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Improved compliance with labour laws in the Republic of Georgia - Final evaluation

eval_number:

2190

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2190

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Planning and programme design

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

 Project designers  ILO DWT  ILO HQ  Tripartite partners

challenges:

 Inability to deliver all planned outputs within the initial project’s timeframe  Unequal focus on constituents in the original project document (more emphasis on government and workers organizations and limited on employers’ organizations)  Underestimation of external factors, i.e. existence of sufficient political will at the high level for labour law reform not just international pressure (US GSP and EUAA)  Insufficient time for sustainable institutional capacity development of tripartite constituents  Difficulties in demonstrating tangible results because of coverage too many thematic areas

success:

 When designing ILO projects involving law reform, it is important to adequately analyze whether objectives and timeframes are attainable and realistic. To achieve full compliance of the national labour laws with ILS is difficult in a project lifetime of 3-6 years. As the project demonstrated, it is also important to consider the timing of the political cycle and its impact on the likely processing or stalling of law reform.  The management of technical cooperation activities is generally a challenge. However, good logical frameworks can help project managers steer through the complexities of the operational environment. In turn, good management may be able to overcome weaknesses in the design.  The project design would have benefited from a proper risk assessment and risk management strategy. A risk management strategy could assess the severity of each risk and provide strategies to mitigate the negative effects.  Good project design should also pay due attention to gender equality. It should mainstream gender in the situation analysis, the project goals, outputs, indicators, and monitoring and evaluation framework. Sex disaggregated data should be included in the situation analysis, baseline data, and indicators so that gender equality outcomes may be monitored throughout the project and properly evaluated in the midterm review and final project evaluation.

context:

The ICLLG project made a series of assumptions that were unlikely to hold true and ultimately affected the project’s effectiveness and efficiency. The project design lacked a risk management strategy, which could have mitigated the effects of many of the assumptions not coming to bear.

description:

An important lesson learned of the ICLLG project is the need for realistic time frames, budget and goals when planning interventions related to improving compliance with labour laws. Legal, administrative and institutional changes take time, and the initial duration of project was too short, and goals too ambitious, to achieve intended results. Therefore, technical assistance offered in the field of labour law reform should be planned for a longer period of time, possibly five-ten years to allow for the generation of lasting results and impact.

administrative_issues:

 Delays in project implementation  Overburden of project staff due to high volume of work

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/209332

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location:

country:

Georgia

region:

Europe and Central Asia

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eval_title:

Improved compliance with labour laws in the Republic of Georgia - Final evaluation