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Including the recruitment of project management consulting services in the design of disaster response projects will promote immediate post-disaster recovery and avoid further overstretching government capacity during the post-disaster period.

Project Number: 48192-001
Project Name: Cyclone Ian Recovery Project
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Using the procurement procedural flexibilities provided under ADB’s Disaster and Emergency Assistance Policy can boost theeffectiveness and efficiency of post-disaster response projects.

Project Number: 48192-001
Project Name: Cyclone Ian Recovery Project
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Navigating challenging logistics and site conditions can be facilitated by tapping into existing local knowledge and practices.

Project Number: 48192-001
Project Name: Cyclone Ian Recovery Project
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Building back better requires innovation.

Project Number: 48192-001
Project Name: Cyclone Ian Recovery Project
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Design and monitoring frameworks (DMFs) will be most useful in monitoring and evaluation if they fully and accurately reflect the program/project intended results and their indicators.

Project Number: 41544-088, 41544-089, 41544-091
Project Name: Second Investment Climate Improvement Program
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Continued close coordination among development partners is important to improve synergies, strengthen implementation, and enhance the impact of policy reforms in the Kyrgyz Republic.

Project Number: 41544-088, 41544-089, 41544-091
Project Name: Second Investment Climate Improvement Program
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The combination of long-term programmatic support and technical assistance (TA) is effective in achieving policy reforms.

Project Number: 41544-088, 41544-089, 41544-091
Project Name: Second Investment Climate Improvement Program
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Set realistic output and outcome targets. Several project targets, including gender outcome and output targets were unrealistic because they did not consider prevailing cultural norms and insufficient information for students and parents on employment opportunities. The project boosted female student enrollment through the voucher scheme, social marketing campaigns and the provision of dormitories. However, female enrollment remained low in the three nontraditional skill areas.

Project Number: 42278-022
Project Name: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project
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Cooperation with private sector is crucial. The project collaborated with four trade TWGs in developing skill standards and curriculum to meet with labor market demand and employers’ needs. The project also enhanced the TVET institutions’ capacity to work with private enterprises. Over 40 memoranda of agreements were signed in areas of skills training and internships. There is a potential for greater private sector involvement.

Project Number: 42278-022
Project Name: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project
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Introduction of competency-based training and modular training program are effective methodologies as they use hands on practice rather than abstract learning. It helped students to obtain jobs in the formal sector, and enable others to become self-employed. The project, through the CBT, expanded 15 opportunities for young students, particularly in underserved areas and access to skill training programs offering official certification corresponding to their education level and financial capacity.

Project Number: 42278-022
Project Name: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project
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Increased TVET enrollment seen with social marketing campaigns and activities to change public perception and promote TVET, provision of voucher grants, and dormitories for students, particularly those from rural and ethnic communities. The project contributed to a significant increase of TVET enrollment, including female students. However, cultural norms and beliefs keep female enrollment low in the three nontraditional skill areas.

Project Number: 42278-022
Project Name: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project
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Gender participation targets should be realistic. The project did not achieve some gender participation targets, even with initiatives such as tuition discounts, free lodging, and priority in employment after graduation. Given the male-dominated occupations in the project, such as welding, metal cutting, ship engine operation and repair, and automotive technology, the targets were too high and should have been revised at inception or MTR.

Project Number: 41339-013
Project Name: Skills Enhancement Project
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Support to strengthen the monitoring and reporting. Despite ADB mission reminders, the project monitoring and reporting was weak for Loan B, however, it was strong for Loan A. As the requirements are similar for both loans, one agency could have taken responsibility for project reporting and monitoring, or agencies could have supported each other to meet the requirements.

Project Number: 41339-013
Project Name: Skills Enhancement Project
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Simpler projects are better. Some of the project activities, such as VTIS development, were set aside because of similar government initiatives. Other activities also overlapped with those in the national target programs. To avoid duplications, the project should have been more tightly focused. Careful planning is required if the project includes both equipment provision and facility upgrades as government approvals and procedures can take time.

Project Number: 41339-013
Project Name: Skills Enhancement Project
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Training implementing agencies for ADB disbursement and procurement procedures at project start. Implementing agencies’ lack of experience and unfamiliarity with ADB disbursement and procurement procedures caused some of the project delays. This was later addressed for Loan A with the training of PMU staff. However, the training was not provided to the VDB and the private vocational colleges (which were also involved in the preparation of procurement documents), which caused significant delays in the implementation of Loan B. These delays were not resolved up to loan closing.

Project Number: 41339-013
Project Name: Skills Enhancement Project
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