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ILO’s Safety + Health for All Flagship Programme - Final thematic evaluation

eval_number:

3656

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3656

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Results-based management

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

Development actors, including the ILO and the UN agencies

challenges:

The ILO has not provisioned adequate budget to provide technical support the conceptualization of the Programme including the expectations of the Office from the Programme how to report in its impact at the country, regional and global levels. The actual conceptualization of the Programme took almost five years. Human resources were limited to one Technical Specialist, recruited in Feb 2015 with some tasks dedicated to development of projects and fund raising. A junior officer was recruited early in 2016 to support development cooperation activities in general, including Labour Inspection projects. In comparison to other Flagship programmes such as Better Work, FUNDAMENTALS and SOC/PRO, there was limited (no) DC programming / management experience, expertise or knowledge within LABADMIN/OSH to develop the “Safety + Health for All” Programme. ILO management didn’t provide clear guidance on development steps and expectations for the Programme. The other factors challenging set up of the Programme include: i) Extremely limited support from ILO management to promote visibility of the Programme, even internally; ii) no additional resources allocated by the ILO to support this set up; and no full time position ever allocated to it.

success:

N/A

context:

Proposed by the ILO’s Director-General and endorsed by the Governing Body in October 20151, the five ILO Flagship Programmes consolidate and refine key existing development cooperation initiatives targeting decent work deficits and related challenges. The Flagship Programmes recognize the ILO’s development cooperation portfolio as an important means of engagement with constituents. They support the realization of multiple organisational level outcomes (P&B and Budget Outcomes) and combine global leadership in evidence-based policy with effective field implementa-tion. They offer the potential for scaling up, replication in a variety of contexts and mobilization of resources in more efficient, effective and sustainable ways.

description:

The programme of such scale and ambitions should have provisioned more adequate resources in terms of staffing, financing, technical and organizational support

administrative_issues:

To the ILO Senior Management – To ensure sustainable staffing of Flagship Safety + Health for All Programme to carry out the requirements for the effective implementation of the programme.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/219885

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location:

country:

Inter-Regional

region:

Inter-Regional

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eval_title:

ILO’s Safety + Health for All Flagship Programme - Final thematic evaluation