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Lesson
Additionally, this validation notes that feasible technical solutions that support national needs are critical to getting buy-in and ownership. For instance, some of the final reports for Bangladesh and Bhutan were produced in collaboration with national partners. It is missing from the TCR a description of the issues that led to including the DMF’s third outcome indicator in the DMF, or to managing lessons arising from a substantial increase in budget mid-way through implementation.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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In finalizing this validation report, SAOD revised the lesson in the TCR and highlighted that considering country context in designing activities is important. Identifying in-country activities requires close collaboration with concerned national government agencies, and building upon similar past and current initiatives or mechanisms.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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Lesson
The TCR noted that the approach of aligning with existing collaborative partnerships, and of building on similar initiatives, contributed to successful implementation. In fact, this is standard practice for ADB’s engagement with DMCs due to its official bearings. Instead, the TCR could have drawn out a lesson on how this was specific to a regional TA.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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Lesson
Hiring national experts from DMCs is important considering their local knowledge and the contributions they can give to efficient implementation by virtue of their being on the ground.

Project Number: 45419-001
Project Name: SASEC Subregional Energy Efficiency Initiative
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Lesson
TORs should be realistic in setting out the qualification criteria for consultants, particularly when these require specific specializations (e.g., complex energy sector issues).

Project Number: 45419-001
Project Name: SASEC Subregional Energy Efficiency Initiative
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Fact-finding missions that reveal additional risks or incorrect assumptions can be used as opportunities for course corrections.

Project Number: 45419-001
Project Name: SASEC Subregional Energy Efficiency Initiative
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Lesson
Timely adjustments in the implementation arrangements help ensure the continuity of a project.

Project Number: 48432-001
Project Name: Enabling Poor Women's Benefits from Enhanced Access to Energy in Hatiya Island
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Lesson
One of the delays of the TA was due to KEGOC’s changing major assumptions of the transmission planning system model, which required redesign and simulation analyses. This highlights the importance of the Consultant’s communicating the importance of determining the client’s model assumptions clearly, considering upcoming/planned changes to transmission assets and anticipated changes to power and capacity trading arrangements.

Project Number: 50318-001
Project Name: Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
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Lesson
One of the delays of the TA was caused by DIgSILENT’s waiting for the Ministry of Energy to provide locations for potential renewable energy generation sources by region. The Ministry of Energy was preoccupied at the time with other pressing issues. The flagging of upcoming input requirements from partners well in advance will enable them to plan and allocate adequate resources to the task, as well as give them opportunity to identify issues with the Consultant’s expected delivery schedule and make necessary adjustments.

Project Number: 50318-001
Project Name: Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
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Lesson
In addition to milestones deliverables in consultants’ terms of reference, it is essential to identify appropriate mechanisms to ensure critical review of such deliverables and provide comments and guidance through ADB in-house technical expertise or external industry expert as a peer reviewer.

Project Number: 48005-001
Project Name: Improving Energy Efficiency, Emission Control, and Compliance Management of the Manufacturing Industr
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Lesson
Adequate consultation with the borrower during TA conceptualization and design as well as regular communications during TA implementation are necessary to ensure that the executing and implementing agencies are purposively identified, accountable for TA objectives and effectively engaged in facilitating TA implementation.

Project Number: 48005-001
Project Name: Improving Energy Efficiency, Emission Control, and Compliance Management of the Manufacturing Industr
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Lesson
The lesson from implementing the TA project on a two-part approach is not clear. The TCR could have explained this further.

Project Number: 46343-002
Project Name: Preparing the Energy Efficiency and Urban Environment Improvement Project
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Lesson
The qualification criteria for key position (international EE specialist) required too many different expertise / experiences from one position without sufficient consideration on the pool of qualified consultants under such requirements. This may consequently result in delays in project implementation. More strategic planning including market analysis on pool of qualified consultants needs to be taken during preparation of TOR.

Project Number: 45419-001
Project Name: SASEC Subregional Energy Efficiency Initiative
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Lesson
The implementation of PMC-approved activities led to the production of 78 technical reports and publications. This was executed through the recruitment of 146 consultant contracts including 6 consulting firms, 132 individual consultants and 8 resource persons.

Project Number: 46500-001
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility Coordination Office
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Lesson
Identifying consultants with sufficient technical and country knowledge was important to deliver quality outputs. Also, appropriate consultant selection method reduced the cost and time for processing consulting services

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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