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Knowledge dissemination needs to be undertaken in local language (Kazakh and Russian in this case) to be effective.

Project Number: 54265-001
Project Name: COVID-19 Solidarity Fund for Kazakhstan
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Bridging language barriers by using international experts that speak the language of the client (in this case Mandarin Chinese) can significantly increase stakeholder participation, ownership, and value addition of the project.

Project Number: 55035-001
Project Name: Research for Demonstration of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Technologies in Industrial Sectors of Yunnan Province
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This validation agrees that cooperation and coordination, especially with other ADB departments, is important. This was a missed opportunity for this TA project. It is, however, not clear though why a visit to the People's Republic of China is required or recommended for the next ACMF TA.

Project Number: 48143-001
Project Name: Enhancing Association of Southeast Asian Nations Capital Market Integration
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The TCR did not have a lesson for this criterion. However, during the finalization of this validation, the South Asia Regional Cooperation and Operations Coordination Division (SARC) provided this lesson: Implementing regional TAs is more complex and entails continued commitment and engagement of participating countries. A comprehensive risk analysis and appropriate mitigating measures should be in place and regularly updated throughout implementation to efficiently address issues that may come up.

Project Number: 45396-001
Project Name: South Asia Economic Integration Partnership
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In addition, conducting a midterm review provides opportunities for TA projects, particularly, cluster TA projects to improve its design, implementation, and monitoring of progress. This was a missed opportunity during the implementation of this cluster RETA. Data and findings from these reviews could have been maximized by ADB. Review findings could have not only fed into the design of subproject 2 but also to the overall design of the cluster RETA. This can result in better monitoring, particularly providing quantitative evidence on the achievements of the cluster RETA.

Project Number: 44174-022
Project Name: Support for Implementing the Action Plan for Transport and Trade Facilitation in the Greater Mekong Subregion (Subprojects 1 and 2)
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Early understanding of JFPR guidelines and classification of eligible and non-eligible expenditures can help allocate these funds to critical TA activities and reduce cost overestimates.

Project Number: 47082-001
Project Name: Coordinated Border Management for Results in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
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Lesson
This could still be improved by providing actual experiences involving operational departments that contributed to the improvement of the TA’s implementation.

Project Number: 50315-001
Project Name: Facilitating Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Foreign Direct Investment Flows: An ASEAN+6 Case Study
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Lesson
ADB provides support for capital market integration through the ASEAN as well as the ASEAN+3 processes. The latter is supported by the staff in the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department (ERCD). While there was some coordination with ERCD staff in the implementation of this TA, more coordination is required to find synergies between the various regional finance sector TA projects. This will reduce overlaps and produce better outputs by leveraging on the strength and network of counterparts supported by different regional TA projects.

Project Number: 48143-001
Project Name: Enhancing Association of Southeast Asian Nations Capital Market Integration
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Lesson
Given the multisectoral nature of TTF (i.e. it requires various areas of expertise such as transport, agriculture, trade and trade facilitation), the implementation arrangements of such TA require stronger coordination among and between sectors. Implementation requires coordination at national, subnational and subregional levels, with enhanced involvement of ADB resident missions as needed.

Project Number: 44174-022
Project Name: Support for Implementing the Action Plan for Transport and Trade Facilitation in the Greater Mekong Subregion (Subprojects 1 and 2)
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The TA implementation included a comprehensive and coordinated approach amongst the key stakeholders and decision makers in all participating countries.

Project Number: 47082-001
Project Name: Coordinated Border Management for Results in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
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Lesson
When implementing an innovative TA project, seeking the support of different ADB departments, each with its own strengths, can help improve quality.

Project Number: 50315-001
Project Name: Facilitating Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Foreign Direct Investment Flows: An ASEAN+6 Case Study
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