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Promoting a decent work approach for syrian refugees and host communities - Final evaluation (RBSA)
- eval_number:
- 2876
- eval_url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2876
- lessons_learned:
- themes:
- theme:
- Tripartism & constituent partnerships
- category:
- Organizational issues
- comments:
- Government institutions at national and local level. Private sector. Ultimate beneficiaries were the host communities and refugees.
- challenges:
- The two-level engagement could have benefitted from stronger needs assessments prior to decisions being taken on the intervention. This also would have allowed for stronger assessment of results and gathering of evidence. As explained throughout the report, a stronger results based project management approach would have facilitated more systematic lessons learning. This in turn would have made it possible for ILO to better demonstrate the evidence and results to donors and other stakeholders.
- success:
- • Policy changes or measures introduced by MoL following ILO engagement, including the support from MoL to facilitate agricultural work permit applications through the cooperatives.
• ILO is regarded as a trusted partner by both government and donor community. ILO is considered as one of the three best informed agencies by donors such as US – together with World Bank and the DRC.
- context:
- • Support from the Ministry of Labour is needed for effective policy engagement. Because of ILO’s previous history in the country, its already established relationship with the MoL and the placement of ILO’s Refugee Response Coordinator facilitated the building of trust with MoL and other government departments.
• The precondition for ILO’s ability to explore different types of interventions was availability of funding. Because funding was core ILO funding the Jordan office was able to explore different types of activities without having to adhere to donor requirements or preferences.
- description:
- • In its response to the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan, ILO engaged simultaneously at two levels; i) policy engagement at national and local government levels, and ii) community level interventions to support employment opportunities for both refugees and host communities. This two-level strategy included several pilot interventions and research projects such as the support for agricultural work permits through cooperatives, value chain analysis to identify opportunities for growth and employment, labour market analysis and child labour assessment.
• ILO’s approach of engaging at both levels through several selected interventions has contributed to ILO being seen as a trusted partner both at government and community levels. It allowed ILO to make policy suggestions to government which were derived from its own concrete practical experience.
- administrative_issues:
- Stronger results based project management for both policy and community level interventions.
ROAS processes, design, M&E and reporting to be strengthened.
- url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/240457
- location:
- country:
- Jordan
- region:
- Arab States
- eval_title:
- Promoting a decent work approach for syrian refugees and host communities - Final evaluation (RBSA)
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