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Promoting the Right to Freedom of Association and the Right to Collective Bargaining Outcome 14 - Final Evaluation
- eval_number:
- 2574
- eval_url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2574
- lessons_learned:
- themes:
- theme:
- Programme implementation
- category:
- Organizational issues
- comments:
- ILO personnel or consultants involved in project design. ILO strategic planners.
- challenges:
- In Rwanda, even though there is political will to strengthen social dialogue and collective bargaining and nascent efforts in some sectors to negotiate agreements, in the absence of follow-up support, some ILO programme managers are doubtful that project efforts will bear fruits.
- success:
- In Vietnam, because of the pilot activities of the Industrial Relations project, which among other things modelled effective collective bargaining and how independent trade unions recruit members, there are a number of key ILO constituents who understand the implications of ratifying C.87 and 98 and have started to prepare for the implementation of the Conventions.
In Zambia and Jordan, the project was able to address many dimensions of social dialogue in their respective target sectors which built trust with stakeholders and is contributing to the implementation of ILO recommendations (new labour legislation in Zambia, renewal of collective bargaining agreement and new regulations that address migrant workers status in Jordan).
- context:
- This lesson learned applies mainly to the design of multi-country project that share a common goal and/or theme and assumes that the ILO is allowed to choose or influence the choice of target countries as well as the number of countries that will be targeted for interventions.
- description:
- Working at a certain scale, over longer periods of time and with country-based personnel was more likely to produce tangible outcomes than light interventions carried out through short term technical assistance missions, even well-targeted ones. Efforts to improve respect for freedom of association and promote collective bargaining were also more effective when they were integrated with broader types of sector or industry focused technical cooperation programmes.
The ILO frequently implements multi-country programmes around a given goal or outcome linked with a particular theme or issue (in the case of this project, the promotion of freedom of association and collective bargaining) within its Decent Work agenda as part of its technical cooperation programmes. The choice of countries is made by the ILO during the design stage and is usually based on a number of factors including the openness of the country to ILO assistance, need (existence of significant decent work deficits) and where ILO assistance can be most effective.
On the latter issue, analysis of the project design findings highlights that operational factors such as the availability of qualified national staff, the potential to complement other on-going programmes, and/or the possibility to work in countries with sufficient intensity to justify allocating resources to offer consistent follow-up support are important for project success and are not-to-be underestimated to the design stage.
Analysis of effectiveness findings indicated that holistic and mainstreaming approaches to promoting freedom of association and collective bargaining may work better than more focused strategies. Project efforts appeared to be more effective when they were part of larger ILO programmes that addressed a variety of challenges facing a particular economic sector or the labour market governance/industrial relations system.
- administrative_issues:
- -
- url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/210720
- location:
- country:
- Inter-Regional
- region:
- Inter-Regional
- eval_title:
- Promoting the Right to Freedom of Association and the Right to Collective Bargaining Outcome 14 - Final Evaluation
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