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Improving the governance and protection mechanisms for labour migration in the Middle East & Advocacy Strategy on ILO's Domestic Workers Convention in the Arab States (C189) - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

1942

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/1942

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Planning and programme design

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

ILO / Project management

challenges:

The link between information resulting from the research work and policy formulation is not established. Research studies have mostly been prepared by external consultants and not by the members of the network. The nature of the different studies reflects a lack of vision and of priorities; these could have been better defined to support different initiatives of the ILO, but the consultation process between the project and technical departments of the ILO, in particular with Workers’ and Employers’ activities, is not strongly established.

success:

The work process implied by the research component required multiple consultations with government officials at different levels (technical officers and decision-makers); the interaction of MAGNET with government officials has opened doors to the ILO to engage more intensively with governments

context:

The network convened on two occasions to define the scope of work, but the results of these meetings were found to be disappointing by members of the network as no clear vision could be defined of what the MAGNET network is all about.The lack of vision and of priorities combined to the reported management weakness has led to the indifference of some network members who consider it to be a missed opportunity.

description:

Setting up a network of researchers requires a clear vision, a strategic plan to be developed and a consistent management to make the best use of its potential to reach out to target groups

administrative_issues:

In future projects involving research networks and/or in a second phase of MAGNET, a Roadmap should be designed defining the possible strategies to reach out to policy makers by means of the research/know-how component.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/185665

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location:

country:

Arab States - regional

region:

Arab States

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eval_title:

Improving the governance and protection mechanisms for labour migration in the Middle East & Advocacy Strategy on ILO's Domestic Workers Convention in the Arab States (C189) - Final Evaluation