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The TA enjoyed the benefits of engaging with national strategic partners and stakeholders to strengthen mainstreaming climate change concerns in national development planning. In particular, the TA’s output 2, which was designed to be open and flexible, helped accommodate the South Asian DMCs’ request for support for climate change–related priority capacity building activities that can be implemented within the scope of the regional TA.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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The in-country activities’ being identified through national consultations, anchored on existing collaboration mechanisms, building upon similar past and current initiatives, and close coordination with concerned national government agencies contributed to the TA’s successful implementation of activities and delivery of quality outputs.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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The knowledge partnership with the APEC Climate Center (Busan, Republic of Korea) contributed to the incorporation of updated and highly reliable historical and projected climate data and information, and climate scenarios into the SARD RS-GIS based Climate and Disaster Risk Resilience Decision Support System. It also contributed practical strategies to mitigate the impacts and consequences of climate disasters and natural hazards, and to formulate the most appropriate climate change adaptation/mitigation measures for South Asia DMCs.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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Despite a few changes in ADB staff managing and supervising it, the TA benefited from engaging a core set of consultants who provided the institutional memory and worked closely together to undertake specialized yet interrelated assignments, ensuring work consistency, and timely delivery of quality outputs. In the participating South Asia DMCs, the TA accommodated the in-country project management protocols and, thus, enjoyed full support from the respective partner national focal agencies, including inputs from expert-level working groups and guidance from project steering committees.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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The findings/results and lessons learned from TA activities were disseminated within ADB via in-house seminars and more widely via knowledge sharing events (trainings, workshops, seminars) in the participating South Asia DMCs.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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Procurement plans and terms of reference for key consultants need to be clearly established during project preparation to avoid startup and implementation delays.

Project Number: 43456-023
Project Name: Power Sector Improvement Project
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Sustainability can only be achieved if distribution companies (DISCOs) can avoid running losses and transferring their debt upstream, which contributes to the so-called “circular debt” problem.

Project Number: 38456-033
Project Name: Power Distribution Enhancement Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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Not applicable. The TA did not involve agencies other than the executing agency, KEGOC, and the consultant and/or contractor. The TA was financed by the Clean Energy Fund under the Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facility.

Project Number: 50318-001
Project Name: Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
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The use of a facility management consultant across all tranches can support implementation significantly by helping overcome the technical capacity limitations of implementing agency staff.

Project Number: 38456-033
Project Name: Power Distribution Enhancement Investment Program (Tranche 2)
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The TA required close supervision from ADB to ensure smooth cooperation between the executing agency and the consultants. It is also important for ADB to promptly make necessary changes to the consulting team. DIgSILENT GmbH’s team leaders were replaced twice. The first team leader resigned from the company due to his dependent’s illness. The second team leader was replaced by the firm’s Managing Director due to the increasing complexity towards the last phase of the TA.

Project Number: 50318-001
Project Name: Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
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Since PowerFactory became the primary system planning platform, KEGOC is planning to procure additional licenses and modules from DIgSILENT in 2020 using its own resources.

Project Number: 50318-001
Project Name: Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
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A thorough assessment of the implementation risks and consistent follow-up to effectively carry out risk mitigation measures are essential to minimizing project delays.

Project Number: 43456-023
Project Name: Power Sector Improvement Project
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The TA was technically complex and relevant only to the energy sector policy maker (Ministry of Energy) and power system operator (KEGOC).

Project Number: 50318-001
Project Name: Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
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Financing project contingencies through counterpart funds can encourage better utilization of loan and grant proceeds.

Project Number: 43456-023
Project Name: Power Sector Improvement Project
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The TA provides technical analysis and conclusions that would be interesting for any country that is keen to develop power generation from renewable energy sources.

Project Number: 50318-001
Project Name: Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
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