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Since the CSIF, which the TA supports has been a regional discussion platform under the ABMI TF4, consensus among members on subject matters was, and is, essential. To ensure regional consensus, the combination of inducing active participation of the members and engaging close consultation with ASEAN+3 government officials is quite important. In addition, further engagement with the private sector is more desirable, though the preference of the members is still informal and closed.

Project Number: 50055-001
Project Name: Creating a Regional Settlement Intermediary in ASEAN+3: Cross-Border Settlement Infrastructure Forum
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Stakeholder participation and engagement were critical, especially for multi development partners funded projects because it boosts coordination among various parties, which eventually helps the project achieve its intended outcome and outputs. The co-financers and development partners were fully engaged throughout the TA implementation.

Project Number: 45317-001
Project Name: Support for the Third Primary Education Development Project
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Bringing together relevant government stakeholders facilitates more effective and meaningful discussions both on policy and technical aspects.

Project Number: 45419-001
Project Name: SASEC Subregional Energy Efficiency Initiative
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A wide range of stakeholders, including the DOE, DWASA, local government agencies, local communities, industries, and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) were involved in the TA implementation, which ensured the relevance and ownership of the TA activities and outputs. Development partners, such as AFD, European Investment Bank (EIB), and Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) have actively participated and effectively used the TA’s results

Project Number: 42173-014
Project Name: Strengthening Monitoring and Enforcement in the Meghna River for Dhaka's Sustainable Water Supply
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High level political commitment and active stakeholder participation is crucial. The Ministers’ decision to meet more often (up to twice a year rather than every three years) proved an effective incentive for countries to deliver the agreed follow up, as officials needed to report positive progress in their respective countries at the ministerial meetings.

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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PRIF partner and stakeholder involvement and participation in PRIF activities, including attendance at SWG coordination meetings or support to the 51 subprojects’ implementation committees. Among the key challenges met was the wide range of assistance expectations from the PRIF partners and the stakeholders and the reconciliation of those expectations with the available PRIF CO resources. This was achieved through the dynamic “management committee/SWG” driven work prioritization mechanism.

Project Number: 46500-001
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility Coordination Office
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Ownership and commitment of the government and other stakeholders should be ensured to successfully deliver the planned results. In this PPTA, stakeholder participation was high as it was designed to support one of the government’s top priorities (Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission) and power sector targets

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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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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ADB involvement in high-level discussions was very much appreciated by the government. Moreover, the new team in the executing agency of MEGNR was able to organize the final workshop to discuss the proposed KKC-IWRM’s structure and future support of the government. Acknowledging the needs of the government for the sustainable water sector development, the MEGNR and the Committee for Water Resources requested additional assistance from ADB for knowledge and capacity building support in IWRM to introduce policy reforms and a new strategy.

Project Number: 51364-001
Project Name: Establishment of Kazakstan Knowledge Center on Integrated Water Resources Management
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The active participation and cooperation from the SASEC member countries’ representatives including high-level participation provided strong support in achieving the TA’s outcome and outputs

Project Number: 47107-001
Project Name: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation CrossBorder Power Trade Development
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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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Active participation of female professionals, with leading roles such as panelists or session moderators, should be encouraged and sought for in future conferences to address. gender balance in a more substantial way

Project Number: 48472-001
Project Name: Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Investment in Asia and the Pacific
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Assessing and promoting infrastructure sustainability shall be a shared responsibility among central and local governments, the development institutions they support and every single member of the infrastructure value chain.

Project Number: 48472-001
Project Name: Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Investment in Asia and the Pacific
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Infrastructure sustainability and resilience are not only a concern for future generations, but can also have an immediate material impact on economic performance and risk profiles of single investments and projects.

Project Number: 48472-001
Project Name: Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Investment in Asia and the Pacific
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Some of the key messages from the final TA workshop held in Beijing in December 2018 included: The importance of investment banks in regulating the environmental policies of construction and infrastructure industries (highlighted by the Deputy Secretary General of the Green Finance Committee of the China Society for Finance and Banking, during his presentation on the policies and requirements for environmental safeguards adopted by investment banks worldwide and trends in the PRC).

Project Number: 48472-001
Project Name: Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Investment in Asia and the Pacific
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