Validation of Technical Assistance Completion Reports
Reviews the self-assessment of technical assistance completion reports
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Core Environment Program and Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Initiative in the Greater Mekong Subregion, Phase 2
The technical assistance (TA) project aimed to improve the biodiversity conservation and climate resilience across the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) by (i) integrating environment and climate change considerations into the GMS economic development plans and programs in a systematic way, (ii) building on the accomplishments of the Core Environment Program’s (CEP) phase 1, and (iii) adopting a multisector approach. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED overall assessment is less than successful. -
Sri Lanka: Improving Project Readiness and Portfolio Management
The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to improve the executing and implementing agencies’ capacity to implement and manage projects supported by Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Sri Lanka. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED overall assessment is successful. -
Kazakhstan: Mobilizing Finance to Help Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
The objective of this capacity development technical assistance (CDTA) was to support the government of Kazakhstan in creating a platform among development partners and mobilizing finance to achieve the country’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets by 2030. Specifically, the TA focused on improving coordination between the various national and multilateral development agencies on SDG programs. -
People’s Republic of China: Supporting the Application of River Chief System for Ecological Protection in Yangtze River Economic Belt
The technical assistance (TA) project aimed to support the strengthening of the “river chief system” and improve river health in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED overall assessment is successful. -
India: Preparing the Public–Private Partnerships Pilot Projects Initiative (Mainstreaming Public–Private Partnerships)
The main objective of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) project preparation technical assistance (PPTA) was to support the Government of India in mainstreaming public–private partnerships (PPPs) by developing, structuring, and facilitating the bidding of infrastructure projects. The expected impact was improved infrastructure coverage and service provision efficiencies. -
People’s Republic of China: Enhancing Competition in Public Service Delivery
The technical assistance (TA) was to support the Ministry of Finance (MOF) of the PRC as the TA project’s executing agency. The aim was to enhance its public procurement system and information disclosure of public–private partnership (PPP) projects. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED overall assessment is successful. -
Access to Electricity with New Off-Grid Solar Technology in Central Asia
The TA project supported the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program’s strategy of promoting new off-grid energy technologies. The TA project aimed at increasing or maintaining access to electricity in CAREC Program’s five member countries, such as Afghanistan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Pakistan, and Tajikistan, by designing a plug-and-play solar power kit, including solar panels, lithium-ion batteries, and energy-efficient appliances. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED overall assessment is less than successful. -
Viet Nam: Mainstreaming Climate Change Mitigation into National Infrastructure
The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to develop environment-friendly and low-carbon projects in the transport and energy sectors—by supporting the Government of Viet Nam in the (i) development of a measuring, reporting, and verification (MRV) system; (ii) preparation of guidelines in the two sectors; and (iii) capacity-building activities in climate change mitigation. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED overall assessment is less than successful. -
Tuvalu: Supporting Reforms to Strengthen Fiscal Resilience and Improve Public Service Delivery
The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to support Tuvalu in improving public financial management practices and public service delivery to build fiscal resilience and address identified weaknesses in public financial management. Specifically, the TA intended to strengthen procurement compliance, public enterprise performance and management, and resilience through an updated building code. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED overall assessment is less than successful. -
Building Climate Change Resilience in Asia's Critical Infrastructure
This regional technical assistance (TA) project aimed to contribute to more effective climate change adaptation by improving policymakers’ understanding of climate risks to critical infrastructure in South Asia and Southeast Asia. It aimed to identify investment priorities to increase resilience to climate change, with a focus on road and water transport, conventional energy generation and hydropower, and water supply and flood protection subsectors.