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Lesson
Institutional arrangements should be included for post-TA activities for sustainability and carrying over the lessons and recommendations.

Project Number: 48139-001
Project Name: Enhancing the Institutional Capacity of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division
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Lesson
During TA design stage, government’s confirmation should be obtained to ensure that counterpart staff for ADB TA consultants are identified and available for appropriate and/or adequate guidance and coordination of work. For this TA project, Project Director was changed three times, officials were assigned part_x005F_x0002_time basis on additional charge.

Project Number: 48139-001
Project Name: Enhancing the Institutional Capacity of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division
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Lesson
At TA conceptualization, the government’s priority should be ensured to reduce the delay in approval process and commencement of activities including the adequate allocation of counterpart resources in time.

Project Number: 48139-001
Project Name: Enhancing the Institutional Capacity of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division
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Lesson
Before committing TA resources, the timeline and output targets should be aligned with the government’s ongoing priority and programs so that start-up delays could be minimized, and output targets remain achievable.

Project Number: 48139-001
Project Name: Enhancing the Institutional Capacity of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division
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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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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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Lesson
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
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Lesson
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
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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A new TA (TA 9276-BAN: Support to Primary Education Development) was approved in 2016 to continue support to PEDP III fiduciary oversight and PFM improvement

Project Number: 45317-001
Project Name: Support for the Third Primary Education Development Project
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Lesson
The TA has strengthened the fiduciary oversight by the development partners in PEDP III. Similar TA can be replicated in the education sector projects in Bangladesh, such as Supporting Fourth Primary Education Development Program, Skills for Employment Investment Program, Secondary Education Sector Investment Program.

Project Number: 45317-001
Project Name: Support for the Third Primary Education Development Project
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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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Lesson
Stakeholder participation and engagement were critical, especially for multi development partners funded projects because it boosts coordination among various parties, which eventually helps the project achieve its intended outcome and outputs. The co-financers and development partners were fully engaged throughout the TA implementation.

Project Number: 45317-001
Project Name: Support for the Third Primary Education Development Project
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