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Addressing Decent Work Deficits in the Tobacco Sector of Zambia and Tanzania Projects (DWiT) - Final cluster evaluation

eval_number:

3212

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3212

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Employers - capacity building

category:

Constituents

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comments:

ILO and the implementing partners and government ministries and agencies

challenges:

If not well done, everyone’s responsibility becomes no one’s responsibility.

success:

Evidence that groups tend to prosper because they pool resources together and make good of the skills and knowledge that enhances synergies for effective implementation of interventions.

context:

Building capacity for collective actions of targeted beneficiaries not only enhances sharing ideas but also pooling together critical resources for success of project intervention.

description:

For success, the group is as important as the group business enterprise The issues of mindset changes alluded to in the main text highlights the fact that capacity building in group dynamics is as important as capacity building in the technical aspects of the enterprise they want to engage in. There is thus a need to further train the groups in group dynamics in the various stages of group development including group forming, storming, norming, performing and adjournment. A strong group can take up varied enterprises and local capacities can make a community amenable to taking up new initiatives and making a success of them. Resilience, i.e. the ability to absorb and recover from shocks, can thus be built-up within the community if the interest groups are strong. Furthermore, the incorporation of cooperatives into programmes brings on board valuable competencies and training materials on how to form and build resilient groups be they cooperatives of other community based organisations.

administrative_issues:

There is need for skilled personnel to design and implement and support the formation and support to groups

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/211489

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location:

country:

Zambia

region:

Africa

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country:

United Republic of Tanzania

region:

Africa

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eval_title:

Addressing Decent Work Deficits in the Tobacco Sector of Zambia and Tanzania Projects (DWiT) - Final cluster evaluation