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Final Independent Evaluation of EU-funded Better Work Programmes in Sri Lanka and Madagascar (Phase I)
- eval_number:
- 2094062
- eval_url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2094062
- lessons_learned:
- themes:
- theme:
- Programme implementation
- category:
- Organizational issues
- comments:
- Tripartite Constituents, BW Global and Country programmes, and Donor.
- challenges:
- In the GEAR programme it was found that sometimes the acceptance of newly promoted trainees is slow among peer groups.
- success:
- The GEAR programme is not only training women, but also works with managers and the enabling environment, in order to be able to remove barriers. For example, before the selection was done for GEAR training, the management invited family members and explained to them what the training entails (planned training, duration, promotion and increase of workload, etc.). This was done to raise awareness among families that the trainees need family support in helping out with household tasks.
- context:
- Through the GEAR programme female leadership and career growth were promoted. In fact, factory managers and trainees highlighted that it contributed to cultural and institutional change. In both countries some factories already started to adapt their own training programme to GEAR having realized the important effects of GEAR training on performance, promotion, etc. To demonstrate the level of importance given to GEAR by brands, in Sri Lanka the Private sector contributes through fees to the second phase of GEAR from January 2024 until January 2025, for example Marks & Spencer contributes US$ 10,000 for five of their factories with a total of 20 GEAR participants.
- description:
- The Better Work programmes replicated and adapted successful initiatives from other Better Work country programmes, such as the Gender Equality and Returns (GEAR), an initiative designed by IFC and focused on women’s empowerment and career opportunities and this programme has already shown concrete results for the beneficiaries such as promotion and salary increase. Also, thanks to the GEAR program, female workers are henceforth more capable to assume their responsibilities at work, to speak up, to have self-confidence, to respond and to counter harassment.
- administrative_issues:
- IFC gave overall guidance on the implementation of GEAR in both countries, e.g., they also implement GEAR in the agricultural sector in Madagascar, while in Sri Lanka GEAR was implemented jointly by IFC and ILO (funded by EC-BW).
- url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/2157437
- location:
- country:
- Pakistan
- region:
- Asia and the Pacific
- country:
- Viet Nam
- region:
- Asia and the Pacific
- country:
- Global
- region:
- Global
- country:
- Bangladesh
- region:
- Asia and the Pacific
- eval_title:
- Final Independent Evaluation of EU-funded Better Work Programmes in Sri Lanka and Madagascar (Phase I)
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