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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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The TA had been effective in drawing cofinancing. Activities from the cofinancing were clearly defined and complementary to ADB financed activities. Co-financing could have been envisaged at design stage instead of additional financing during implementation.

Project Number: 45317-001
Project Name: Support for the Third Primary Education Development Project
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There was no co-financing. Development partners (DPs), such as, AFD, EIB, and KfW of Loan 3051/8292-BAN were greatly benefited by the TA studies. The review missions of KfW and AFD for financing the water supply project met regularly with ADB to get updates on the TA. A letter forwarded to the government by the DPs helped in preparation of Meghna River Master Plan.

Project Number: 42173-014
Project Name: Strengthening Monitoring and Enforcement in the Meghna River for Dhaka's Sustainable Water Supply
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Regular exchange of information and ideas among various stakeholders within and participating countries helped strengthen the partnership and collaboration. This also helped understand each other’s priorities and aspirations. Field visit to Norway also helped connect with international partners.

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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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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Partnership with institutions, like the International Monetary Fund and those from developed counterparts like the Bank of Italy, has enabled us to work together and tap relevant expertise.

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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The TA was solely funded by ADB, where the government provided [an] in-kind contribution. Cofinancing opportunities could have been explored with a condition that ADB intended outcomes will prevail.

Project Number: 45376-001
Project Name: Capacity Building for Portfolio Management
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The TA was financed by the Republic of Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund, Strategic Climate Fund, and SREP funds. The cofinancers made the resources available to ADB immediately after approval of the TA. The cofinanciers monitored the progress from time to time. However, the TA design could have developed a formal communication and networking framework with cofinanciers.

Project Number: 48432-001
Project Name: Enabling Poor Women's Benefits from Enhanced Access to Energy in Hatiya Island
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Close exchange with the GCF Secretariat as well as with other multilateral development banks and development partners accredited to the GCF has been helpful for understanding the investment criteria of climate financiers. The TA benefited from cofinancing by the NDF which was mobilized during TA implementation.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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When building a new partnership, it is important to carefully assess partners’ capacity, provide prior guidance on ADB’s required procedures and expectations, and select the right partnership modalities to avoid the unexpectedly high transaction costs to make the partnership work.

Project Number: 48206-001
Project Name: Promoting Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (Phase 2)
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The TA project benefitted from a broad network of partners from the PRC and independent accountability mechanism that contributed to mobilizing a large number of workshop participants and to getting rich inputs to improve the quality of the initial draft of the regional framework.

Project Number: 53140-001
Project Name: Developing Accountability and Mechanism Framework for Financial Intermediaries
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ADB recognizes the need to leverage strategic knowledge partnerships for learning, capacity building, and innovation. It is particularly so in the areas of emerging technologies. The knowledge partnerships have been leveraged to tap into the expertise, resources, and networks of these organizations. For example, ADB joined the Global Partnership Network on Identification and jointly endorsed the Declaration of Common Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development on 11 January 2017.

Project Number: 48240-001
Project Name: Information and Communication Technology for Development Initiative Facility in Asia and the Pacific
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