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Strengthening the impact on employment of sector and trade policies - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

2503

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2503

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Programme implementation

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

ILO HQ, ILO-COs

challenges:

The evaluation finds for both components the involvement of ILO country offices showed room for improvement68. In Myanmar for example, senior staff of the country office was unaware of STENGTHEN, as a new junior staff member in the office dealt with the CTA in Geneva. As such, the country office was unable to strategically provide the required policy support for the project and STRENGTHEN operated as a stand-alone intervention outside the DWCP portfolio, according to the senior staff in the country office. The evaluation learned a similar experience from Guatemala during an interview with senior staff from the responsible San José country office, despite the excellent cooperation with the CTA in Guatemala.

success:

The National Project Coordinators (NPCs) and to some extent other ILO staff in the field searched for linkages to other on-going initiatives for complementary action in the area of trade and employment with varying success. The creation of linkages also depended to the extent country offices were involved in the project implementation.

context:

The project management arrangements between headquarters in Geneva with two CTAs, various models of country support reaching from project teams to consultants and the at times insufficient involvement of ILO country offices was moderately unsatisfactory

description:

The appropriate involvement of ILO country offices is essential for the effectiveness, impact and sustainability of development cooperation projects. Particularly work on policy influencing benefits from the engagement of national level staff and international staff based at a country level.

administrative_issues:

Some of the countries where the Project was implemented do not have a Country Office.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/220898

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location:

country:

Inter-Regional

region:

Inter-Regional

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eval_title:

Strengthening the impact on employment of sector and trade policies - Final Evaluation