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Skills Development for the Renewable Energy Sector (SkiDRES) Public-Private Development Partnership - Final evaluation

eval_number:

3208

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3208

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Programme implementation

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

The direct beneficiaries are the key stakeholders, the relevant government ministries ILO the social partners (Employers and Workers). Representatives of Civil Society may also be beneficiaries and can be invited to take part in the deliberations/meetings.

challenges:

Projects sometimes face challenges if governments want to have too much control over the project and see their role more as a steering role, than advisory role. Other challenges are situations where government changes result in change of committee members and continuity is lost due.

success:

The key advantage is linked to stakeholders´ ownership of the project which should not be underestimated as it relates to sustainability.

context:

The advantage of having the PSC (apart from the participatory aspect) early on, is that decisions are minuted – which can be very important as a security and/or “damage control” for the project/s as it is not unusual that e.g. ministries put pressure on projects to make changes in the implementation, midway.. The fact that not all stakeholders are on board from the start should not delay the set-up of the committee – as flexibility can be ensured through making this clear in the ToR and persons with technical expertise can be invited to specific (thematic) meetings if need be (e.g. on observer basis) which also should be clearly spelled out in the ToR.

description:

The importance of a Project Steering Committee/Project Advisory Committee The forming of the Project Steering Committee (PSC) or a Project Advisory Committee (PAC) should be the number one priority in ILO projects, soon followed by the forming of working groups.

administrative_issues:

Holding 4 PSCs per year have some implications on the budget as the meetings mostly provide members with lunches.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/242001

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location:

country:

Zambia

region:

Africa

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eval_title:

Skills Development for the Renewable Energy Sector (SkiDRES) Public-Private Development Partnership - Final evaluation