border collaboration provides opportunity for knowledge sharing and adoption of successful initiatives in similar contexts is often the case with neighboring countries.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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Lesson
Description. No lesson formulated. It could, for example, be:“Active engagement and dialogue with DPs during TA implementation may increase (leverage) the value of the TA to the client through improved donor coordination on the TA subject.”

Project Number: 42173-014
Project Name: Strengthening Monitoring and Enforcement in the Meghna River for Dhaka's Sustainable Water Supply
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Lesson
The importance of the continuity of EA staff and consultants is a valid, but well-known lesson. Another lesson could be: Having staff in the resident mission with extensive research experience in water supply is important to the success of the TA since it can lead to better planning and supervision of the TA studies, and improved communication with the EA staff and TA consultants.

Project Number: 42173-014
Project Name: Strengthening Monitoring and Enforcement in the Meghna River for Dhaka's Sustainable Water Supply
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Lesson
Adopting a longer-time frame for a TA involving cross-border cooperation helps fulfill the member countries’ respective processes and requirements, including continuous facilitation support.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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SASEC countries’ 13 stakeholders attended the technical study tour to NordPool in Norway to learn about the history, development, and current operation of the electricity market in Nordic countries. The tour helped the participants understand how the electricity market evolved in the Nordic countries from a mostly long-term bilateral contract-based market to a power exchange in Europe with high trading volume.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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Lesson
Descriptive only; not formulated as lesson. It could, for example, be: “Broad engagement of stakeholders will ensure relevance and ownership of TA results.”

Project Number: 42173-014
Project Name: Strengthening Monitoring and Enforcement in the Meghna River for Dhaka's Sustainable Water Supply
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Lesson
Description. No lesson formulated. It could, for example, be: “The TA results may incentivize other DP funding on the subject.” Or, “Broad dissemination of TA results of a new water quality monitoring approach, such as the participatory approach introduced through this TA, may generate replication elsewhere, in the country and beyond.”

Project Number: 42173-014
Project Name: Strengthening Monitoring and Enforcement in the Meghna River for Dhaka's Sustainable Water Supply
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Lesson
The importance of a focused EA and committed consultants is a valid, but well-known lesson. Another lesson could be: Delays in the completion of TA may not matter so long as there are no cost overruns, and the knowledge produced is of high quality and useful to ongoing and planned operations.

Project Number: 42173-014
Project Name: Strengthening Monitoring and Enforcement in the Meghna River for Dhaka's Sustainable Water Supply
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Lesson
Myanmar’s inclusion the regional transmission master plan was a new partnership that had not previously been anticipated. When determining the project’s scope, the inclusion of stakeholders could consider additional players, which may not be currently engaged in regional partnerships. Such expansion can harness new opportunities for trade.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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Lesson
Very descriptive; not formulated as lesson. It could, for example, be: “Publication of TA results in book form, as done following this TA, can enhance the dissemination of knowledge in the country and beyond.”

Project Number: 42173-014
Project Name: Strengthening Monitoring and Enforcement in the Meghna River for Dhaka's Sustainable Water Supply
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Lesson
Replication of the TA initiative in other regions with untapped cross-border resources in the energy sector or other sectors, can open new opportunities for development, cooperation, and expansion.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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Lesson
A lesson here is: Pilot studies can potentially play an important role in the adoption and replication of cleaner production technologies if they can clearly demonstrate (i) the benefits to industries and (ii) that such adoption and replication can be a win-win scenario for the environment as well as the businesses.

Project Number: 42173-014
Project Name: Strengthening Monitoring and Enforcement in the Meghna River for Dhaka's Sustainable Water Supply
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Lesson
The lesson could have been formulated more clearly. For example: “For a TA, which closely relates to an operation, it is important to harmonize the schedules to the extent possible.”

Project Number: 42173-014
Project Name: Strengthening Monitoring and Enforcement in the Meghna River for Dhaka's Sustainable Water Supply
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Lesson
This validation notes that Myanmar’s inclusion and its approval of the regional transmission master plan in principle supported the excellent level of stakeholder participation. Broad and expanded stakeholder participation is a good indicator of the success of a TA in delivering cross-border projects and regional networking and knowledge sharing across national borders.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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