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Decent Work Opportunities for Refugees and Host Communities in Türkiye - Midterm evaluation

eval_number:

3360

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3360

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Green jobs

category:

Enterprises

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comments:

Refugees and host communities Local stakeholders at the provincial level Central level partners

challenges:

The limited duration of the project cycle appears as an important challenge that impacts on a realistic evaluation of progress in various activities. Also, the existence of too many activities / partners / objectives imposes difficulties in terms of promoting effective communication across the three components, particularly in COVID-19 context. A major challenge concerns COVID-19, which imposes significant difficulties in terms of conducting site visits and monitoring the progress.

success:

The flexibility and openness of the Donor allows effective use of Project resources and transfer of budget for emerging priorities. Moreover, the partner support and cooperation, in line with the partnership strategy of ILO, facilitates activities, promotes flexibility in terms of adjusting to emerging needs, and speeds up reaching out to target groups. A crucial factor enabling success is the experience and know-how of ILO gained through previous project cycles, and the organizational learning of the Agency.

context:

The Project’s entire implementation coincided with COVID-19, requiring significant adjustments in activities and scope. Several new initiatives and focus points have emerged in this context, providing important openings for ILO to broaden its expertise and concentrate its efforts in the most needed areas for the target groups. Most of the lessons learned are expected to be expanded in the remaining phase and in the upcoming projects, and discussions have started with possible partners.

description:

1. Experience gained on green jobs reveals significant opportunities for the employment of refugees. While the piloted green job interventions mainly focus on agriculture, expanding these interventions towards recycling, waste management, wind and solar energy, and wastewater storage, through the provision of trainings in these fields, appears important to single out ILO’s contribution to a sustainable energy consumption. Important steps have already been taken in this direction, and work is ongoing to identify possible partners and pilot provinces for this purpose. 2. The importance of cooperatives as a crucial response tool against crises has been widely acknowledged, as it promotes access to livelihoods and social inclusion. On this basis, expanding the cooperative initiatives, through a more flexible perspective not only focusing on refugees and / or women, but also on green economy, disability, elderly care, should be a priority, along with initiatives to strengthen the interaction amongst cooperatives so that they mutually develop their capacities. 3. The opening towards the issue of NEET, through the study conducted under Output 1.1., provided awareness among the Project Team on the need for working on a diverse range of fields relating to youth employment. Partnership has already started with UNDP in this field.

administrative_issues:

ILO should look for expanding its partnerships, particularly towards municipalities and workers’ organizations in order to increase the effectiveness of interventions that emerge as lessons learned, which require significant collaboration at the local level in line with specific needs. The Agency should also look for upscaling its interventions to build up models in these areas, and promote its role in affecting policy-making processes.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/251737

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location:

country:

Türkiye

region:

Europe and Central Asia

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eval_title:

Decent Work Opportunities for Refugees and Host Communities in Türkiye - Midterm evaluation