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Vision Zero Fund – Collective Action for Safe and Healthy Supply Chains - Cluster midterm evaluation

eval_number:

3211

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3211

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

COVID-19

category:

COVID-19

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comments:

All stakeholders have been affected by the pandemic, but the reallocation of funds and measures to increase safety at work directly affects the female and male workers in enterprises where there are VZF interventions, as well as their families.

challenges:

The pandemic caused delays in the implementation of interventions, which are now slowly being rescheduled. Furthermore, the monitoring of interventions, and therefore measuring progress towards the results as described in the VZF RBM framework, are delayed as well.

success:

Despite the pandemic, the VZF Secretariat was well placed to pivot and adjust to the situation for several reasons: 1) COVID-19 was an economic disaster but also a health issue and an opportunity to respond quickly to an emergency situation; and 2) at the global and country levels, with its ongoing projects, the VZF was regarded as a trusted partner to manage activities related to COVID-19, all of which put the programme in a good position to address to urgent needs in the field and demonstrate how flexible it could be to respond to unexpected emergencies. At the global level funding was swiftly reallocated to address country requests and needs, in line with the COVID-19 situation.

context:

The COVID-19 pandemic caused a global disruption of the economy in all sectors, and GSCs are not exempt from its effects. The pandemic resulted in factories shutting down, in VZF project staff not being able to engage with constituents, in difficulties establishing virtual connections with country stakeholders (in some cases), and in travel restrictions that halted interventions in the field.

description:

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised awareness about the importance of OSH in the workplace. The versatility with which the VZF addressed the pandemic demonstrates a level of adaptation to national needs and an ability to globally coordinate actions to ensure greater protection of workers.

administrative_issues:

Since the effects of the pandemic will likely affect the global economy for the foreseeable future, any future VZF planning must include measures to swiftly react to situations such as this.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/231656

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location:

country:

Inter-Regional

region:

Inter-Regional

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eval_title:

Vision Zero Fund – Collective Action for Safe and Healthy Supply Chains - Cluster midterm evaluation