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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 challenges of taking on three major new elements to a previously quite successful programme are Tanzania and Vietnam brought in as new countries, and EIIP as a new element altogether. Originally EIIP was to be implemeted in more than one country but it ended up to be only in Tanzania. The ILO did not seem to be prepared to take on everything new and the risks should have been acknowledged.

success:

n/a

context:

The context is that ILO should be attentive to earlier evaluation´s conclusions and recommendations and preferably make a note of earlier recommendations when designing a new, very similar project. Such information could be part of assumptions/risks that ILO is aware of, and which will be part of the LFA matrices for the new programme.

description:

It is fully understood and appreciated that the decision to have the new partnership have a double SOCPRO-EIP focus was taken in full consultation with the donor. However, it should be noted for the record in this evaluation report, that the previous SP programme evaluation´s recommendations (the regional SP project) stated that “the ILO should recognise the achievements of the project in terms of advancing social protection floors through a regional approach, and should think carefully about diluting that focus in the next phase through the broadening of geographical coverage and the introduction of a secondary objective on EIIPs”. Despite these “red flags” the ILO-Irish Aid partnership included the new EIIP component in Tanzania and added a country from another continent, Vietnam, to the earlier regional experience. The risks of going this direction (expansion) and the evaluation´s recommendation could have been mentioned or discussed in the new Prodoc.

administrative_issues:

n/a

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/250760

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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