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Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains in Asia - Final evaluation

eval_number:

3530

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3530

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Results-based management

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

ILO ROAP/DWT, Project Team, DWT Experts and/or Outcome Leads, and Donor.

challenges:

No smooth and consistent operational procedures.

success:

Substantial savings were made in funding as the DWT Experts are not paid directly by the project budget but at the most in part through the ILO Programme Support Costs. Without the involvement of the DWT Experts, the actual Outcome Leads should have been funded from the project budget.

context:

The management arrangements and the lines of accountability have been somewhat complex in this project and were not always conducive to smooth and consistent operational procedures. The ILO Project Responsible is the Deputy Regional Director in ROAP who oversees the project team. However, the outcome leads are embedded in the ILO Decent Work Team (DWT) in Bangkok. As already mentioned, the Project Team consists of just two staff members, a Project Manager (PM) and an Administrative Assistant. It was found that the right technical capacity was present within DWT-Bangkok, but the Outcome-Leads could be involved in the project only part-time as most of them have about 20 to 30 countries to cover in Asia and the Pacific. As a result, a series of consultants were involved in each component.

description:

For a project to run smoothly with consistent operational procedures, the lines of accountability have to be clear and consistent whereby in particular the Outcome Leads need to be accountable to the Project Manager.

administrative_issues:

Same as above.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/254948

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location:

country:

Asia and the Pacific - regional

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains in Asia - Final evaluation