Validation of Technical Assistance Completion Reports
Reviews the self-assessment of technical assistance completion reports
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Bangladesh: Strategic Master Plan for Chittagong Port
The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to develop a Strategic Master Plan for Chittagong Port with a long-term planning horizon (25–30 years). Implementing the master plan would result in improved port operations and intermodal transport logistics in support of sustainable growth in Bangladesh and improved regional connectivity. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED overall assessment is successful. -
Viet Nam: Support to Strengthening Local Health Care Program
The technical assistance (TA) aimed to enhance the government of Viet Nam’s capacity in implementing the Strengthening the Local Health Care Program (SLHCP) masterplan. Specifically, the TA supported the government in formulating an institutional and capacity development and investment framework to address the capacity and resource gaps of the local health care (LHC) system. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED overall assessment is successful. -
People's Republic of China: Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Investment in Asia and the Pacific
The technical assistance (TA) aimed to explore the role of regulators, financing institutions, and industry associations in promoting the environmental sustainability of One Belt One Road investments. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED overall assessment is successful. -
Regional: Creating a Regional Settlement Intermediary in ASEAN+3: Cross-Border Settlement Infrastructure Forum
The technical assistance (TA) supported the Asian Bond Markets Initiative’s (ABMI) Cross-border Settlement Infrastructure Forum (CSIF) to create system linkages among key market settlement infrastructures in the ASEAN+3 region. These linkages would facilitate intraregional portfolio investment and contribute to financial stability in the region. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED overall assessment is highly successful. -
Mongolia: Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources
The objective of the TA was to increase the resilience of Mongolia’s forest ecosystems to climate change by improving the management of forest seed stands. The TA aimed to support the government in (i) developing forest genetic resources (FGR) related decrees, e.g., the legal frameworks for access to and certification of FGRs, and (ii) building capacity in FGR management. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED overall assessment is successful. -
Timor-Leste: Preliminary Assessment for Dili Airport Runway Upgrading Project
The technical assistance (TA) project aimed to undertake a pre-feasibility assessment of the available options and present to the government for approval a consolidated report proposing the preferred option for extension of the current runway. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED overall assessment is successful. -
Regional: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
The technical assistance (TA) aimed to help selected developing member countries (DMCs) in South Asia to successfully transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient development path by integrating climate change mitigation and adaptation in project designs and sector development plans. As envisaged under the TA, this would be done through improved screening of investment projects against climate risks and capacity building activities. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED overall assessment is highly successful. -
Armenia: Export- and Innovation-Led Industrial Development
The technical assistance (TA) aimed to improve Armenia’s industrial and innovation policies. Specifically, the TA tested different instruments for industrial development. Furthermore, it complemented an ADB TA on investment promotion, which aimed to improve Armenia’s capacity to attract committed investors to the country. The TA efforts supported the identification of policy areas that could enhance business competitiveness and be the basis of an ADB policy-based operation. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. -
Regional: Support for Implementing the Action Plan for Transport and Trade Facilitation in the Greater Mekong Subregion
This cluster regional technical assistance (RETA) project was designed to contribute to developing a more integrated Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) as a production base and market. It had the specific objective of enhancing the transport and trade facilitation (TTF) regime in the subregion through improved border management coordination, transit procedures, and implementation of traffic rights in the GMS economic corridors. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED overall assessment is successful. -
Regional: SASEC Subregional Energy Efficiency Initiative
The objective of this small-scale subregional TA is to enhance the capacities of South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) developing member countries (DMCs) and Sri Lanka to pursue energy efficiency (EE) initiatives. This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA. IED overall assessment is less than successful.