China, People's Republic of : Capacity Building on Operational Knowledge
The capacity development TA responds to the needs outlined above through structured capacity building to better create, use, manage and share operational knowledge. Specifically, the TA would fund selected capacity building and operational knowledge activities at local and national levels.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Yang, Junmei
East Asia Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
China, People's Republic of -
Modality
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Sector
- Public sector management
Project Name | Capacity Building on Operational Knowledge | ||||
Project Number | 50032-001 | ||||
Country / Economy | China, People's Republic of |
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Project Status | Closed | ||||
Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
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Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions |
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Sector / Subsector | Public sector management / Public administration |
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Gender | Some gender elements | ||||
Description | The capacity development TA responds to the needs outlined above through structured capacity building to better create, use, manage and share operational knowledge. Specifically, the TA would fund selected capacity building and operational knowledge activities at local and national levels. Local level activities would involve a training needs assessment of local executing and implementing agency staff responsible for managing and implementing ADB financed loan or investment projects to prepare a consolidated and phased master capacity building plan, with individual training plans and a participant database capable of tracking individual progress, together with project management training course materials. Pilot training workshops would be conducted to pre-test the training course for project management and, based on feedback from the pilot training, the project management course would be further revised and strengthened to enhance training effectiveness and help create new operational knowledge. A second phase of the master training plan would develop additional courses for a broader range of groups and be funded under a follow-on TA. National level activities would involve (i) developing a process for PRC think tank engagement in joint TA project proposal shortlisting, evaluation and selected case development; (ii) strengthening the capacity of selected PRC agency staff to document, manage and share knowledge through training and mentoring in case writing, policy brief preparation, message making and knowledge management, including with support from ADB's Knowledge Sharing and Services Center for provision of international experts; (iii) developing an ADB-MOF co-managed, bilingual operational knowledge database of ADB TA synopses to improve future project design, knowledge work and institutional memory; (iv) documenting in-year synopses and other TA outputs in a new, annual implementing agency report, executing agency reporting and web uploading to strengthen operational knowledge access and sharing; (v) piloting policy briefings/briefs to provide just in time knowledge on urgent PRC reform needs; and (vi) piloting national-provincial level and cross-province learning exchanges to capture and share operational knowledge. |
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Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | Knowledge cooperation is an important theme of the PRC CPS and its CKP strengthens the knowledge content and value addition of CPS activities. The proposed TA would help resource CKP implementation to ensure that ADB client and partner capacities are strengthened and that CPS related knowledge products and services become even more useful, used, and recognized. | ||||
Impact | Government agency capacities and institutional knowledge strengthened Sharing of information between agencies and think tanks, policy analysis, tools and results to support the implementation of the 13th Five-Year Plan, 2016-2020 increased |
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Description of Outcome | Government agency capacities to implement ADB-financed projects and to create, use, manage, and share operational knowledge strengthened |
Progress Toward Outcome | It will be evaluated upon TA completion. |
Implementation Progress | |
Description of Project Outputs | Capacity development and knowledge management training programs for key government executing and implementing agencies delivered Bilingual capacity building and operational knowledge databases created and updated Analytical reports and policy briefs submitted to the government and findings shared Process for regular third-party think tank engagement in TA cycle developed |
Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | The TA was approved on 29 August 2016 and became effective on 5 Oct. 2016. The EA is the Ministry of Finance. TA implementation was launched on 20 Dec. 2016. The TA had two components including Component 1 for Capacity Building Program for EA/IAs, and Component 2 for Operational Knowledge Activities. Component 1 was completed with accomplishments of (i) training needs assessment, (ii) development of training courses on project implementation management, (iii) development of a capacity building database for the EAs/IAs staff, and (iv) two training workshops on project implementation management. Component 2 was completed with achievements of (i) recruiting 21 consultants for the completion of evaluating 201 project proposals in contribution to the formulation of ADB KSTA pipelines/COBP, (ii) two successful workshops on ADB strategic TA programming, and a series of tripartite meetings and sector consultation sessions for annual CPMs, (iii) a big success of a multi-functional hybrid event "ADB-PRC TA cooperation and best TA award ceremony" that provided tailor-made training to EA/IAs, shared knowledge/experiences, awarded the best TAs closed in the past years, and promoted TA dissemination; and (iv) supported TA Information Platform operations and increased the government's institutional capacities on project planning, monitoring and management. The TA completed all the activities against COVID-19 and successfully closed by the end of July 2021. |
Geographical Location | Nation-wide |
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During Project Design | Communications with the executing agency are held frequently and smoothly. |
During Project Implementation | Regular meetings with the executing agency are held to ensure smooth implementation of the TA. |
Business Opportunities | |
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Consulting Services | A total of 38 person months of national consulting services would be provided. In dialogue with the executing agency, ADB would recruit the experts in accordance with ADB Guidelines on the Use of Consultants (2013) as amended from time to time. To implement Component 1 (Phase 1) activities for local executing/implementing agency capacity building, a total of 26 person months of national consultant inputs are required, comprising a coordinator (12 person months), a capacity development and training specialist (4 person months), and a project management specialist (10 person months). In addition, a database development consulting firm would be recruited to develop the participant database and to monitor the implementation of individual training plans. The TA would also cover four pilot training workshops on the project management course for about 120 staff of executing/implementing agencies. To implement Component 2 for national level activities, 12 months of individual national consultant inputs are required from a knowledge management coordinator (12 person-months), and short term resource persons to carry out well-defined tasks during the TA implementation. In addition, two think tanks would be recruited for third party TA short-listing, selected evaluation and case studies in 2017 and for TA synopsis preparation and policy brief training. |
Responsible ADB Officer | Yang, Junmei |
Responsible ADB Department | East Asia Department |
Responsible ADB Division | PRC Resident Mission (PRCM) |
Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Finance |
Timetable | |
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Concept Clearance | 15 Jun 2016 |
Fact Finding | 27 Jun 2016 to 30 Jun 2016 |
MRM | - |
Approval | 29 Aug 2016 |
Last Review Mission | - |
Last PDS Update | 12 Jan 2022 |
TA 9165-PRC
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
29 Aug 2016 | 05 Oct 2016 | 05 Oct 2016 | 31 Jul 2018 | 31 Jul 2021 | 11 Aug 2021 |
Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
800,000.00 | 0.00 | 80,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 880,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 492,001.87 |
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Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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Capacity Building on Operational Knowledge: Technical Assistance Completion Report | TA Completion Reports | Mar 2022 |
Capacity Building on Operational Knowledge: Technical Assistance Report | Technical Assistance Reports | Aug 2016 |
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Evaluation Documents See also: Independent Evaluation
Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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People's Republic of China: Capacity Building on Operational Knowledge | Validation of Technical Assistance Completion Reports | Oct 2022 |
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Tenders
Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
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Capacity Building on Operational Knowledge | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
Capacity Building on Operational Knowledge | Firm - Consulting | Closed |
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