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The riverbank erosion management system can play a crucial role in sustaining the adaptive approach beyond the life of the project. Greater clarity is needed on what a riverbank erosion management system (REMS) consists of and what institutional setting is required to make it sustainable. Effective operation of a REMS needs to be based on a crystal-clear consensus on the roles of local stakeholders, implementation arrangements, and Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) coordination and financial commitment.

Project Number: 34038-013
Project Name: Jamuna-Meghna River Erosion Mitigation Project
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An adaptive approach can work effectively to mitigate riverbank erosion if it is executed to its full extent. Such riverbank protection work requires persistent commitment and continuous effort, unlike a one-time physical investment. Effective mitigation measures using geo-bags along riverbanks requires the implementation of an adaptive approach. O&M activities, including routine maintenance, need to be continuously implemented in parallel.

Project Number: 34038-013
Project Name: Jamuna-Meghna River Erosion Mitigation Project
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Agreement of all project stakeholders on the use of an adaptive approach and on O&M at the design stage is crucial for achieving project results. More time should have been spent during project design to ensure there was a common understanding on the following questions: What activities are required for the adaptive approach? What is the difference between the adaptive approach and O&M? Who is responsible for the implementation of the adaptive approach and O&M? How is the adaptive approach to be implemented after the project?

Project Number: 34038-013
Project Name: Jamuna-Meghna River Erosion Mitigation Project
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Good coordination among school administrators, provincial officers, and community members is essential to maximize the potential benefits accruing from linkages between business and industries. Appropriate guidelines or checklists are required to guide and define stakeholder roles.

Project Number: 33409-013
Project Name: Vocational Education Strengthening Project
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Under a cluster (model–alliance) approach concept, it will be beneficial if the design to support private or smaller schools (alliance schools) in Indonesia incorporates clear incentives to elicit interest and commitment from both model and alliance schools.

Project Number: 33409-013
Project Name: Vocational Education Strengthening Project
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Even conventional and repetitive activities like procurement need close management and careful handling when implemented in a new setting.

Project Number: 33409-013
Project Name: Vocational Education Strengthening Project
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A good M&E system with appropriate indicators is a requisite whenever new concepts or approaches (i.e., school business plans or cluster approaches) are introduced in vocational education systems.

Project Number: 33409-013
Project Name: Vocational Education Strengthening Project
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Good teaching–learning processes and high teacher quality is needed if TVET investment is to yield economic benefits to the society.

Project Number: 33409-013
Project Name: Vocational Education Strengthening Project
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Financing arrangements for TVET across public and private schools need to take account of the broader framework of fiscal devolution in countries with significant decentralization policies.

Project Number: 33409-013
Project Name: Vocational Education Strengthening Project
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Inclusive education planning and management decisions in decentralized public management systems require meeting the diverse needs of the country’s regions in a mutually compatible, synchronized, and coherent manner.

Project Number: 33409-013
Project Name: Vocational Education Strengthening Project
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The justification of a TVET policy needs to be clear in relation to a country’s labor productivity, competitiveness, and economic growth, and be able to lead to informed decisions about making large public investments in a viable manner.

Project Number: 33409-013
Project Name: Vocational Education Strengthening Project
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Local knowledge innovations delivered through ADB projects have the potential to be replicated in other ADB investments. Examples of local knowledge innovations from this project that were new for ADB education investments include the translation of seminal English language texts on teacher education into local (Mongolian) language; and the national open source teacher development web portal set up to facilitate sharing of educational materials.

Project Number: 39254-022
Project Name: Education Sector Reform Project
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ADB’s contribution to development may be unknown where ADB branding is not publicly visible to stakeholders. ICT equipment, science laboratories, and other physical infrastructure provided under the project were not accompanied by ADB branding (plaques, stickers, etc.). This approach is inconsistent with current practice among development partners and diminishes the visibility of ADB’s positive contributions to development.

Project Number: 39254-022
Project Name: Education Sector Reform Project
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Where ADB is recognized as the lead development partner in a sector ADB is often well placed to support the partner government with formal development partner coordination in that sector. ADB has been the lead development partner in the Mongolia education sector since 1996, and as such is well placed to support the government to recommence education sector development partner coordination.

Project Number: 39254-022
Project Name: Education Sector Reform Project
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A project will be more successful if it demonstrates flexibility to meet the needs of stakeholders. In the case of the evaluated project, the decision to delay procurement of an off-the-shelf education sector information system (ESIS) and explore options to build the system resulted in an ESIS that is delivering lasting benefits to Mongolia— above and beyond government and ADB expectations. Although this decision delayed the project and impacted the efficiency of the investment, it contributed to a sound development outcome and a lasting impact.

Project Number: 39254-022
Project Name: Education Sector Reform Project
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