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ILO-UK Prosperity Fund Skills Programme for South East Asia (UKPFSEA) - Final evaluation

eval_number:

3127

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3127

location:

country:

Asia and the Pacific - regional

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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country:

Malaysia

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

ILO-UK Prosperity Fund Skills Programme for South East Asia (UKPFSEA) - Final evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2024-05-31 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Employment

category:

Training

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comments:

The Regional and Country Offices are to continue assisting Programme partners in 2024 and beyond with the human and financial resources available. Please note resources are limited to responding to the high number of country-level requests from constituents and partners.

action_plan:

After the completion of the programme in 2023, Regional and Country Offices continued assisting constituents and Programme partners through several skills and TVET system development initiatives in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. For instance, in Indonesia the pilot delivered in North Sulawesi was institutionalize and expanded nationwide after completion of the Programme. Additionally, the Office continued assisting constituents in the development of a skills development fund and sector skills committees. In Malaysia, as a result of the work initiated by the Programme, the Office has signed two MoUs in 2024 with HRDCorp and Talent Corp (both under the Ministry of Human Resources) to respectively promote implementation of quality apprenticeship and development and effective management of Sector Talent Councils in country. Lastly, in the Philippines, the Office is advising the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM2) in the review of the national lifelong learning system using the analytical framework and toolkit developed by the Programme. Furthermore, the Office continues the work initiated by the Programme and is advising the government through TESDA and the Department of Education in mainstreaming a learner-centred approach in TVET teaching.

management_response:

Completed

progress:

Achieved

admin_units:

RO-Asia and the Pacific

title:

Explore ways of building on the programme’s work in institutional capacity building and TVET policy reform in each of the three participating countries.While there were good outcomes overall from the programme, little time was left in some countries to consolidate and build on these. In Indonesia, Presidential Decree 68/2022 provides fertile ground for the ILO to use the outcomes of the programme to advance the countries reform agenda and the LED pilots in North Sulawesi have created opportunities for further skills and enterprise development work. In The Philippines, continued support and technical guidance on the use of LMI for regional TVET planning and the reinvigoration of Sectoral Skills Councils would maintain the programme’s momentum in these areas. In Malaysia, in some ways a greenfield site for the ILO, it is important to maintain the new working relationships with TVET institutions and to support its reforms, especially towards a more industry led and inclusive TVET system. Opportunities for funding for follow up projects should of course be considered (though this is a challenge in the more highly developed Malaysia where donor interest is lower) but other resourcing, including from the ILO regular budget, should also be used.

project_symbols:

RAS/20/52/GBR

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/1103745

information_source:

Regional Office

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