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Lesson
Lessons learned from the TA are outlined as follows: need for establishment of stronger linkages with other ADB regional departments for wider dissemination of results and increased facilitation of best practice exchange in Asia and the Pacific region.

Project Number: 48472-001
Project Name: Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Investment in Asia and the Pacific
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Lesson
Some of the key messages from the final TA workshop held in Beijing in December 2018 included: The importance of investment banks in regulating the environmental policies of construction and infrastructure industries (highlighted by the Deputy Secretary General of the Green Finance Committee of the China Society for Finance and Banking, during his presentation on the policies and requirements for environmental safeguards adopted by investment banks worldwide and trends in the PRC).

Project Number: 48472-001
Project Name: Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Investment in Asia and the Pacific
Report Date:
Lesson
Lessons learned from the TA are outlined as follows: need for closer coordination among ADB, consultants, and the executing agency on well-defined expectations for wide topics such as the ones belonging to the TA subject.

Project Number: 48472-001
Project Name: Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Investment in Asia and the Pacific
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Lesson
Moving forward, key outputs of the TA could be shared with CAREC countries, using the CAREC initiatives as a vehicle for knowledge and best practices dissemination across the region.

Project Number: 48472-001
Project Name: Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Investment in Asia and the Pacific
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MEE noted that while the PRC and governments of partner countries shall promote legal frameworks to foster sustainability of infrastructure investments, greater efforts shall be made by companies, enterprises, civil society organizations, and international agencies, including international financial institutions.

Project Number: 48472-001
Project Name: Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Investment in Asia and the Pacific
Report Date:
Lesson
Better contract management can help clarify the TA administration responsibilities and tasks since the TA design an inception phases to prevent subsequent delays.

Project Number: 48472-001
Project Name: Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Investment in Asia and the Pacific
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Lesson
Active participation of female professionals, with leading roles such as panelists or session moderators, should be encouraged and sought for in future conferences to address. gender balance in a more substantial way

Project Number: 48472-001
Project Name: Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Investment in Asia and the Pacific
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Lesson
Stronger coordination among the ADB teams and divisions in the TA design phase is paramount to ensure timeliness and stronger policy coherence with the activities of ADB’s regional cooperation program (e.g., CAREC workshop/conference).

Project Number: 48472-001
Project Name: Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Investment in Asia and the Pacific
Report Date:
Lesson
Assessing and promoting infrastructure sustainability shall be a shared responsibility among central and local governments, the development institutions they support and every single member of the infrastructure value chain.

Project Number: 48472-001
Project Name: Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Investment in Asia and the Pacific
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Lesson
Multilateral cooperation: MEE and its Foreign Economic Cooperation Office (FECO), as the implementing agency, has provided counterparty staff and support to coordinate workshops and training arrangements.

Project Number: 48472-001
Project Name: Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Investment in Asia and the Pacific
Report Date:
Lesson
Seeking further synergies with ADB’s Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) and Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) programs can contribute to greener infrastructure development in the region. The TA’s potential to foster regional cooperation integration was not fully explored due to lack of planning and coordination with the CAREC initiatives at the design stage. The project team tried to remedy this shortcoming by conducting a larger final workshop event in December 2018 with the CAREC guests.

Project Number: 48472-001
Project Name: Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Investment in Asia and the Pacific
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Lesson
The project approach in recruiting three sets of consulting teams comprising international and national consultants, each led by a subsector specific expert/team leader, was suitable given that the three project components addressed separate issues. Each had a different and appropriate IA within MOF: the Policy and Fiscal Affairs Department for Component 1, the Tax Policy Department for Component 2, and the Social Security Department for Component 3.

Project Number: 48006-001
Project Name: Improving Efficiency in Public Service Procurement, Delivery, and Financing
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Lesson
The TCR stated that, “ADB should consider a follow-on TA for further study of the low-income protection system. This TA should support additional study of the need to revise the beneficiary targeting strategy, an assessment of the impact of asset filters and living standards as indicators of poverty and of eligibility for a minimum living guarantee for households, and advisory assistance to help local governments develop clearer eligibility rules for more accurate targeting of beneficiary groups.”

Project Number: 48006-001
Project Name: Improving Efficiency in Public Service Procurement, Delivery, and Financing
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Lesson
TA design gave the IAs primary responsibility for executing and monitoring the TA activities. This helped foster strong government ownership and buy-in.

Project Number: 48006-001
Project Name: Improving Efficiency in Public Service Procurement, Delivery, and Financing
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Lesson
Policy dialogue with relevant government agencies was maintained throughout the implementation period, and TA-specific issues taken up with government counterparts during review missions. The IAs’ strong ownership was the key to the TA success. Technical milestones were monitored in reports prepared by the consultants and reviewed by the IAs and ADB.

Project Number: 48006-001
Project Name: Improving Efficiency in Public Service Procurement, Delivery, and Financing
Report Date: