WorksheetsDevelopment Partnership Training (set A)
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 7mins
ADB, through three of its departments under different VPs, would like to collaborate with a UN Agency through a 7-year agreement to promote economic growth and regional cooperation in Asia and the Pacific. The cooperation will focus on the following sectors: water and sanitation, climate change and disaster risk reduction, economic and social statistics, social protection, and transport.
What partnership modality should be used?
Knowledge Partnership
Cooperation Arrangement
Membership/Affiliation Arrangement
None of the above
Based on the description of the partnership, what stated elements would classify the cooperation arrangement as “ADB-wide”?
The partnership involves more than one department under different VPs
Areas of collaboration include different sectors
All of the above
None of the above
ADB would like to partner with a university in PRC to develop innovative and sustainable solutions on higher education in DMCs. This includes improving leadership, quality of teaching, and research work in higher education. Under a KSTA, ADB will contribute an estimated amount of $100,000 to finance allowable costs for training, joint research, and events such as high-level policy dialogue. The university will provide in-kind contribution in the collaboration.
What partnership modality should be used?
Knowledge Partnership
Cooperation Arrangement
Co-financing Arrangement
Secondment Arrangement
ADB has been invited to become a member of an organization composed of public, private, and philanthropic institutions world-wide. By becoming a member, ADB would be engaged in activities focused on financing and developing sustainable and climate-resilient infrastructure in the ASEAN region. ADB would be expected to participate in monthly calls to identify potential investment opportunities, contribute to workshops, and participate in the organization’s annual meetings. There is no cost associated with joining the organization.
What partnership modality should be used?
Knowledge Partnership
Co-financing Arrangement
Secondment Arrangement
Affiliation Arrangement
ADB would like to partner with an NGO under a KSTA approved in 2018 to trial, adapt, and test a digital tool for employment interventions. To do so, the NGO will provide experts to conduct research, in consultation with ADB, produce knowledge products, and provide status report on the implementation of the activities. Besides providing technical input and advice on the research, ADB’s contribution to the partnership includes overseeing the implementation of the proposed agreement and monitoring the progress of the expected outputs. ADB will provide financial contributions to pay for the costs of activities. The NGO would like ADB’s financial contribution to fund the NGO’s hiring of specialists to carry out the work in the partnership.
What partnership modality should be used?
Knowledge Partnership
Cooperation Arrangement
Consultancy Arrangement
Secondment Arrangement
None of the above
Can ADB financial contributions be used to fund the NGO’s hiring of specialists?
Yes. The cost of engaging specialist as an eligible ADB expense under the SI on KPA.
No. The NGO engaging a specialist is a delegation of consultant recruitment which is not permitted under the SI on KPA, and such specialist should be hired by ADB directly, or the NGO should use their own funds to engage them.
Under a technical assistance, ADB proposes to collaborate with a technology provider and an NGO to crowdsource data that can inform urban stakeholders to take important urban planning and monitoring decisions for transport safety in Viet Nam. Through the collaboration, ADB will fund the use of the provider’s proprietary technology. The NGO will use the technology to collect and provide inputs in their data analysis. The result of the analysis will be used in a report assessing pedestrian and commuter safety as well as provide inputs to ADB’s future transport projects.
What partnership modality should be used?
Knowledge Partnership
Cooperation Arrangement
Procurement Arrangement
Consultancy Arrangement
Can a consultancy arrangement be used if the TOR was designed with the technology provider input and/or NGO, and the arrangement specifies that ADB will procure the mobile application from them?
No. Engaging a potential partner who has been involved in writing their own TOR likely constitutes a conflict of interest under ADB’s Procurement Policies and Regulations. Should they have been involved, ADB could engage the NGO as a knowledge partner. As such, the NGO can finance the provider’s charges of the technology from its own fund as part of its independent financial contribution to the project. Or, the provider could allow the use of its mobile application without profit.
Yes. There is nothing in the procurement policy and regulations that prevents an entity from being engaged if they are involved in the development of their TOR.
I don’t know.
