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Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Phase IV - Global

eval_number:

1085681

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/1085681

location:

country:

Tunisia

region:

Africa

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country:

Global

region:

Global

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eval_title:

Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Phase IV - Global

recommendations:

date:

2024-07-03 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Employment

category:

Training

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comments:

SCORE Training focuses on building the capacity of SMEs to improve productivity and working conditions. Closely linking with the existing certification system could limit the core principles of the training, such as workplace cooperation, joint problem-solving techniques between managers and workers, and workers' rights promotion. During the project implementation, unforeseen impacts have been observed at beneficiary SMEs, which were certified at ISO standards. Therefore, the ILO cannot align its SME capacity building training programme with specific certification schemes, to be impartial.

management_response:

No Action Planned

progress:

No implementation

admin_units:

SME

title:

3. The SME unit at ILO Enterprises is recommended to explore if SCORE training and technical assistance can be more closely linked with existing (international and national and sector-specific) certification schemes active in specific sectors and supply chains (most notably ISO and HACCP) and voluntary certification schemes by international sectoral private sector organisations and networks (such as Rainforest Alliance, ETI, RBA etc.) and due-diligence requirements in international supply chains. While SCORE is not a certification and ILO is not a certifying body, there is ample evidence (generated in this and previous SCORE evaluation) of utility of SCORE to SMEs that are engaged or becoming engaged in certification schemes. It could be explored if SCORE can be recognised by certification schemes as a useful step in (preparing for) certification and/or a useful complementary service in acquiring certifications (based on the premise that certification schemes tell companies what do, and SCORE can support in telling companies how to do it). Strengthening such linkages would greatly enhance the value of SCORE services for SMEs and thus improve financial sustainability of SCORE service delivery.

project_symbols:

GLO/21/60/MUL

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/1104128

information_source:

Head Quarters

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