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Outcome evaluation of MMR801, Strengthened capacity of employers organizations - Independent evaluation

eval_number:

2653

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2653

location:

country:

Myanmar

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Outcome evaluation of MMR801, Strengthened capacity of employers organizations - Independent evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2019-06-25 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Constituents

category:

Employers - capacity building

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action_plan:

ACTEMP agrees that the amount of research currently being produced by UMFCCI is not sufficient to meet the needs of its members or adequately prepare policy positions. However, this is driven in part due to the department’s insufficient staffing, and it is unlikely that UMFCCI can meaningfully enhance the volume of research until this underlying issue is addressed. This has been complicated by the recent departure of the research manager, in part due to poor management. However, our view is that UMFCCI’s “falling back” on the labor law policy proposal should not be interpreted negatively. They invested significant time to develop a detailed proposal, and are now using that for advocacy. The sequence of these events is appropriate, and given the limited staffing, it is not surprising that they must shift between focusing on research sometimes and advocacy at others. That the evaluator came during the advocacy phase does not necessarily mean that the research aspects are deficient. However, we are in general agreement about the level of research not being sufficient to meet member needs. The Project staff in close collaboration with UMFCCI and MGMA management will: -Build the capacity of the UMFCCI and MGMA staff and development of a clear institutional mechanism to structure the advocacy process. -Mapping like-minded research institute in the country to support UMFCCI research role -support UMFCCI and MGMA in Developing specific internal capacity to regularly produce position papers in key policies

management_response:

Partially Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

ILO-Yangon

title:

UMFCCI should be encouraged to do more research – to identify issues, to frame issues, to prioritise issues, to gather evidence to understand the issues and to prepare policy positions on the issues. The sense at the moment is that they are falling back on the omnibus policy proposal for labour law reform, rather than continuing to progress. (Medium priority; may require some limited resource to commission the undertaking of research.)

project_symbols:

NO_DC_SYMBOL_42

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/12373

information_source:

Country Office

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