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Generating emergency employment and recovering sustainable livelihoods in the Philippines: Norways contribution to the livelihoods recovery programme after Typhoon Haiyan - Final Evaluation
- eval_number:
- 2268
- eval_url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2268
- lessons_learned:
- themes:
- theme:
- Labour standards
- category:
- International Labour Standards
- comments:
- ILO field teams.
- challenges:
- During the response to super-typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), field team members, some of whom moved in directly from other response and recovery projects, did not have sufficient administrative backup and stayed on locations for more than 18 months without adequate normalization of workloads.
- success:
- n.a.
- context:
- All projects or programmes where teams are in the field for a longer period than the response phase or longer than six months should the response phase not have been formally declared as ended.
- description:
- Where emergency or disaster response is linked to livelihood development, it is important to ensure that field teams are able to return to normal working conditions once the (emergency) response phase is over and the recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction phases are reached. Otherwise, the field team members are likely to suffer from burnout or unhealthy lifestyles sooner or later, with all potential consequences. Adequate capacities for substitution and strong administrative backup is also required in order to ensure sustainable recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction.
- administrative_issues:
- ILO needs to ensure that sufficient staff is available in the field to deliver during response and recovery. Response phases should not be managed in a "lean" fashion, but need to be adequately resourced. The high workload level of the response phase should not be maintained during the recovery and other subsequent phases.
- url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/212188
- location:
- country:
- Philippines
- region:
- Asia and the Pacific
- eval_title:
- Generating emergency employment and recovering sustainable livelihoods in the Philippines: Norways contribution to the livelihoods recovery programme after Typhoon Haiyan - Final Evaluation
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