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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:
- This lesson learned is intended for ILO programme managers and project designers.
- challenges:
- In Rwanda, the project aimed to support the development of collective bargaining agreements in the tea sector. According to an ILO programme manager, project efforts could have been more effective if they had assessed opportunities and constraints for collective bargaining earlier in the project implementation period (an assessment was carried out in the last months of this project). The assessment contributed to a better understanding of the key stakeholders on the employers side including how their sector professional associations were structured. Having this information earlier and being able to follow-up may have led to greater project success.
- success:
- In Malawi, the project followed-up on an assessment of freedom of association and collective bargaining in the rural economy that had been carried out in a previous phase of the project. Consultations with stakeholders on the findings of the assessment highlighted the need to reactivate the national tripartite labour council, which was a positive outcome of this phase of the project. Additional actions were identified in the follow-up action plan but these have not yet received adequate follow-up to be realized, which is a lost opportunity.
In Zambia, the social impact assessment partially funded by this project identified a number of significant issues negatively affecting working conditions in the countries copper mining sector. The findings of the study were discussed and debated during two follow-up workshops and priority actions established, some of which have benefited from follow-up actions by the project. The study was credited as having contributed to a number of reforms or reform initiatives in Zambia including a new law that limits contract labour, a proposal for a mining sector minimum wage that is currently being considered by legislators and an initiative to coordinate mine inspections more effectively among various relevant regulatory bodies.
- context:
- A positive aspect of this project was that study recommendations and resulting action plans featured a limited number of priorities, many of which were practice-oriented (versus focusing mainly on laws and high level policies that take a long time to put in place and then often are not applied anyway). This seems to have contributed to forward movement and to stakeholders achieving at least some of their objectives.
- description:
- Project interventions were more effective when they were based on careful analysis of the country/industry/enterprise context early in project implementation. After the assessment, it was likewise important to share and discuss findings, build consensus, and establish priorities with relevant stakeholders. Assessments, however insightful, were not sufficient to guarantee that recommendations would be implemented; therefore assessments should only be undertaken when resources are available to follow-up.
This project frequently used assessments to guide project interventions. The ILO used the diagnostic tool developed in previous phases of the Partnership in some countries while in other countries, the assessments applied different methodologies. Analysis of findings on project relevance indicate that assessing and documenting the large variety of issues that limit freedom of association and collective bargaining at the front end of technical cooperation programmes was an effective way to identify gaps as well as introduce the objectives of the project to stakeholders.
Related effectiveness and sustainability findings show that these assessments were most effective when the results were shared and discussed by national stakeholders, used to formulate an action plan with clearly identified priorities and followed up on in a timely manner with adequate resources to implement at least some of the proposed recommendations.
- administrative_issues:
- -
- url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/210725
- 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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