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The country’s restructuring affected GESI institutional structure adopted through GESI operational guidelines and requires revision of GESI operational guideline to align with federal structure. Although MOUD has instituted GESI operationally, other structures do not exist after restructuring of MOUD and its department to align with the country’s new federal structure.

Project Number: 42161-013
Project Name: Integrated Urban Development Project
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Financial management staff’s inclusion in review missions will be key to ensuring improved financial performance of future projects. Neither the ADB project team nor PCO could decipher financial management requirements and covenant quantifications due to the absence of financial management staff in review missions. The team failed to follow up on audit opinions and recurrent issues, leading to recurrence of the same issues and delays in submitting the APFS. This improved only after inclusion of a financial management staff toward the end of the project.

Project Number: 42161-013
Project Name: Integrated Urban Development Project
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Continuous community consultation, benefit sharing, and interagency coordination are vital to create social acceptance for SLS construction. The Nepalgunj SLS construction was successful due to continuous community engagement, cooperation among political leaders, and early implementation of a community development program targeted to community living near the SLS. The SLSs in Janakpur and Siddharthanagar had to be dropped, however, as nearby communities did not allow their construction.

Project Number: 42161-013
Project Name: Integrated Urban Development Project
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In future, project design consultant’s scope of work should include assessment of background and technical information for underground existing utilities. The project had initial design delays and design modifications during implementation mainly due to unavailability of existing utilities’ underground information such as by plan profile and as-built drawing. Final DSC designs were not always comprehensive. This required variations for most contracts, resulting in both start-up delays and contract modifications.

Project Number: 42161-013
Project Name: Integrated Urban Development Project
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Categorization for involuntary resettlement and indigenous people should be revised in case the impacts are reduced during project implementation.

Project Number: 41116-023
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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ADB should follow up more closely on compliance with submission requirements for audited project financial statements and audited entity financial statements.

Project Number: 41116-023
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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Subproject’s scope should be oriented toward outcomes and provide comprehensive end-to-end solutions for the entire target area, such as 24×7 water supply with 5–10 years of O&M, subject to capacity of the asset operator.

Project Number: 41116-023
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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Close assessment of state agency capacity is needed at appraisal to inform realistic reform targets.

Project Number: 41116-023
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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A realistic schedule for consultant recruitment, detailed design development, and contract periods should be incorporated into the project schedule at appraisal.

Project Number: 41116-023
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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Economic Reconstruction Agency has been headed by senior officers of the state government, to the benefit of decision making and interdepartmental coordination. A senior official with strong government support is essential.

Project Number: 41116-023
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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Consultant performance needs to be closely monitored for optimal utilization of consulting services and timely delivery of outputs.

Project Number: 41116-023
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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Water supply and sewerage works contracts should include a reasonable O&M period until local organizations are properly trained and have sufficient budget to take over. House connection should adhere to an annual implementation and financing plan and be considered part of contract performance.

Project Number: 41116-023
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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Continued payment of O&M fees for water treatment plants and sewage treatment plants by municipal corporations to Public Health Engineering Department and the Urban Environmental Engineering Department is necessary for optimal maintenance and sustainability.

Project Number: 41116-023
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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To improve ownership for the new facilities, it would be beneficial to ensure more input from the state agencies during planning, design, and implementation.

Project Number: 41116-023
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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To ensure timely realization of benefits from wastewater management systems, property connections should be provided in conjunction with the laying of the sewerage network.

Project Number: 41116-023
Project Name: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (Project 1)
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