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No new lessons

Project Number: 34207-013
Project Name: Northwestern Rural Development Project
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Procurement reform. The government procurement policy of verifying price after finalizing a contract under ICB causes serious project implementation difficulties. This policy should be either discontinued or streamlined and made part of the bid evaluation process.

Project Number: 40049-013
Project Name: Rural Basic Education Project
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Clear understanding of government and ADB policies, guidelines, and procedures. Lack of familiarity with and understanding of policies, guidelines, and procedures of the government and ADB�particularly on procurement, accounting, and financial reporting�is often a source of confusion and delays. It is important that project implementation unit (PIU) staff, especially new ones where staff turnover is high, be given adequate orientation and hands-on training. PIU budgets should contain allocations for staff training.

Project Number: 40049-013
Project Name: Rural Basic Education Project
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Assessment of capacity of the executing agency. During project preparation a comprehensive assessment of the executing agency's procurement capacity should help identify possible challenges in project implementation. In case of weak capacity, technical assistance grants can help to strengthen procurement capacity, especially in projects where success is linked predominantly to fast- paced, transparent procurement involving international competitive bidding (ICB).

Project Number: 40049-013
Project Name: Rural Basic Education Project
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Competitive selection of beneficiaries. The competitive approach used in the selection of beneficiary schools (i) proved effective in identifying schools with committed management and supportive communities; (ii) fostered a strong sense of ownership among the school's stakeholders: and (iii) encouraged a cooperative effort among the school board, school management, teachers, and parents in identifying priority needs and corresponding improvement programs.

Project Number: 40049-013
Project Name: Rural Basic Education Project
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The need for better planning and coordination between all ministries and agencies that have a potential stake in a project's outputs. In the case of this project, NODES can be of relevance and use to the training and education programs offered and governed by various ministries and agencies - e.g., Ministry of Education, Vocational Training Authority.

Project Number: 33251-013
Project Name: Distance Education Modernization Project
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An important lesson regards the nature of the courses that were offered and if they were the most appropriate ones for an online distance-learning platform.

Project Number: 33251-013
Project Name: Distance Education Modernization Project
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Another lesson arises from the novelty and innovation of the project - a higher priority should have been placed on social marketing and awareness raising among potential partner institutions and students, to ensure broad-based demand and a strong supply of market- oriented courses. There is great potential for self-sustainability in this model if its management is outsourced or it is transformed into a corporate entity, but inclusion of social marketing will be key to its success.

Project Number: 33251-013
Project Name: Distance Education Modernization Project
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The project involved the establishment of an entirely new platform of learning, with investments in hardware and software and including creation of partnerships with institutions that were to develop their course content into online distance learning format. This constituted a major step toward a new concept of learning. There is a risk that the system will eventually collapse unless it is put on a sound business and strategic footing in the near future.

Project Number: 33251-013
Project Name: Distance Education Modernization Project
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The formulation and design limitations of the BSDP reveal the need for better understanding of sector issues. Thus, even when ADB is working with a development partner reputed to have sector expertise, it remains important for ADB to have sufficient understanding of the issues to be able to address the developing member country’s capacity problems. This is especially important during implementation when other development partners have departed from the scene

Project Number: 31317-013
Project Name: Basic Skills Development Project
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No new lessons

Project Number: 34160-013
Project Name: Education Sector Development Project
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Seafaring is one of the few non-government opportunities for income for young Tuvaluans. It has significant effects on the wealth and well-being of a large section of the population, including the poor. Yet this project did not get the support and attention from the government that its strategic importance warranted and required. This was mainly due to a high turnover of government and project staff, which compounded the weak implementing capacity.

Project Number: 32407-013, 32407-023
Project Name: Maritime Training Project
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Fundamental changes in procurement methods may offer a procedural and administrative solution when a tendering process is stalled because of lack of competition or bids above the available budget. But these changes can also cause implementation problems, especially when the implementation capacity of the recipient is weak.

Project Number: 32407-013, 32407-023
Project Name: Maritime Training Project
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A key lesson from this project comes from ADB's underestimation of the potential effects of the weakness of implementation capacity in Tuvalu. Professional services are limited domestically and the logistic problems are significant. A realistic and comprehensive assessment of capacity should have been conducted during project preparation. Transfer of skills alone may not be sufficient to overcome this problem because of the difficulty in identifying qualified counterparts and the fact that those who qualify may often not be in a position to commit all of their time to the project.

Project Number: 32407-013, 32407-023
Project Name: Maritime Training Project
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