Roles and responsibilities

Overlooking coordination could lead to project delays. Interagency coordination. The project had a good coordination mechanism within the water resources sector. Interagency coordination is needed when implementing social and environmental safeguards; in removing electricity poles (electricity utilities); in cutting trees (forest departments); and in land allotment, resettlement housing sites, and cash compensation payments (district administrations).

Proper location of the project management unit is crucial to smooth implementation. Daily coordination and supervision were initially undertaken across two distant sites: the construction implementation unit (UIP) in East Kalimantan and the project implementation consultant in West Kalimantan. This caused coordination difficulties on implementation issues arising from the field. In 2016, UIP West Kalimantan was made in charge of project management. This improved project management and coordination, making implementation smoother for the rest of the project duration.

The DMF missed some essential data that were important in
measuring project effectiveness. As this was a follow-up project, both executing
agency and ADB should have had up-to-date data and information. To avoid such
issues, ADB needs to make a rigorous assessment of the institutional
arrangements, and database benchmarks in the case of long-term commitments
and preparation of additional follow-on projects.