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Lesson
This validation also offers this lesson: Shifting government priorities is a common risk in projects and should be identified in the TA report. Further, risk mitigation measures should be identified to smoothen the implementation of a TA.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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Lesson
No TCR lesson. In finalizing this validation report, the NRM added a new lesson: The involvement and coordination among development partners during the transition to a new form of government enhances the groundwork for complementary interventions and co-sharing opportunities. Nepal has a well_x005F_x0002_functioning development partners group on agriculture, which meets regularly on a monthly basis. The TA concept, and subsequent change in scope were presented to the group and their feedback incorporated, as appropriate.

Project Number: 48218-007
Project Name: Support for Value Chain Development under the Nepal Agriculture Development Strategy
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Lesson
This does not read like a lesson, but a description of what happened. A lesson could be that the sharing of best practices among institutions engaged in the sector and any partnership groups among DPs can greatly contribute to the outcomes of a TA.

Project Number: 51364-001
Project Name: Establishment of Kazakstan Knowledge Center on Integrated Water Resources Management
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Lesson
Capacity development activities, such as training, present good opportunities for partnership and synergies with initiatives funded by other donor organizations. The TA partnered with initiatives funded by GIZ and the Czech development agency to jointly conduct training programs that supported the objectives of multiple activities. For example, some of the TA’s training activities were conducted as part of the activities for the GIZ-funded project “Biodiversity and adaptation of key forest ecosystems to climate change II.”

Project Number: 50012-001
Project Name: Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources
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Lesson
This lesson is limited by the absence of detail on what organizations participated in the conferences and events. The TCR did not also state how widely this message was transmitted, and from what areas within the PRC the participants came from, and the countries of the international participants. Additional details would provide the powerful data by which to assess a baseline and expand the impact of the TA work through comparing and aiming for greater reach of these events and other events in the future.

Project Number: 48469-001
Project Name: Developing Gross Ecosystem Product Accounting for Eco-Compensation
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Lesson
Implementation of IWRMs require substantial financial resources. It is important for TA support to assess these needs and to develop strategies to finance the implementation of the plans.

Project Number: 46257-001
Project Name: Strengthening Integrated Water Resources Management in Mountainous River Basins
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Lesson
River basin planning requires the development of information sharing networks at national and regional levels. Regional study tours and participation in national and regional workshops and networking events can help facilitate the building of such networks. There is a need for learning outcomes of such events to be documented and participant evaluations undertaken and analyzed to assess effectiveness and justify investments in such activities.

Project Number: 46257-001
Project Name: Strengthening Integrated Water Resources Management in Mountainous River Basins
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Lesson
Based on the recommendations indicated in the TCR, one lesson is that collaboration with other development partners, not only through the conduct of activities but also through cofinancing, could be a valuable and important means of facilitating delivery of intended results.

Project Number: 39542-022
Project Name: Implementing the Greater Mekong Subregion Core Agriculture Support Program (Phase 2)
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Lesson
Taking into account foreign exchange risk during TA design stage is important. Also, devising appropriate risk mitigating strategies or mechanism to address foreign exchange rate volatility is useful. This strategy could include the use of a currency conversion mechanism where donor funds are converted upon receipt into either one specific currency that is to be the primary use currency (e.g., USD), or a balanced mix of currencies (as used by the World Bank) are held so that the project funds are not so susceptible to the fluctuations of any one currency during project implementation.

Project Number: 39542-022
Project Name: Implementing the Greater Mekong Subregion Core Agriculture Support Program (Phase 2)
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Lesson
An additional lesson is having an important facilitative role in attracting donor funding even without substantial investments of its own, ADB can leverage its knowledge and connections to implement significant projects in collaboration with other stakeholders.

Project Number: 39542-022
Project Name: Implementing the Greater Mekong Subregion Core Agriculture Support Program (Phase 2)
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