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South-South Cooperation to Enhance the Institutional Capacities of Trade Unions in Asia and the Pacific - Final Evaluation
- eval_number:
- 2288167
- eval_url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2288167
- lessons_learned:
- themes:
- theme:
- Training
- category:
- Employment
- comments:
- ACTRAV, ITCILO, Trade unions and union participants
- challenges:
- A subset of individuals attending the training sessions, delegated by various trade unions, demonstrated an inadequate command of the English language. This significantly hindered their ability to follow the live, interactive modules that are integral to the program.
- success:
- Effective Participant Selection Enhances Training Outcomes: Ensuring that trade unions delegate representatives with adequate English proficiency is crucial. This proactive selection process significantly improves the effectiveness of participation in English-language training programs, thereby enhancing overall training outcomes.
- context:
- In a program that includes more than 24 countries, it is evident that language barriers are a significant contextual factor. For most participants, English is their second or third language. An additional contextual factor is that the participants have a specific union profile.
- description:
- English Proficiency of Training participants. In the evaluation of the training sessions, a pivotal lesson has been unearthed pertaining to the English proficiency of participants. Stakeholders have reported that a subset of individuals attending the training sessions, delegated by various trade unions, demonstrated an inadequate command of the English language, which significantly hindered their ability to follow the live, interactive modules that are integral to the program. These sessions, predominantly conducted online, necessitate a robust understanding of English to enable active engagement and interaction. Although digital translation tools offer a partial remedy by allowing for the translation of course materials, they fall short during live discourse, which is essential for the full absorption of training content. This situation underscores a foreseeable need for advanced communication tools that might one day bridge the gap between language barriers. Until such advancements are realized, it is imperative for trade unions to scrutinize the language capabilities of their chosen representatives to ensure effective participation in these English-centric educational endeavors. Moreover, administrative reminders to the trade unions are crucial, emphasizing that language proficiency is not merely desirable but essential for the efficacy of English-language training programs.
- administrative_issues:
- The first component pertains to the selection of candidates who have a sufficiently high level of English comprehension and speaking skills. A second component could naturally involve contextualizing courses to accommodate different languages and contexts. This would, of course, require additional investments, which are likely to become feasible in the near future with the implementation of AI.
- url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/2288910
- location:
- country:
- Asia and the Pacific - regional
- region:
- Asia and the Pacific
- eval_title:
- South-South Cooperation to Enhance the Institutional Capacities of Trade Unions in Asia and the Pacific - Final Evaluation
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