Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Development to Enhance Service Delivery

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This knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) responds to Asian Development Bank (ADB) developing member country (DMC) requests to stimulate inclusive and sustainable growth and service delivery by strengthening public sector capacity. The TA supports ADB's Strategy 2030 Operational Plan for Priority 6 on strengthening governance and institutional capacity. The TA will build on two previous TA projects: Enhancing Governance and Capacity Development as a Driver of Change, and the Governance and Capacity Development Initiative (Phase 2). The TA team will add value to ongoing and forthcoming programs and projects by supporting DMCs through ADB operations departments in (i) preparing governance risk assessments (GRAs) at the country level and sector level to inform country partnership strategies (CPS) and enable ADB's shift toward country systems; and (ii) providing knowledge-sharing solutions and institutional capacity activities in selected DMCs to overcome complex governance challenges and promote innovation and learning. The TA will contribute to improved alignment between ADB public sector management (PSM) operations and ADB strategy and policies on PSM, targeting institutional performance and capacity development. It will lead to better-integrated upstream PSM operations and downstream sector support to add value to ADB programs and projects. The TA will address, in part, weakening performance in project quality that a forthcoming ADB evaluation report highlights. The TA is included in the 2020 Management-approved results-based work plan of the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department.