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Better Work Global – Phase IV - Final cluster evaluation
- eval_number:
- 3191
- eval_url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3191
- lessons_learned:
- themes:
- theme:
- Programme sustainability
- category:
- Organizational issues
- comments:
- National constituents and stakeholders
- challenges:
- National constituents and stakeholders in the Better Work countries currently do not have the capacity to implement factory-level activities, which are extremely resource intensive. This is exacerbated by a lack of ownership at the national level. This means that the activities and results will not last if Better Work leaves the countries in which it operates.
- success:
- Initial progress to sustainability has been made during Phase IV, namely through the development of the Guidance Paper for Sustainability, and through initial activities to develop national-level strategies.
- context:
- The Better Work programme has been active in certain countries for decades, yet sustainability concerns were not included in its design or implementation. Stakeholders noted that it might be time to start handing over some of the factory-level activities to national stakeholders in these countries. Key challenges to achieving this are the lack of capacity and ownership at national level.
- description:
- The absence of a clear sustainability and exit strategy has led to a disproportionate reliance of national stakeholders on Better Work to implement all factory services. As a result, there are no possibilities for Better Work to leave the countries where it is operating without undoing the progress made in recent years. Currently, national-level stakeholders are unable to take over, and/or replicate, the work of Better Work, even in countries where the programme has been active for decades.
- administrative_issues:
- A clear approach to sustainability is needed from the inception stage, taking into account country contexts. During the design and inception stages, significant attention needs to be paid to build the capacities of national stakeholders and to create effective partnerships, so that they are eventually able to take over the factory services, in the context of an exit strategy.
- url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/245190
- location:
- country:
- Inter-Regional
- region:
- Inter-Regional
- eval_title:
- Better Work Global – Phase IV - Final cluster evaluation
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