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Programme on responsible business in Myanmar - Final evaluation

eval_number:

2497

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2497

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Labour standards

category:

International Labour Standards

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comments:

Targeted users or beneficiaries affected by the lesson learned are first and foremost the liaison office management, the (future) project staff and the backstoppers. But everyone related to the project during design and implementation will be affected indirectly, as the Myanmar experience has shown that ignoring these lessons can negatively affect the project performance until the end.

challenges:

Most of the rules described below are generated through negative experience made by the Responsible Business Project. This means that in this project almost all ‘Dont’s’’ when starting a project have been realized. The Lesson Learnt here suggests turning these negative lessons into positive rules.

success:

During design phase: 1. Involve stakeholders from the beginning in the project design, particularly the three constituents and other key partners. 2. Do a stakeholder analysis during the design phase looking at mandate, interest, power and available resources of potential partners, consider the results for the design 3. Try to follow the requests of the project donor as much as possible, during project design, if in line with the stakeholder interests and needs (which should be first priority) During recruitment phase: 4. Recruit the project manager clearly before official project start (by starting advertising and selection process before funds have arrived) , make project management and team leading experience key selection criteria 5. Allocate the project manager to recruit his/her project staff based on agreed recruitment criteria 6. Set up technical (in regional office) & management backstopping (in country office): the more difficult the project challenges, the more intensive the backstopping

context:

This lesson learned and its specific rules are relevant for all development projects being newly launched in any kind of country context. However, as it has been experienced in Myanmar in recent years, they are particularly important to consider in a fast growing country office environment, where the number of projects and administrative / overall management staff is multiplying rapidly and, hence, every individual project receives less attention than it should.

description:

The Responsible Business Project of the ILO in Myanmar provides valuable learning on the do’s and dont’s of launching a new economic development project. The success or failure of a project can be influenced significantly, if a set of rules is considered. The rules, outlined under the Lesson Learned element “Success” below relate to the design phase, the recruitment phase and the inception phase of a new project. The rules need to be followed by the country office management, the newly recruited project manager, the management backstopper and the technical backstopper.

administrative_issues:

The lesson learned here essentially includes various ILO administrative issues to be taken into account when starting a project. The rule “Design an early warning system and set rules of intervention to be applied when a project is underperforming consistently” probably need to undergo a feasibility check by the ILO relevant unit.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/215614

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location:

country:

Myanmar

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Programme on responsible business in Myanmar - Final evaluation