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SIDA-ILO Partnership Programme (phase I) – Cross cutting policy driver environmental sustainability and the Partnership for Action on Green Economy - Clustered evaluation

eval_number:

2994

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2994

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Green jobs

category:

Enterprises

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comments:

ILO HQ GREEN unit (Enterprise department), Regional Technical Green Jobs specialists, PAGE national project coordinators, SIDA focal point

challenges:

This evaluation has found that one of the biggest challenges facing the respective programs is matching the level of ambition with resourcing. Without adequate resourcing, either in DWCPs or in the country itself, long term sustainability of interventions could be compromised.

success:

ILO’s ambition to achieve impacts across a variety of levels/entry points with regards to just transition and green economy is commendable. However, given current resourcing, greater and more sustainable impact could have potentially been achieved if one “level” was prioritized.

context:

The focus of this evaluation has been on two distinct programs, the SIDA-ILO partnership program support to just transition and ILO’s operations as a part of the Partnership Agreement on a Green Economy (PAGE). For the SIDA-ILO partnership program, the evaluation examined the performance on a global, regional, and country-level, focusing on case studies of Tanzania and Ghana, the two countries that have received support through the partnership. For PAGE, the main focus was on countries in which ILO is the lead entity, i.e. Argentina, Peru, Senegal, and South Africa. This lesson learned applies to ILO’s engagement in the just transition and environmental sustainability sphere overall, and thus encompasses the above.

description:

ILO has successfully achieved a great deal within the framework of these two programs on just transition and the green economy. However, given the relative lack of resources available and committed to the Green Jobs Unit, questions arise as to the most efficient use of resources. Currently, through the SIDA-ILO partnership program, the focus is on achieving results at all three levels (i.e. global, regional and country). Given the current staffing levels and the funding windows of the respective projects, long term sustainability and implementation of these interventions could be an issue, as resources are being focused on “catalytic” interventions at all three levels (i.e. global, regional and country) that do not all have a detailed and robust implementation plan and associated budget.

administrative_issues:

This discussion, i.e on effective resourcing and strategic targeting of ILO interventions within the sphere of environmental sustainability and just transition will most likely have to occur between the HQ GREEN unit and senior management. However, PARDEV may have a role in this as well.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/243669

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location:

country:

Inter-Regional

region:

Inter-Regional

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eval_title:

SIDA-ILO Partnership Programme (phase I) – Cross cutting policy driver environmental sustainability and the Partnership for Action on Green Economy - Clustered evaluation