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Development of a Social Economy Policy in South Africa - Final evaluation
- eval_number:
- 2774
- eval_url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2774
- lessons_learned:
- themes:
- theme:
- Knowledge management
- category:
- Organizational issues
- comments:
- South African government’s ministries departments and agencies, ILO itself and Government of Flanders and of course social economy sector players, Academia and employers and workers.
- challenges:
- Context can change with time and render the lessons learnt in the past obsolete
- success:
- Context can change with time and render the lessons learnt in the past obsolete
- context:
- It provided a firm ground for the Social and Solidarity Economy Policy project to be rolled out on an informed point of view which made the processes smooth and contributed to flexibility in project implementation.
- description:
- Lesson 1: It was absolutely necessary to get started from an informed point of view. Thus, research was commissioned to gather a wide perspective of views, and partnership with Academia was key resource for critical opinions that shaped the processes.
It was absolutely necessary to get started from an informed point of view. Thus, researches were commissioned to gather a wide perspective of views and partnership with Academia was key resource for critical opinions that shaped the processes social media was especially short posts through Linked-In / FB provided excellent feedback. The processes involved everyone which made the exercise participatory in nature.
- administrative_issues:
- Requires the will of the key stakeholders to appreciate that partnerships and collaborations form a backbone to the success of the project processes and realization of results. Meticulous design for the learning process is critical to ensure key and important good practices in the partnership and collaboration are well documented. The implementation should be continuous to capture emerging issues such as challenges and negate them in a timely manner.
- url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/230478
- location:
- country:
- South Africa
- region:
- Africa
- eval_title:
- Development of a Social Economy Policy in South Africa - Final evaluation
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