Regional Forum on Successful Project Design and Implementation: Strengthening Project Quality through Enhanced Readiness, Implementation, Monitoring, and Evaluation
22 January 2024 to 24 January 2024
The Regional Forum on Successful Project Design and Implementation (SPDI) gathered developing member countries’ policy makers, practitioners, and project implementers for solution-seeking discussions, training, and knowledge-sharing sessions to improve project management processes and results in ADB-supported projects.
The theme of 2024 SPDI was Strengthening Project Quality through Enhanced Readiness, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation. The event brought together executing agencies and implementing agencies across Central and West Asia from 22 to 24 January 2024 in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Organized through One ADB Approach
The event was organized using OneADB approach and is co-led by the Operations and Coordination Unit, the Central and West Asia Regional Department, and the Procurement, Portfolio and Financial Management Department (PPFD), in collaboration with the Pakistan Resident Mission Capacity Development Resource Center.
The 2024 SPDI is funded by ADB’s Regional technical assistance RETA 9692: Enhancing Project Readiness and Implementation in Central and West Asia and KSTA 9765: Strengthening Project Design, Procurement, and Implementation in Asia and the Pacific.
For any information about the event, please get in touch with Shaista Hussain at shussain@adb.org and Sevil Maharramova at smaharramova@adb.org
Program and Learning Materials:
| Date | Session / Activity | Presentation Material | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jan 2024 | OPENING SESSION | Welcome Remarks | Ms. Xiaohong Yang, Deputy Director General, Central and West Asia Department (CWRD), Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
| 22 Jan 2024 | OPENING SESSION | Opening Remarks |
Mr. Rehan Kausar, Director, Portfolio Management Division, Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department (PPFD), ADB Mr. Yong Ye, Country Director, Pakistan Resident Mission (PRM), ADB |
| 22 Jan 2024 | OPENING SESSION | Keynote Address | Ms. Samar Ehsan Baig, Joint Secretary, Economic Affairs Division, Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan |
| 22 Jan 2024 | SESSION 1 |
Project Cycle and Readiness This session provides insights into the ADB project cycle, discussing the use of project readiness filters and advance actions during project preparation... |
Anders Pettersson, Shaista Hussain |
| 22 Jan 2024 | SESSION 2 | Plenary Panel Session: Strengthening Project Quality and Enhancing Project Readiness Experience in Pakistan |
Ms. Sarah Rehman, Chief Foreign Aid, KP, Government of Pakistan Ms. Nazish Amjad, Deputy Secretary, Economics Affairs Division, Government of Pakistan Mr. Rehan Kausar, Director, Portfolio Management Division, PPFD, ADB |
| 22 Jan 2024 | CASE STUDIES: IMPROVING PROJECTS QUALITY AT ENTRY: PAKISTAN (PRF), UZBEKISTAN (PRF), AND KYRGYZ REPUBLIC (SEFF) |
Project Readiness Case Studies This session provides insights into the ADB project cycle, discussing the use of project readiness filters and advanced actions during project preparation... |
Anders Pettersson |
| 22 Jan 2024 | CASE STUDIES: IMPROVING PROJECTS QUALITY AT ENTRY: PAKISTAN (PRF), UZBEKISTAN (PRF), AND KYRGYZ REPUBLIC (SEFF) |
Case Study: Pakistan This session demonstrates how a ‘readiness checklist’ for projects under preparation helps achieve the expected project key results through improved quality... |
Muhammad Hamza Salick, Nilufar Nurkuzieva |
| 22 Jan 2024 | CASE STUDIES: IMPROVING PROJECTS QUALITY AT ENTRY: PAKISTAN (PRF), UZBEKISTAN (PRF), AND KYRGYZ REPUBLIC (SEFF) |
Case Study: Uzbekistan This session demonstrates how a ‘readiness checklist’ for projects under preparation helps achieve the expected project key results through improved quality... |
Nilufar Nurkuzieva, Bobur Khamraev |
| 22 Jan 2024 | CASE STUDIES: IMPROVING PROJECTS QUALITY AT ENTRY: PAKISTAN (PRF), UZBEKISTAN (PRF), AND KYRGYZ REPUBLIC (SEFF) |
Case Study: Kyrgyz Republic This session demonstrates how a ‘readiness checklist’ for projects under preparation helps achieve the expected project key results through improved quality... |
Dilbara Omorova, Cesar Llorens |
| 22 Jan 2024 | Group Discussion / Q&A on Experience and Practices in Project Readiness | ||
| 22 Jan 2024 | Feedback in Plenary from Table Discussions on Experience and Practices in Project Readiness | Mr. Anders Pettersson, Principal Operations Specialist, Operations and Coordination Unit, CWRD, ADB | |
| 22 Jan 2024 | SESSION 3 |
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Asia and the Pacific isthe frontline in the battle against climate change. ADB is helping developing countries shift to low-carbon growth and protect ... |
Nathan Rive |
| 22 Jan 2024 | SESSION 4A |
Environmental and Social Safeguards This session discusses the importance of environmental and social safeguards as integral to good project design and implementation, especially in avoiding... |
Jose Tiburcio Nicolas, Syed Asim Sabzwari |
| 22 Jan 2024 | SESSION 4B |
Gender This session discusses the importance of gender mainstreaming as integral to good project design and implementation, especially in engaging with communities... |
Mary Alice Rosero, Samina Sabir |
| Date | Session / Activity | Presentation Material | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jan 2024 | SESSION 5 |
Procurement This session highlights the measures taken to achieve procurement readiness, such as the preparation of detailed engineering designs and advanced contracting... |
Bisma Husen, Mohsen Islam Khan |
| 23 Jan 2024 | SESSION 6 |
Financial Management This session defines FM project design requirements, shared responsibilities, financial due diligence processes, FM risks and mitigating measures and ... |
Oksana Nazmieva, Musaddiq Shaikh |
| 23 Jan 2024 | SESSION 7 |
Learning From Evaluation - Institutional Readiness Supporting Project Implementation This session is a stage-setting session. It emphasizes the value of using evaluation lessons and findings to improve project performance and strengthen... |
Arjun Guha |
| 23 Jan 2024 | SESSION 8 |
Monitoring During Project Design and Implementation This session discusses effective project monitoring during design and implementation for improved developmental results. |
Shaista Hussain, Anders Pettersson |
| 23 Jan 2024 | Project Specific Discussion: Project Monitoring & Management in DMCs |
Open house – DMC speakers invited to share insights. Facilitator: Ms. Shaista Hussain, Principal Operations Specialist, Operations Coordination Unit, CWRD, ADB |
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| 23 Jan 2024 | SESSION 9 |
ADB’s Anticorruption and Accountability Framework ADB’s Office of Anticorruption and Integrity will present data on projects, discuss integrity risk mitigation, share a case investigated by OAI through... |
Steven Wong, Frances Lynette Sayson |
| 23 Jan 2024 | SPOTLIGHT FEATURE |
Pakistan’s Capacity Development Resource Center This gives an overview of theCapacity Development Resource Center's objectives and activities. |
Dinesh Shiwakoti |
| Date | Session / Activity | Presentation Material | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jan 2024 | GROUP DISCUSSION BY SECTOR: PROJECT READINESS FOR ENHANCING SECTORS DEVELOPMENT |
Group 1: Transport Country representatives share best practices, success stories, innovations, and project readiness challenges specific to Transport. |
Masahiro Nishimura, Khurram Ghafoor |
| 24 Jan 2024 | GROUP DISCUSSION BY SECTOR: PROJECT READINESS FOR ENHANCING SECTORS DEVELOPMENT |
Group 2: Energy Country representatives share best practices, success stories, innovations, and project readiness challenges specific to Energy. |
Catherine Santiago |
| 24 Jan 2024 | GROUP DISCUSSION BY SECTOR: PROJECT READINESS FOR ENHANCING SECTORS DEVELOPMENT |
Group 3: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Country representatives share best practices, success stories, innovations, and project readiness challenges specific toAgriculture, Food, Nature, and... |
Manjula Amerasinghe, Asad Ali Zafar |
| 24 Jan 2024 | GROUP DISCUSSION BY SECTOR: PROJECT READINESS FOR ENHANCING SECTORS DEVELOPMENT |
Group 4: Human and Social Development Country representatives share best practices, success stories, innovations, and project readiness challenges specific toHuman and Social Development. |
Aziz Haydarov, Omer Bin Zia |
| 24 Jan 2024 | GROUP DISCUSSION IN PLENARY BY SECTOR GROUP: Feedback Session | ||
| 24 Jan 2024 | ACTIONS TO STRENGTHEN PROJECT QUALITY | Preparation of Country Presentations | Country COH/ PAU Heads, CWRD, ADB |
| 24 Jan 2024 | SESSION 10 | CAPACITY STRENGTHENING and KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE for BETTER RESULTS |
Mr. Rehan Kausar, Director, Portfolio Management Division, PPFD, ADB Mr. Khurram Amin - Additional Secretary (Technical) Punjab Irrigation Department, Government of Pakistan |
| 24 Jan 2024 | Closing | Closing Remarks |
Mr. Jesper Klindt Petersen, Regional Head, Operations Coordination, CWRD, ADB Mr. Yong Ye, Country Director, Pakistan Resident Mission, ADB |