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No new lessons

Project Number: 34207-013
Project Name: Northwestern Rural Development Project
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Closer ADB watch on environmental issues. Closer ADB supervision through regular submission of environmental monitoring reports by MPWT, along with regular safeguard reviews, will help avoid or minimize adverse environmental impacts due to project implementation.

Project Number: 30240-013
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion: Cambodia Road Improvement Project
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Better planning of vendor relocation. Planning for relocation of roadside vendors in projects such as this needs to pay careful attention to the viability of new market area sites and to involve close consultation with the affected individuals. Moving vendors from a roadside to proper market facilities does not guarantee that they will earn the same income as before. A new marketplace housed in a linear building running parallel to the road and provided with service lanes could give better access to relocated vendors.

Project Number: 30240-013
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion: Cambodia Road Improvement Project
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Faster disbursement process. Disbursement was slower than specified in the conditions of contracts. In addition, local funds were disbursed much later than ADB funds. The government needs to reduce the time for disbursement of funds to improve cash flow of the contractors.

Project Number: 30240-013
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion: Cambodia Road Improvement Project
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ADB teamwork. ADB needs to have better teamwork approach between its operational support divisions for activities, such as consultant recruitment where support divisions have more authority over approvals. The project completion review mission observed that absence of internal coordination created the initial delay in the consulting selection process.

Project Number: 30240-013
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion: Cambodia Road Improvement Project
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Match covenants with jurisdictions. One covenant required government approval of the road law and transport policy. However, the formulation of the road law and transport policy that was expected under the project was delayed. The requirement should not have been a loan covenant because the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) did not have jurisdiction over rural roads and thus lacked the ability to comply fully. Loans should not include covenants that impose requirements on an executing agency that lacks full jurisdiction to meet them.

Project Number: 30240-013
Project Name: Greater Mekong Subregion: Cambodia Road Improvement Project
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Lesson
Institutional lessons arise from the need for cooperation on the part of governments, airlines, and international agencies in reforming and harmonizing the regulatory and legislative environment. ICAO has already recognized PASO as a legitimate international organization and will exercise quality control through the regular Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program and Universal Security Audit Program in each country. Governments need to ensure continuing cooperation between aviation ministries and other ministries responsible for drafting and enacting legislation and for providing finance.

Project Number: 37449-013
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office Project (Pacific Region)
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The concept of regional cooperation in technically demanding sectors is sound. The project concept of developing the coordinated provision of technical services to small and poorly resourced states has been proven. The project has helped develop similar regional activities in Asia and Africa by demonstrating feasibility to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and other international organizations.

Project Number: 37449-013
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office Project (Pacific Region)
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The introduction of new aviation systems into regional and national organizations needs to be subjected to in-depth systems analysis to ensure that the systems are appropriate to the environment. Also, it is necessary to provide sufficient, continued capacity development and training to retain the use of the system and improve it.

Project Number: 37449-013
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office Project (Pacific Region)
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Strong management and strategic thinking are prerequisites for establishing a sound and viable institution. The early management of PASO was weak. More support was needed to help it put necessary systems in place earlier in the project period. Some member states expressed the need to further improve financial management in terms of adequacy and transparency. The PASO council has the potential to provide needed support through its finance and technical committees but has not yet fully leveraged those capabilities.

Project Number: 37449-013
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office Project (Pacific Region)
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Technical cooperation has required the use of best-practice systems and highly experienced professional staff from more developed countries. The development of regional expertise will take many years and require additional resources, if Pacific developing member countries (DMCs) expect to localize these positions. This environment requires flexibility in PASO staffing and structure to enable adjustments.

Project Number: 37449-013
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office Project (Pacific Region)
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The project is unique among ADB interventions in the Pacific. It involved setting up a regional organization from scratch, using a regional loan guaranteed by four Pacific Aviation Safety Office (PASO) members. While the concept was innovative, the first lesson is that a regional project can raise a variety of new issues. Inception was delayed by lengthy procedures for parliamentary approval of two of the guarantees. As of 2011, there is a risk that the organization could eventually fail unless a secure funding basis can be established in the near future.

Project Number: 37449-013
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office Project (Pacific Region)
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