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Practitioner-driven partnerships

• ADB has been facilitating 40+ WOPs since 2007

• Cost-effective way to build operational capacity

• Mentor shares its best practices for free

• Recipient replicates these best practices

through piloting

• Partnership usually takes 12-18 months

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WOP Implementation

• Implementation involves 4 main steps

– Identification & matching of partners

– Diagnostic visit – work planning, MOU

– Reciprocal visit – Seeing is Believing

– On-the-Job training visits to implement pilot

• Replication of tangible results by recipient

From WOP to UMP

• WOP tackle 1-2 operational issues

• UMP build capacity to implement GCAP action(s)

• GCAP actions are often cross-cutting sectors and

have multiple stakeholders

• Need for local platform(s) to learn, engage and

collaborate

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Regional

Government

Central

Government

Local

Government

Community

Not-

For-Profit

Sector

Private

Sector

Academia

GCAP

Implementation

Partnership

Mentor

Local partnership

Recipient

UMP design considerations

• Identify local champion(s) to establish platform

• Define GCAP initiative in terms of actions

• Map all GCAP action stakeholders

• Identify potential mentor(s) who successfully

implemented similar initiative through local

partnerships

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UMP under consideration

• Melaka – Replication & enhance River of Life

initiative to further revitalize Melaka River Basin

• Vinh Yen – Public-Private Partnership to create

and maintain a northern Vietnam logistics hub

• Hue – Create a partnership platform for

sustainable tourism in and around Citadel

Hue - Improve Environmental Quality in the Citadel

Further Expand Revitalization of Melaka River

Melaka

UMP Proposal Melaka

• Establish Core Group for River Basin Revitalization

• Develop framework for action(s)

• Complement current master planning and

technical solutions with a Public Outreach Program

(POP)

• POP should encourage partnerships and improve

attitudes/ behaviors of target groups to further

reduce river pollution

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UMP Proposal Melaka (continued)

• Seek support from River of Life POP program

partners in replicating POP best practices (e.g.,

River Rangers)

• Establish Partnership Platform “Rakan Sungai

Melaka”

• Kuala Lumpur may want to replicate some of

Melaka’s best practices in river beautification

UMP under consideration

• Melaka – Replication & enhance River of Life

initiative to further revitalize Melaka River Basin

• Vinh Yen – Public-Private Partnership to create

and maintain a northern Vietnam logistics hub

• Hue – Create a partnership platform for

sustainable tourism in and around Citadel

Further develop the Imperial City into an attractive

and liveable area with high economic value

Hue

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Transform Dam Vac Lake into a vibrant and liveable

waterfront with high economic value

Vinh Yen

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