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Support to a new generation of Public Works Schemes in Greece - Final evaluation

eval_number:

2615

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2615

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Planning and programme design

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

▪ Ministry of Labour ▪ Municipalities ▪ Public employment programme partners and other affected agencies

challenges:

Periodic turnover of government employees’ interrupts and hinders processes aimed at generating institutional capacities to face the problem

success:

The core features of TA strategy should be as follows: ▪ Clarity related to agreement about the needs, vision, desired changes; mutually clarified roles and responsibilities among all partners; agreement about how to create new structures, lines of communication, etc.; and clear understanding of the current context (e.g., system strengths, policies, stressors). ▪ Frequent communication with respect to on-site meetings and telephone or skype conferencing to initiate and manage change. And frequent cycles of planning, execution, evaluation, and articulation of next steps to move the work forward and solve problems. ▪ Intensity of collaborative work to plan, prepare, prompt and create opportunities for reflection, planning the next phase of development, and specification of “next steps” together with on-site coaching, assessments of progress, the infusion of new information into the system(s). ▪ Integrity refers to the focus on creating a more coherent and effective system of services and supports through comprehensive work with the whole system and the use of data at multiple levels to inform decision- making ▪ Accountability for assuring that intended outcomes occur; using challenges and feedback as opportunities to bring in new strategies, partners, and knowledge to continue the work; measuring impact at multiple levels with benefits to the beneficiaries at the core.

context:

Primarily, what is needed is timely, accurate, accessible information about the innovation, the what. After TA services create, provide, and promote access to up-to-date information and resources about the what, then practitioners, and administrators are able to use the information because they currently possess the skills and abilities (e.g., current competencies used in a new way) in a context that is largely hospitable (e.g., facilitating policies, funding, acceptance of the innovation). For that reason, the ILO project revised and developed the guidance notes for the implementation of public benefit programme; provided training and capacity building sessions for executing institutions of Kinofelis; designed systems and processes and policy recommendations for programme implementation and quality assurance/ assessment; designed a reporting and monitoring system for public benefit programme; and enabled socio-economic analysis through conduction of baseline study of programme beneficiaries.

description:

An important lesson learned of the ILO project is that recipients of technical assistance need to learn the skills and develop competencies related to the new content (the what) and they also supported to implement with fidelity (the how). In addition, funding, policies, procedures, and regulations will need to be modified to align with and support the new practices and programs.

administrative_issues:

Limited TA project duration for creation of changes of the system at different levels (national and municipal)

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/222375

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location:

country:

Greece

region:

Europe and Central Asia

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eval_title:

Support to a new generation of Public Works Schemes in Greece - Final evaluation