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The ILO and PBSO programme to sustain peace and foster development through employment creation in conflict-affected situations - Final evaluation

eval_number:

2879

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2879

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Knowledge management

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

ILO HQ Geneva, country and regional offices, and PBSO

challenges:

A show of interest in the subject matter is a key factor of its success in mainstreaming across ILO. Interests often comes with a self-identified need (which has worked well), promoting the subject via ambassadors strategically locted throughout the organization and with the clear support from ILO top managers. The latter in particular has been unclear to what amount the strategic focus on employment for peace, as outlined in Recommendation 205.

success:

The training and toolkit have been built on a solid conceptual framework defining not only various ways in which aspects of conflict and peace are interwoven with ILOs core focus on employment and decent work, but also the potential benefits to generally improving impacts by mainstreaming peace and social cohesion issues throughout interventions in ILO. The strengths of the approach so far have resided on its balanced attention to theory and practice, the organization of trainings and workshops and in particular the “open office” available for direct support to individual ILO project offices. The program answers a real need, since there have been a good number of requests from various parts of ILO wishing to host a training session, workshops or needing direct advice.

context:

N/A

description:

Producing frameworks, guides (like the Handbook) and trainings for “employment and decent work for peace” mainstreaming works best when it is a part of a strategy enjoying support from top managers and uses other tools as well. Offering trainings in building peace and social cohesion to the country-based staff, while there is no apparent place for ‘peace’ in the proposal evaluation procedure, sends a contradictory message, unlike in the PBF proposals facilitated by the Swiss project team, which required a focus on peace and social cohesion indicators. The project experience also confirms that “employment and decent work for peace” training should not be offered on an ad hoc basis but should instead be available on a permanent basis to all actors involved: ILO HQ staff, evaluators, national contact points, ILO project officers and ILO’s social partners.

administrative_issues:

The lack of internal funding for the program may reflect a lack of ILO management staff who perceive the “employment for peace” mainstreaming as a need.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/239257

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location:

country:

Inter-Regional

region:

Inter-Regional

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eval_title:

The ILO and PBSO programme to sustain peace and foster development through employment creation in conflict-affected situations - Final evaluation