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Inclusive Growth, Social Protection and Jobs Programme: An ILO-IRISH-Aid Partnership Programme 2016-2021 - Midterm evaluation

eval_number:

3161

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3161

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Planning and programme design

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

Irish Aid, the donor agency/development partner within the framework of its new Strategy for Development countries launched in 2017; • ILO units: Social Protection (SOCPRO), Development for Investment (DEVINVEST) and Partnering for Development (PARDEV) departments at the ILO Headquarters in Geneva; ILO offices in Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Viet Nam and the staff of the Decent Work Country Teams (DWCT) involved in the Program in Pretoria, South Africa and Bangkok, Thailand. • Relevant ILO constituents (Government ministries, Employer Federations and Workers Unions); and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs); • UN agencies working with social protection and employment themes in the (UNJP-SPP) programmes e.g. UNICEF, UNDP and bilateral development organisations also supporting social protection.

challenges:

The negative lessons is that unclarity regarding the use of funds, and decisions about funds when made away from the actual country implementation, creates unneccesary frustration which may affect the performance and motivation among project staff.

success:

n/a

context:

The context is funds transfer to/ sub-projects and among sub-projects in a multi-country, multi-component programme, especially one where all sub-projects do not have access to IRIS.

description:

Regarding funds transfer from the donor agency, clarity in the requirements for the fund allocations should be made very clear to project managers when recruited to implement the projects – and realism has to be applied by the ILO in terms of acknowledging that poor delivery - especially the first year/s - is a very common feature in project environments. During the implementation, communication between the budget holder (in the case of the regional SP project this is in Lusaka) and regional project staff regarding fund allocation to the other sub-projects and decisions on priorities should be clear and timely to avoid misunderstanding and frustration.

administrative_issues:

Lack of direct access to IRIS increases difficulties for ILO admin and technical staff.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/250755

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location:

country:

Inter-Regional

region:

Inter-Regional

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eval_title:

Inclusive Growth, Social Protection and Jobs Programme: An ILO-IRISH-Aid Partnership Programme 2016-2021 - Midterm evaluation