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There are costs to coordinating the design and implementation of a project implemented across three countries with different priorities. There are also benefits from regional approaches in building networks and information and knowledge sharing, and some potential economies of scale in the use of consultants. It is important to be cognizant of, and assess, such costs and benefits. The justification for changes in targeted outputs (e.g., knowledge products) should be documented in project reports and the TCR.

Project Number: 46257-001
Project Name: Strengthening Integrated Water Resources Management in Mountainous River Basins
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Hiring national experts from DMCs is important considering their local knowledge and the contributions they can give to efficient implementation by virtue of their being on the ground.

Project Number: 45419-001
Project Name: SASEC Subregional Energy Efficiency Initiative
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Targeted stakeholder consultation can help mobilize the broad-based support needed to implement a TA project with many different stakeholders. Such engagement can help to develop plans and guidelines that have broad-based support. This can facilitate approval and subsequent implementation of these plans. The quality of consultations might be enhanced by documenting stakeholder perceptions of consultative processes. Such perceptions may also provide evidence needed to assess national ownership and potential sustainability.

Project Number: 46257-001
Project Name: Strengthening Integrated Water Resources Management in Mountainous River Basins
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Working with and through regional forums like the SASEC EWG is important to endorse and help to progress complex regional cooperation agendas such as EE.

Project Number: 45419-001
Project Name: SASEC Subregional Energy Efficiency Initiative
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Strategies and plans supported by the TA project should include an assessment of the financial and resource implications of proposed reforms and or new institutional changes, and recommendations on strategies for financing the proposals. These plans, policies and/or strategies should include mechanisms for ongoing M&E of financing during implementation of any institutional changes proposed under the TA project.

Project Number: 46257-001
Project Name: Strengthening Integrated Water Resources Management in Mountainous River Basins
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Collaborative consultations and flexibility in design are needed to address differing national priorities of three countries in a subregional project. Such collaboration needs to be sustained from design through implementation.

Project Number: 46257-001
Project Name: Strengthening Integrated Water Resources Management in Mountainous River Basins
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TORs should be realistic in setting out the qualification criteria for consultants, particularly when these require specific specializations (e.g., complex energy sector issues).

Project Number: 45419-001
Project Name: SASEC Subregional Energy Efficiency Initiative
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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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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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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
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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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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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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The TCR did not mention this dimension explicitly in the document. In-country ownership by government and/or private sector would be required to consolidate gains.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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This validation adds that pioneering the GCF proposals with a strong SDCD team, like in Mongolia, will provide a sound template and be an effective way to demonstrate success for the subsequent proposals.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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