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The success of capacity development efforts can also be better assessed when the indicators tracking the results of these activities focus on outcome-level results, rather than just the number of training materials produced, or the number of people trained. The indicators for Output 3 did not track results, such as the effectiveness of the training programs as viewed by the trainees, and whether the trainees actually applied the knowledge gained in their jobs within 6-12 months after the training or not.

Project Number: 50012-001
Project Name: Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources
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The success and significance of capacity development activities, such as the training programs carried out under Output 3, can be better assessed when the capacity needs and gaps are clearly defined at the baseline. The project provided training to about 200 people from different organizations, but it is not clear how many people actually required training and capacity development to ensure the success and sustainability of the TA.

Project Number: 50012-001
Project Name: Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources
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Measuring participant satisfaction and understanding immediately following training events are limited aspects of institutional learning. However, assessing emerging shifts in behaviors and practice could help to interpret the strength of effectiveness of TA knowledge interventions—evidence on these shifts over time could have been collected during project completion reporting.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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SAOD added that exposure to local knowledge is important. First-hand experience and exposure to realities at the local or community level is vital in promoting knowledge in designing climate change adaptation and mitigation measures or policies.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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Participatory approaches which engage national stakeholders, including through activities such as field visits, vulnerability, and data assessments help to deepen understanding of the local context so that TA design can be appropriately strengthened and learning can be shared with resident missions and other country programs. Participatory approaches can also help to build stakeholder understanding, knowledge, and skills, and are more likely to result in deeper institutional ownership.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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This is more of a description of outputs/knowledge products produced than a lesson learned. A more specific lesson could be that ensuring that the knowledge products delivered under a TA are widely disseminated to allow for a learning experience is important. For example, this TA conducted assessments and ensured knowledge sharing by organizing an international forum and workshops.

Project Number: 48040-001
Project Name: Export- and Innovation-Led Industrial Development
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Demonstration of the benefits of the tools (such as the time and efficiency improvements from the SARD RS-GIS) can usefully encourage their wider uptake.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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The use of different dissemination pathways (such as trainings, workshops, seminars) is critical for sharing and transferring knowledge to external partners and can help to stimulate wider interest as these are placed in the public domain (downloads are trackable, and can serve as a proxy for wider interest). Within the ADB sharing tools and knowledge, particularly when they relate across sectors, these can help promote uptake of more efficient models that can contribute to institutional efficiency.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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When changes are made to targeted knowledge products (e.g., combining knowledge products, not publishing products on the ADB website), the rational for these changes need to be analyzed and explained in M&E reports.

Project Number: 46257-001
Project Name: Strengthening Integrated Water Resources Management in Mountainous River Basins
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Some measure of the uptake and/or utilization of core knowledge products is essential to assess the impact of knowledge products.

Project Number: 46257-001
Project Name: Strengthening Integrated Water Resources Management in Mountainous River Basins
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Disseminating technical reports in international forums allow greater uptake and use of knowledge by other stakeholders (in this instance, SAEN and SDCC).

Project Number: 45419-001
Project Name: SASEC Subregional Energy Efficiency Initiative
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The request by the government for additional learning events demonstrated institutional interest. It would have been good to have more documentation on the extent to which the knowledge products were accepted and adopted by whom and for what purpose.

Project Number: 48469-001
Project Name: Developing Gross Ecosystem Product Accounting for Eco-Compensation
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The GEP is instrumental in placing additional weight on environmental factors in assessing the overall productivity of a given area; however, that the complexity of assessment will require that indicators be further refined over time.

Project Number: 48469-001
Project Name: Developing Gross Ecosystem Product Accounting for Eco-Compensation
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Systematic mechanisms (such as questionnaires) to record participant feedback and satisfaction levels in training sessions is important. It is not clear what mechanisms this TA used to conclude that training was highly regarded and appreciated by stakeholders.

Project Number: 50006-001
Project Name: Poverty Reduction in Liupanshan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
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The development of technical knowledge products is just one step in the process. Additionally, a clear and well-resourced dissemination plan is needed (e.g., policy products, workshops at national and local levels) to reach wider audiences and decision makers.

Project Number: 50006-001
Project Name: Poverty Reduction in Liupanshan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
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