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Promotion of Decent Work in Southern African Ports (phase II) - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

2575

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2575

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Planning and programme design

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

Intermediate beneficiaries of the project who included agencies representing the interests of organized business in the participating ports (DCT and Richards Bay under Transnet Port Terminals, and MSoE in South Africa, and the Port of Maputo under Maputo Port Development Company in Mozambique); and Trade Unions representing the interests of organized labour in these ports including SATAWU and UNTU in the case of South Africa, and SIMPEOC in the case of Mozambique. Ultimate beneficiaries of the project are the port workers in the participating ports in Durban and Richards Bay in South Africa and Port of Maputo in Mozambique.

challenges:

The inclusion of three and geographically spread out project sites was administratively challenging on the part of the CTA, especially without an NPC to support DCT where the CTA was located.

success:

The project has significantly demonstrated that social dialogue and HR development are fundamental and mutually reinforcing elements towards decent work for organized labour, increased productivity and competitiveness of the ports to the common benefit of all including workers, management and other port stakeholders. As a result, social dialogue has been welcomed and is increasingly being applied by organized labour and management in the beneficiary ports. Albeit slower than initially anticipated, it has also significantly contributed to improvements in the level of trust and dialogue between workers and management - which is a major transformation from the earlier situation where inter-party relationships were characterized by immense mistrust between the parties. The much success that has been achieved to date is mainly attributed to retention of phase 1 CTA during phase 2 and the overall hard work and commitment of the PMU staff to project development aspirations and planned activities.

context:

This from the point of view of the limited financial and human resources that were available for the project and the pressure it resulted into in relation to set deliverables.

description:

Project coverage and scoping: There is always need to avoid ambition and to set more practical and realistic scope and targets of a project.

administrative_issues:

Key administrative issues related to project coverage and scoping included: (i) lack of an NPC to assist the CTA; (ii) lack of expertise in relation to HR development skills among project staff; and (iii) Lack of TWGs to provide technical support to project steering committees.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/219122

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location:

country:

Africa - regional

region:

Africa

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eval_title:

Promotion of Decent Work in Southern African Ports (phase II) - Final Evaluation