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Thematic evaluation of the ILO ROAS gender work in the region with emphasis on the SIDA funded ILO- UN Women Joint Programme
- eval_number:
- 2337614
- eval_url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2337614
- lessons_learned:
- themes:
- theme:
- Programme implementation
- category:
- Organizational issues
- comments:
- ILO ROAS staff, UN Women and future partners
- challenges:
- By assigning separate outputs to each agency, the programme unintentionally created silos, where each organization executed activities largely independently, with limited communication and coordination. This lack of integration hindered the potential for synergy and collective impact of the programme and this was noticed as well when contacting national partners as they were unaware of related activities or achievements across the programme
- success:
- -
- context:
- The ILO–UN Women Joint Programme was jointly designed to leverage the expertise of ILO and UN Women to catalyze change in women's labour market participation across three countries. Despite its strategic approach the Joint Programme failed in developing a shared long-term vision on how both agencies were contributing to women’s economic empowerment. Insufficient coordination and collaboration during implementation led to a compartmentalized implementation approach which also translated to relation with national partners that were not sufficiently aware of the overall scope of the program and of the partnership.
- description:
- Future joint programmes between ILO and other UN organizations should adopt a harmonized implementation approach based on continuous communication and collaboration and mutual accountability. For joint programmes to drive change effectively, they need not only a cohesive strategic design but also well-structured and harmonized implementation mechanisms, anchored in a regular and systematic exchange between the partners to facilitate their involvement beyond their specific areas of responsibilities. This approach should allow participating agencies to contribute their expertise, leverage their unique strengths, and, through ongoing collaboration and communication, remain mutually accountable while working together to achieve the programme’s results
- administrative_issues:
- Future initiatives need to pay attention on how to strengthen inter-team coordination. Some possible measures might be monthly country calls; allowing coordination meetings to provide space to all teams to share regular updates and ongoing lessons learnt and possibly to consider having team retreats to foster team spirit,
- url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/2337747
- location:
- country:
- Occupied Palestinian Territory
- region:
- Arab States
- country:
- Egypt
- region:
- Arab States
- country:
- Jordan
- region:
- Arab States
- country:
- Lebanon
- region:
- Arab States
- eval_title:
- Thematic evaluation of the ILO ROAS gender work in the region with emphasis on the SIDA funded ILO- UN Women Joint Programme
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