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Lesson
ADB and government agencies should collaborate more closely to identify and align technical assistance (TA) support to client and project needs.

Project Number: 35354-013
Project Name: Lanzhou-Chongqing Railway Development Project
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Agreed. A large turn-out from all the Pacific DMCs at the workshop, including finance ministries and maritime and aviation authorities culminated in strong ownership and commitment to delivering new projects. Regional workshops are an affective mechanism for soliciting stakeholder participation in the Pacific and can culminate in strong ownership and commitment to delivering new projects.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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A lesson learned from the non-take up of this specific ADB investment loan upon the change in government is that government participation and buy-in is important for planning continuity at times when elections are to be held. Thinking ahead about the possibility of regime change can be an important part of investment planning

Project Number: 46374-001
Project Name: Southern Highways Investment Program
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The formation of a steering committee also helps solicit buy-in, harness ideas, access resources, foster collaboration, synthesize development efforts and results in a superior project output while enhancing the sustainability of a project.

Project Number: 45078-001
Project Name: Strategic Masterplan for Chittagong Port
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Agreed. Stakeholder workshops help to create buy-in and facilitate ownership, adding to the effectiveness and sustainability of a project.

Project Number: 45078-001
Project Name: Strategic Masterplan for Chittagong Port
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This is a particularly useful lesson learned which should be taken into account for future ADB TA projects. Ensuring the buy-in of all relevant stakeholders is critical for a successful and sustainable outcome. Communication activities and/or community outreach activities can also be beneficial for reaching a higher participation of women in stakeholder consultations.

Project Number: 52320-001
Project Name: Preliminary Assessment for Dili Airport Runway Project Upgrading Project
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A lesson from this TA project could also be: In addition to exploring involvement of traditional local stakeholders and other donor organizations, a TA project can explore relationships with and participation by local youth organizations (as was the case in this TA project with regard to the Global Shapers Ulaanbaatar Hub and the Youth Generation of Tajikistan).

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
The importance of regular client meetings for fine-tuning of needs is a weak lesson since it is commonly known. The second part of the lesson could have been made more specific or clear, e.g., mentioning what “other stakeholders” the TA project team built relationships with, and is referred to, to trigger the lesson.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Lesson
The statement in the TCR is not a lesson

Project Number: 40552-012
Project Name: KazPost Financial Strengthening and Modernization
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Lesson
The multi-stakeholder workshops held as part of this TA were crucial to building support and ownership of the consultant’srecommendations among the diverse group of stakeholders. Recognizing this, the consultants organized additional stakeholder workshops, beyond their initial terms of reference. This has led to likely sustainability of the TA outcome, as the different agencies have adopted recommendations from the report and implementation plans in the 14th FYP.

Project Number: 51028-001
Project Name: Comprehensive Hub-oriented Transportation Strategy for Urumqi Metropolitan Area
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Lesson
Much bigger and more systematic safety issues need to be tackled, including safety technologies in vehicles, legal and compliance systems, some of which is under other agencies. Road safety needs its own investment focus through a multi-sectoral governance system. It is recommended that policy dialogues of needed institutional arrangements across the government stakeholders will continue during the implementation of ADB-financed projects.

Project Number: 46370-002
Project Name: Improving Road Network Management and Safety
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Lesson
The regional workshops conducted under the TA has proven to be an effective means of engaging with the DMCs to share knowledge generated through the TA, and to maintain policy dialogue to co-create investment project pipeline.

Project Number: 46502-001
Project Name: Trade and Transport Facilitation in the Pacific
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Road safety know-how in different countries are at different levels, and it isimportant to have regular meetings with government counterparts to ensure that the TA remains relevant to their needs, and to fine tune if their needs change. It is also important to build close relationships with other non-government stakeholders and determine if they have activities in the road safety sector to avoid duplication. The follow-up TA includes more regional, and national capacity development activities to support CAREC DMCs.

Project Number: 48033-001
Project Name: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries
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Kazpost’s finance division actively participated in the implementation of the TA with regular meetings to review the status and progress of TA implementation.

Project Number: 40552-012
Project Name: KazPost Financial Strengthening and Modernization
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During implementation, stakeholder’s workshops were held two times to facilitate involvement and ownership of all stakeholders. This approach was effective in conducting a comprehensive diagnosis of the current port operation and in elaborating the plan by incorporating different views from all stakeholders.

Project Number: 45078-001
Project Name: Strategic Masterplan for Chittagong Port
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