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Enhancing Rural Access Agro-Forestry (‘ERA Agro-Forestry’): Improving access to agro-forestry areas - Midterm evaluation

eval_number:

2710

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2710

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Road construction

category:

Sector

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comments:

The Project itself will not benefit in its rehabilitation activity. But the lessons will contribute to its capacity development and institutional reform outputs and outcomes. The targeted beneficiaries will be the R4D programme in DRBFC and R4D-SP and the ILO technical assistance unit supporting R4D and more widely for future designers and implementers of projects combining training capacity development, training contractors and implementing labour-based projects. R4D faces delays because of administrative processes but does not currently require certified training for contractors. The lesson of spreading the planning and operations cycle over two years would be of greater relevance for R4D if certificated training is stipulated for R4D as proposed by ERA-AF as part of institutional capacity development.

challenges:

The challenge being addressed is the delays in implementing projects, having to continue working in adverse weather conditions in the rainy season and as a consequence higher costs. Project works from one batch being completed while the new batch is starting leads pressure on staff. The problem of delayed starts is also faced by R4D which in addition faces public sector processes related delays.

success:

The positives are the better planning of works and timely implementation avoiding the problems of rehabilitation work in the wet season. The positives will be for the R4D programme and not for ERA-AF. It will be positive in the soundness of the advice and support ERA-AF is able to offer to DRBFC.

context:

The context is that in every year of the Project contractors have started work in late August or September leading to work being carried into the wet season, which typically starts in late November to early December, and into the next year. A precondition is that starting the planning activities earlier and being able to agree a list of roads to be rehabilitated ahead of the year in which it is to be implemented is possible.

description:

There are lessons to learn from further examining the reasons for the late starts of road rehabilitation works each year with a view to exploring the possibilities of changing the planning cycle and making early preparations (in the year prior to the year in which road rehabilitation is scheduled) so that road works could start earlier in the dry season to reduce the risk of hitting adverse weather conditions and related consequences for rehabilitation works.

administrative_issues:

The lesson if taken on board will be for the design of future projects in Timor-Leste and elsewhere since this project is already in its last annual planning cycle.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/224901

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location:

country:

East Timor

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Enhancing Rural Access Agro-Forestry (‘ERA Agro-Forestry’): Improving access to agro-forestry areas - Midterm evaluation