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Support efforts to combat child labor and improve working conditions in agriculture in Dominican Republic - Midterm evaluation

eval_number:

2854

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2854

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Planning and programme design

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

ILO, Government, Employers´ organizations, workers´ organizations, donors.

challenges:

According to the official letters sent by COPARDOM and the trade union associations to ILO during the second semester of 2018 and to the interviews held during this evaluation, COPARDOM maintains that it would have been desirable for them to participate from the beginning of the process (January 2018), while the union associations consider that their participation was basically to be informed of the content of the Project. Both the ML and COPARDOM and the trade union associations agreed on the importance of strengthening the ML for the effective enforcement of labor legislation. On the other hand, as a consensus of all the parties was not reached regarding the inclusion of the second result of social compliance and the determination of who would be in charge of its execution, it was decided not to include this result in the final design.

success:

n/a

context:

The process of discussion and adjustment to the design of the Project "Strengthening the capacities of the Ministry of Labor to improve working conditions in Dominican agriculture" lasted more than a year (from the beginning of 2018 to April 2019). The main differences between the final version of the Project design and the initial version are that the relative importance of CL was reduced and the result related to the design and implementation of a labor self-compliance system in the agricultural sector was eliminated completely. In this way, it is more evident that the emphasis of the Project is on improving the enforcement of labor laws by the ML to help improve working conditions in the agricultural sector, which includes the reduction of CL but also the improvement in wages, Occupational Health and Safety (OSH), among others.

description:

1. It is important that the ILO, donors and constituents maintain a fluid communication from the moment ILO is selected to implement a project; For this it is necessary for ILO to inform donors and constituents about the main characteristics of the programming, design and implementation of the projects it executes. -There are differences between an ILO project document (PRODOC) and a concept note, in terms of structure, content and preparation process. Regarding the latter, the PRODOC must take into account the needs of the constituents, for which they are consulted (in the case of employers 'and workers' organizations, this is done through ACTEMP and ACTRAV respectively). - Once the PRODOC is approved and before starting the implementation of a project, the ILO carries out actions to inform, socialize, sensitize and engage the constituents so that they have an active participation in it. Although this may lengthen the project start date, it is an indispensable condition because it represents the implementation of tripartism, which in turn is the essence of the ILO and because a priori it should favor the effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the intervention. . - The direct beneficiaries of ILO projects are generally the Ministries of Labor, employers' organizations and/or workers' organizations, who are usually also the partners of ILO intervention. Meanwhile, the final beneficiaries can be vulnerable groups of the population, families, workers, companies, among others. - There are ILO projects in which the execution modality includes the transfer of resources so that the partners can directly implement some of the planned activities. When this does not occur, as is the case with the project that is the subject of this evaluation, execution is the responsibility of the ILO, in collaboration and permanent consultation with the intervention partners.

administrative_issues:

This lesson learned is linked to the process of designing a project, specifically to discussion and adjustment, which in turn requires personnel and logistical resources to convene and carry out discussion meetings.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/228011

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location:

country:

Dominican Republic

region:

Americas

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eval_title:

Support efforts to combat child labor and improve working conditions in agriculture in Dominican Republic - Midterm evaluation