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Improving industrial relations for decent work and sustainable development of textile and garment industries in Ethiopia - Midterm Evaluation

eval_number:

2840

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2840

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Tripartism & constituent partnerships

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

 Tripartite partners

challenges:

 Periodic turnover of government employees’ interrupts and hinders processes aimed at generating institutional capacities to face the problem  Understaffing of Government institutions for being able to undertake regular inspections of factories by different inspection authorities

success:

 Strengthening employers and workers organizations capacities to act as interlocutor with the government is a complementary strategy that can ensure a certain degree of continuity in the institutional strengthening efforts  Capacity building is essential but must seek to build on existing capacities of tripartite partners

context:

IR Garment Sector project invested in resources for undertaking some comprehensive studies of textile and garment industry in Ethiopia. The studies showed the need for reform of government agencies (labour inspection service, labour disputes machinery) as well as improvement of reliable statistical data of labour administration for better enforcement of the labour law

description:

An important lesson learned of the ILO IR Garment Sector project is the need to enhance capacities of regulatory bodies to better enforce labour laws and up-grading and reorganization of the Government institutions (MOLSA, BOLSA) to meet the contemporary demand of the industry. Therefore, technical assistance offered in the field of social development requires long-term interventions and need to be embedded in the vision of change for the industry

administrative_issues:

 Limited project duration for creation of changes of the system

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/226709

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location:

country:

Ethiopia

region:

Africa

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eval_title:

Improving industrial relations for decent work and sustainable development of textile and garment industries in Ethiopia - Midterm Evaluation