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Lesson
Proper execution of project administration activities relies on the capacity and commitment of borrowers and agencies involved. It is crucial that executing and implementing agencies are well informed of ADB operational procedures and requirements, especially with respect to financial management. This allows a concerned agency to carry out the project activities appropriately and ensure timeliness.

Project Number: 41340-013
Project Name: Advanced Electricity Metering Project
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Lesson
To ensure project success, the commitment, ownership, and accountability of an executing agency are critical factors when designing a project and formulating its implementation plan. These need to be supported by adequate expertise and capacity of the agency in managing project implementation and complying with ADB safeguard requirements and loan covenants.

Project Number: 44426-014
Project Name: National Grid Improvement Project
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Lesson
Strong government ownership is critical to achieving results. The Cabinet of Ministers, the and other project agencies had to coordinate closely among themselves to ensure that changes in law, decrees, regulatory changes, and board resolutions were implemented in a timely manner. If any intermediate step had been delayed, this would have resulted in a knock-on effect on other outcomes and resulted in delays in the project timetable. The Ministry of Finance negotiated concurrently for budget support from several development partners.

Project Number: 49006-003
Project Name: Electricity Transmission Sector Reforms Program
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Lesson
This validation agrees but suggests that this lesson is relevant to the next section–Management. A key lesson is to ensure that recruiting consultants with the right skill sets should be prioritized at an early stage in implementation, especially for projects requiring highly specialized technical skills

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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Lesson
It is important for the revision to DMF indicators to be consistent with the changes sought in memos, as this can help ensure better quality reporting. For example, the Memo of 9 February 2011 sought the approval for PriceWaterhouse Coopers Pvt. Ltd. consultants to set up the International Center for the Application of Solar Energy Technologies in IIT Rajasthan. However, the indicators were not refreshed; neither does the TCR comment on this in detail, thus risking activities such as these not being adequately captured through reporting.

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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Lesson
This validation also offers the following additional lessons learned: (iii)Changes in the scope of a TA at implementation could usefully be reflected in DMF indicators; and indicators could be made more specific and illustrative of project achievements, so that project success can be properly assessed

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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Lesson
This validation also offers the following additional lessons learned: (ii) Early due diligence can help to identify shortcomings and risks and enable the TA to take early corrective action.

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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Lesson
This validation also offers the following additional lessons learned: (i) Responsiveness to government policy priority requests is a key determinant of the TA achieving its intended results.

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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Lesson
The TCR noted that the use of appropriate selection processes can reduce time and costs for ADB but stops short of explaining how the TA team went about doing this. A valuable lesson for other project teams could be a more specific and valuable information. This validation encourages TCRs to provide more detailed information that could guide other teams in designing, implementing, and monitoring and evaluating projects.

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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Lesson
Clearly explained what happened during TA implementation but failed short of drawing a lesson statement. A lesson would be: The efficiency of consultant recruitment is critical to ensuring smooth and successful TA implementation. For this TA, the QCBS method for recruiting consulting firms was added through a minor change in November 2014, about 20 months after TA inception.

Project Number: 46500-001
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility Coordination Office
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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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Lesson
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
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
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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