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Application of migration policy for decent work of migrant workers, phase II - Final evaluation

eval_number:

3481

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3481

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Monitoring and evaluation

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

Donors, ILO, Government

challenges:

The meetings within the Ministry covered all the projects under the Ministry and so sometimes the discussion on the Migration Project was too short, and the PSC format was also of short duration, not allowing substantive discussion on the constraints being faced by the Project. The progress reports do not contain, and the end line survey did not provide, information on many of the indicators, such as cost of migration, number of people employed as per skill levels, etc.

success:

The meetings were held regularly over the previous two years.

context:

The project monitoring was done through 1) Regular reporting to the donor agency, based on the log frame indicators; 2) Meetings with Project Steering Committee, the forum with several stakeholders, and 3) The Annual Development Plan, which was the monitoring system of monthly meetings held within the Ministry. In addition, there was a base line survey and end line survey which were to collect information on the key indicators the project was expected to impact.

description:

The project monitoring parameters must be agreed upon by the donor and implementing agencies and any concerns must be addressed in the early stage of project implementation. Project monitoring needs to be agreed with between the donor and implementing agency, and any concerns be addressed early in the project implementation. Further, the indicators for a policy project need to be different from those for a project focussed on grassroots, as the impact takes longer and is more complex.

administrative_issues:

ILO needs to consider where the role of monitoring is placed: 1) at the ILO CO level, from where oversight on all country projects becomes possible; 2) Within the project, where a monitoring officer ensures data is collected on agreed parameters throughout the duration of the project; 3) The role of consultants and externally conducted studies, which can be planned to be mutually consistent, for useful comparisons across time periods. Further, any differences in opinion among the donor and implementing agency on the type of indicators and their monitoring needs to be identified and amended in the first annual review, after which it becomes too late to bring in good monitoring systems on a project.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/255670

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location:

country:

Bangladesh

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Application of migration policy for decent work of migrant workers, phase II - Final evaluation