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ADB project teams need to have a realistic understanding of how long it takes host governments to secure internal approvals to avoid delays in completion thatcould impact project performance. Loan effectiveness took place about 5 months after loan signing, some 3 months behind schedule, “due to prolonged government approvals and parliamentary ratification procedures.” This put the project behind schedule almost from the beginning. Subsequent review missions “emphasized the need to accelerate implementation of all planned activities.

Project Number: 46535-001
Project Name: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training
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Poor quality of local talent can significantly hinder implementation, causing ADB to intensify implementation support to put projects on track. The executing agency asked the international consulting firm “to change six of the national experts to enhance the quality of expertise.” Delays in retaining architects to monitor construction had a knock-on impact on the procurement of civil works and equipment packages. The objective of setting up the Project Administration Group (PAG), among other implementation units, was to delegate project execution to locals, but this did not work.

Project Number: 46535-001
Project Name: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training
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Policy reforms should resolve issues, such as by defining the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders and operationalizing service delivery through appropriate institutional arrangements. Policy reforms should articulate how budgetary resources will be shared at different government levels and how resources from public and nonpublic sources will be mobilized for sustainability.

Project Number: 47334-002
Project Name: Supporting Kerala's Additional Skill Acquisition Program in Post-Basic Education
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Private sector participation in skills development is still limited at each stage of the skills development value chain. The limited enterprise support in such trainings may be caused by the lack of recognition and understanding of mutual benefits that could be derived by training institutes and enterprises.

Project Number: 47334-002
Project Name: Supporting Kerala's Additional Skill Acquisition Program in Post-Basic Education
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Unsynchronized consultant recruitment, procurement of goods, and facility upgrades could create inefficiencies and lead to a wastage of time and resources and delayed delivery of project benefits. While overall the project proceeded smoothly, it encountered some challenges that offer valuable lessons to future projects. First, as the timing of consultant inputs and procurement of laboratory facilities and equipment were not synchronized, i.e., consultants would arrive early while facilities were not yet ready, less-than-efficient inputs were obtained.

Project Number: 43120-013
Project Name: Trade Facilitation: Improved Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Handling in Greater Mekong Subregion Trade Project
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Factors that contributed to the overall success of the project include (i) the openness willingness, and flexibility of ADB and the government to respond positively to emerging need and demand; (ii) agreements by stakeholders to increase the number of MES representatives in the project steering commitee, which balanced the views and bargaining power of MES in the decision-making process; and (iii) the willingness of ADB to use its own resources to hire staff consultants when required to help resolve procurement bottlenecks and accelerate project implementation especially during critical per

Project Number: 45010-002
Project Name: Skills for Employment Project
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Project asset ownership should be carefully discussed with relevant stakeholders during the design phase, and explicitly delineated in the implementation agreements to avoid misunderstandings and possible disruptions during implementation. The issue between Dili Institute of Technology and its subsidiary, could have been avoided if SEFOPE had signed an agreement with the parent institution. Formal arrangements between government and private entities should be made clear in advance.

Project Number: 45139-001
Project Name: Mid-Level Skills Training Project
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The use of advanced technology to analyze the evolving needs of the labor market will significantly contribute to cultivating talents based on industry development trends and foster TVET development. The labor market information (LMIS) developed under this project included a tracer study to obtain information on TVET graduates’ employment situations and trends, as well as employers’ feedback and degrees of satisfaction. The LMIS was the first TVET student labor market information system

Project Number: 45511-006
Project Name: Hunan Technical and Vocational Education and Training Demonstration Project
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Close alignment of sustainable campus and “3R” concepts with climate change mitigation and adaptation practices could enhance impacts. Since the “3R” concept was already incorporated as an output-level deliverable in the design and monitoring framework, more specifications could have been provided at the project design stage, so that the emissions reduction were reportable and verifiable. The concept could have been also closely linked with green job training and promotion to foster the province’s low-carbon economic transformation.

Project Number: 45511-006
Project Name: Hunan Technical and Vocational Education and Training Demonstration Project
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ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (2009) fits well with the RBL modality with comprehensive due diligence review conducted at appraisal and adequate action items integrated into a program action plan and implemented accordingly. The external resettlement Monitoring and evaluation arrangement proved essential to ensure implementation of the proposed actions and to assess the income and livelihood restoration of affected people.

Project Number: 48101-003
Project Name: Guizhou Vocational Education Development Program
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When ADB chooses to finance activities in a member country jointly with development partners, it needs to closely monitor their assessment, utilize their database, and build on their knowledge products as appropriate such that development cooperation reports on the mutual synergies and becomes genuinely “finance++”.

Project Number: 51129-002
Project Name: Human Development Enhancement Program
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Rebuilding model schools provides opportunities to demonstrate their usefulness to the larger school program and to communities particularly in building disaster-resilient schools, and to develop knowledge and skills in disaster risk management. It also provides a space for greater social inclusion and increased ownership as local authorities and communities are mobilized for rebuilding and reconstruction.

Project Number: 49202-001
Project Name: Disaster Risk Reduction and Livelihood Restoration for Earthquake-Affected Communities
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Effectively coordinating ADB assistance with other donors opens opportunities for increasing coverage, sharing lessons, and enhancing the impact of post-disaster rehabilitation.

Project Number: 49215-001
Project Name: Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project
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The water supply requirements of toilets need to be considered in the design of post-disaster school rehabilitation or construction projects.

Project Number: 49215-001
Project Name: Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project
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A larger, multi-sourced development fund could maximize the benefits and development impact of Indonesia’s centers of technology (COTs), a project innovation to bridge the world of learning and the world of work.

Project Number: 42099-013
Project Name: Polytechnics Education Development Project
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