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ILO Technical Assistance Component – Skills for Employment Program (FCDO-SEP Project) - Final evaluation
- eval_number:
- 3359
- eval_url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3359
- lessons_learned:
- themes:
- theme:
- Resource management
- category:
- Organizational issues
- comments:
- ILO Country Office or Regional Office or donor agencies wishing to contract with the ILO
- challenges:
- The reasons for this contracting mechanism are unknown (other members of the consortium had different contracting arrangements). ILO and partners reported missed opportunities to respond to technical assistance requirements, rapid deployment of experts for time sensitive work, and hold meetings to maintain momentum.
- success:
- FCDO and ILO reports suggest that the annual review process was robust. Consultations resulted in adjustments in focus and activities over the course of the project in response to the dynamic environment and government priorities. Nonetheless, regular review processes can be built in without the additional contracting burden.
- context:
- The project aimed to support policy development and support to two national employment-related programs launching in the context of a newly federalized system and multiple cabinet reshuffles.
- description:
- Contractual arrangements can constrict project impacts. The four year project commitment included an annual review and contract renewal process. While the review process helped maintain alignment with other components of the larger overall program, and recalibrate activity focus, it also required a two month pause for consultations, reporting, and work planning. Technical implementing partners supporting the project’s work were also subject to the same annual contract renewal. The process coincided with Nepal’s major festival season, essentially adding a month to the two month review process. The ILO’s project required a responsive, flexible posture—for the ILO, tripartite and other implementing partners—which was mismatched with the contracting arrangement.
- administrative_issues:
- Annual contract renewal requires additional administrative and team leadership time. Implementation pauses should be factored in to project planning, if they are going to cause unavoidable pauses.
- url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/232304
- location:
- country:
- Nepal
- region:
- Asia and the Pacific
- eval_title:
- ILO Technical Assistance Component – Skills for Employment Program (FCDO-SEP Project) - Final evaluation
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