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Public-Private partnership (PPP) between the chocolate and cocoa industry and the ILO in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

2305

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2305

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Results-based management

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

The beneficiaries affected by these delays were the entire set of project beneficiaries, since the administrative bottlenecks faced during the beginning of project implementation resulted in project activities beginning later than expected. As can be seen in Effectiveness, thankfully this did not jeopardize the total number of beneficiaries reached, but it did affect the local ownership of project values and the long-term sustainability of project results.

challenges:

It is difficult to anticipate delays in project implementation, especially in regions where financial and political stability are not always guaranteed. However, the delays that took place in the first phases of the project reduced the actual implementation schedule. As we have said, this affects the ownership and achievement of certain objectives that need an extended period of time to be developed and consolidated. On the other hand, the reduced time available for the activities and outputs to be delivered adds extra pressure on project staff, partners, and communities. Coordination with other projects, while providing great advantages in other aspects, increases the likelihood of administrative delays as well.

success:

The commendable level of dedication and professionalism of ILO field staff and HQ technical departments plus the support from ILO regional and country offices ensured delivery.

context:

The PPP project was part of a more regional strategy to fight Child labor, being in constant coordination with other ILO initiatives, especially the ILO-IPEC¿s CCP Project. This has proved to be a great advantage in many regards that will later be stated, but also implied that certain administrative and funding processes were delayed. Thus while the two projects had different funding mechanisms, with the PPP perhaps having a more flexible budget, by linking up with the CCP, it was compelled to work in tandem and to operate under the same timelines and challenges associated with the CCP funding and administrative issues. The issues that were set to be tackled in the scope of this project (capacity building, awareness raising, referring children to social services, designing and rolling out CAPs,…) require an extended period of time to achieve results, therefore, any delays would (and did) have an important impact.

description:

Throughout the project’s duration we have learned that it is crucial to carefully align implementation procedures to administrative and funding processes and take into account possible delays (which are more likely when working in tandem with other project timelines).

administrative_issues:

This lesson learned is to be considered in the future by project designers and administrative staff, so that they take into account any possible administrative bottlenecks in the project implementation schedule.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/209483

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location:

country:

Africa - regional

region:

Africa

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eval_title:

Public-Private partnership (PPP) between the chocolate and cocoa industry and the ILO in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire - Final Evaluation