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Lesson
The TCR found that close interaction between DMC stakeholders and climate finance providers was essential to create buy-in from all parties. The TCR did not provide evidence or data to support the level of adoption or commitment to TA efforts, or other evidence of continuing action and sustainability after TA completion.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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Based on the TCR narrative, the TA prepared some technical documents and accessed new mechanisms for climate finance. The approved GCF proposals were examples. While the TA made some efforts to increase awareness and disseminate knowledge via the in-country consultations, there was no clear evidence or assessment that the target audience was more aware of the technical materials presented, and had adopted the same, thereby, building institutional capacity. Adopting national or sectoral policies or legal standards, or any academic literature was not mentioned in the TCR.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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The TCR mentioned the usefulness of a flexible approach to drafting consultant’s terms of reference such that they are broad based—this is a generalizable lesson in managing staff and consultant resources, and useful in the context of limited availability of climate finance specialists.

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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Early engagement with ADB project teams to frame projects as climate relevant, as well as early engagement with external climate finance providers facilitated mobilization of timely resources—this lesson on early and proactive engagement is generalizable for implementation and delivery. Although it may be inferred, no clear evidence is provided for the value added of promoting knowledge exchange among DMCs.

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 the need to adopt a more realistic timeline where funding sources are uncertain or unknown.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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This section in the TCR presents several findings including that increased readiness for finance access is different from the actual capacity to access finance and is highly context-specific to the type of project for which finance is required, the sources of finance being tapped, and individual DMC priorities and circumstances—this is a generalizable lesson in planning and relates to having some degree of flexibility to adapt to the evolving context given that this is a new area of work for the ADB as well as the DMCs.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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Lesson
As part of the design of a TA project involving extensive interactions, coordination and cooperation among multiple government agencies at same or similar levels, the executing agency shall be purposively identified to ensure it is well-positioned to be able to engage the major agencies and stakeholders involved and mobilize resources key to the smooth and efficient implementation of the project. Ideally, the executing agency is at a higher administrative level with its jurisdiction extending to cover all agencies and stakeholders.

Project Number: 51028-001
Project Name: Comprehensive Hub-oriented Transportation Strategy for Urumqi Metropolitan Area
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The TA project’s consulting services included 12 person-months of international inputs and 59 person-months of national inputs. There are sufficient inputs of local experts to improve the localization aspects of the design, and improve communication in both Chinese and English. If local technical experts such as university professors proactively joined, the sustainability of ADB support is expected to increase as professors would support, use, and disseminate the final reports.

Project Number: 51028-001
Project Name: Comprehensive Hub-oriented Transportation Strategy for Urumqi Metropolitan Area
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Lesson
This validation agrees with the TCR self-assessment on the importance of localizing the studies and having TA project reports in Chinese to facilitate understanding and communication with local government and stakeholders.

Project Number: 51028-001
Project Name: Comprehensive Hub-oriented Transportation Strategy for Urumqi Metropolitan Area
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Having experts visit ADB projects and areas of operation may be a sound alternative to sponsoring project staff overseas study tour and training.

Project Number: 45030-002
Project Name: Yunnan Sustainable Road Maintenance (Sector) Project
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Early recruitment of experienced project management consultants and adequate staff training on ADB guidelines and procedures are crucial to the effective implementation of ADB-financed projects by first-time executing and implementing agencies.

Project Number: 45030-002
Project Name: Yunnan Sustainable Road Maintenance (Sector) Project
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Careful estimation of contingencies is essential for the successfulimplementation of long duration project.

Project Number: 45030-002
Project Name: Yunnan Sustainable Road Maintenance (Sector) Project
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Lesson
A policy risk assessment has to be included in the subproject selection process, with measures adopted to mitigate the identified risks.

Project Number: 44012-013
Project Name: Hebei Energy Efficiency Improvement and Emission Reduction Project
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Lesson
Due diligence on project procurement should be improved to ensure that contract packaging, contracting methods, and standard bidding documents are defined to suit the needs and capacities of the EA and IAs, to avoid changes and noncompliance during implementation.

Project Number: 40682-013
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Biomass Energy Development Sector Project
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