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Road to Jobs: Bringing decent work to rural households of the Northern Provinces in Afghanistan - Final Evaluation
- eval_number:
- 2360
- eval_url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2360
- lessons_learned:
- themes:
- theme:
- Programme implementation
- category:
- Organizational issues
- comments:
- project staff
- challenges:
- R2J managed to broker some 50 agreements despite lengthy internal procedures suggesting an efficient use of resources.
- success:
- R2J managed to broker some 50 agreements despite lengthy internal procedures suggesting an efficient use of resources.
- context:
- Good communication between country office and HQ
- description:
- Lesson 5: Due to lengthy internal procedures and administrative delays, the project was not always capable of following the blueprint it set out for itself and ensuring a timely implementation of project activities. This led the project to evolve at a two-paced speed: a fast pace characterising private sector engagement, which implies swift decision-making when brokering agreements with business partners, and a slower pace once private sector deals move from the realm of informal talks to that of bureaucratic processes.
Action 5: Adaptive MSD programmes require moving away from conventional processes and contract structures of direct delivery programmes, which can either take the form of grants – programmes pay NGOs to deliver activities - or of competitive procurement – programmes buy products and services directly from businesses to use in interventions or give to beneficiaries. Future iterations of MSD projects should narrow the gap between the project’s two separate components – informal negotiations in the field and formalised agreements at HQ.
- administrative_issues:
- Resources and internal structure
- url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/199208
- location:
- country:
- Afghanistan
- region:
- Asia and the Pacific
- eval_title:
- Road to Jobs: Bringing decent work to rural households of the Northern Provinces in Afghanistan - Final Evaluation
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