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Enabling job resilience and protecting decent work conditions in rural communities affected by Syrian Refugee crisis in North Lebanon - Final evaluation (RBSA components)

eval_number:

2747

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2747

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Planning and programme design

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

ILO Geneva – DEVINVEST Department

challenges:

Enhancing Job Resilience and Protecting Decent Work Conditions in Rural Communities Affected by the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Northern Lebanon had a status of a project, but had a number of areas to cover and a horizontal agenda which required programme status. This certainly created constraints for implementation. Future iterations should adopt ILO guidelines and recommendations in terms of design on the basis of a programme for three year implementation.

success:

-

context:

The project on Enhancing Job Resilience and Protecting Decent Work Conditions in Rural Communities Affected by the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Northern Lebanon was designed on urgent basis in order to position ILO within the mechanism of support for the Syrian crisis in Lebanon. Hence it was designed as a short-term project.

description:

nhancing Job Resilience and Protecting Decent Work Conditions in Rural Communities Affected by the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Northern Lebanon should have been designed as a programme not a project. For programming in fragile and post-crisis contexts, ILO guidelines emphasize the importance of an approach with a long-term rather than a short-term perspective. “Programmes ensure prolonged action and support and are more likely to deliver sustainable results” . This was not the case in this short-term project. Furthermore, the evaluation considers that implementation of this project would have benefitted from a dimension focused on the central level, complementary to the local dimension level. This could have consisting of building the capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture centrally, as well as the cooperative and education departments within the ministries. It could also have addressed the legal status of employment services and advocated for the ratification of the 181 Convention. Another focus could have been a review of the structure of NEO or the entire system of employment services. Given the short-term nature of the project, in practical terms this dimension would not have been possible.

administrative_issues:

A programme rather than a project document should be considered for interventions in emergency/recovery phases.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/232739

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location:

country:

Lebanon

region:

Arab States

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eval_title:

Enabling job resilience and protecting decent work conditions in rural communities affected by Syrian Refugee crisis in North Lebanon - Final evaluation (RBSA components)