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The law-growth nexus - Phase III: Labour law and the enabling business environment for MSMEs in Kenya - Midterm Evaluation

eval_number:

2358

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2358

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Tripartism & constituent partnerships

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

1. Primary sector actors (owners and workers) and their representatives 2. Tripartite partners 3. Other relevant government departments

challenges:

The main challenge is the time and other resources spent before people agree to sit and dialogue. This can easily delay other project activities. However the flip side is that little or no progress may be achieved without the blessing and participation of key stakeholders. Delays are well the price that one needs to be prepared to pay in exchange of project ownership and sustainability.

success:

Stakeholders are the true owners of project interventions. Their involvement not only creates ownership but it also improves effectiveness and efficiency in the delivery of outputs, which to a large extent mirror their felt needs. This results in positive project impact and directly contributes to sustainability of interventions.

context:

The rights and welfare of workers in the transport and private securities sector were never viewed with the seriousness they deserved both by the employers as well as the workers. The most significant impediments to this being lack of awareness about the rights and to some extent mistrust between the employers and workers. Yet progress could not take place without dialogue. This project plays a facilitative role in the meeting of workers and employers, which is the very first step towards forging more meaningful dialogue.

description:

It is important to actively involve all stakeholders in project activities. This was important given the diverse interests that dominate the selected sectors, where actors viewed each other with suspicion. Through support from the project, all stakeholders in the transport sector, who previously saw each other as competitors were convened to the same table where they agreed to sit and dialogue after realizing that interventions were actually for their own benefit. In addition sector employers in the transport sector, drivers and conductors guards in the private securities sector and social partners benefited most from this active involvement. They improved their capacities to handle issues. A workers’ representative was for example quoted saying that he and others had gained confidence to walk into any office and to stand and talk before any forum. While this may have delayed decision making, it has set the basis for ownership of project interventions and for sustainability.

administrative_issues:

Future designs need to allow for a mapping of all relevant stakeholders alongside the most relevant roles for them, to ensure all play a role in the proposed project.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/198874

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location:

country:

Africa - regional

region:

Africa

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eval_title:

The law-growth nexus - Phase III: Labour law and the enabling business environment for MSMEs in Kenya - Midterm Evaluation