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Better Work Global - Phase III - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

2228

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2228

location:

country:

Inter-Regional

region:

Inter-Regional

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eval_title:

Better Work Global - Phase III - Final Evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2018-09-26 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Organizational issues

category:

Tripartism & constituent partnerships

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action_plan:

a) The processes for developing, delivering, measuring and potentially integrating the IFC pilot projects are currently been systematized across the Better Work global and country teams. For all current pilot projects – including the environmental pilot in Vietnam and the productivity pilots in Jordan, Nicaragua and Haiti – the country teams are now directly involved in the oversight and execution of the pilots. The program is also finalizing a set of criteria that will be used across pilot projects to jointly determine between the IFC, BW global and BW country teams whether the pilot activities should be incorporated into the Better Work factory service package. As one example of how the engagement at the national level is being increased, the IFC will hold an event with Better Work Vietnam in October, including Management Group members from the IFC, to discuss how to increase and deepen engagement on the ground. The pilots under way are also being more actively discussed at buyers forums, in newsletters and in other communications and events to increase their visibility. b) Better Work agrees with this assessment, although the delays were in part due to a conscious decision on the part of Better Work and the IFC to slow implementation in order to adapt the original approach to better align and complement the environmental HIGG index work of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). As mentioned above, the IFC and Better Work have now developed a set of criteria against which to rate the feasibility of incorporation of environmental services into the Better Work factory package. These criteria will be assessed for a final decision by the Better Work Management Group in October 2018.

management_response:

Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

BETTERWORK

title:

Continue the strengthening and optimization of the ILO-IFC partnership (Responsibility: BWG, IFC; Timing: short-term) a) There is need to enhance the participation of the BW-ILO country teams in the follow up and management of IFC pilot projects . In the same line, it seems advisable to anticipate the mechanism that are going to be applied to incorporate the outcomes of these projects into the service model, otherwise moving beyond the pilot phase is unlikely. An effort should be made to further enhance the visibility and significance of these projects across the whole spectrum of stakeholders. b) The feasibility of the environmental component needs further discussion between the partners. Little progress has been made so far and it is not clear whether it is just related to implementation constraints or whether there are other reasons challenging the feasibility of the whole component. At the same time various stakeholders have shown great expectations around this component. It seems advisable to assess which are the real possibilities for the programme to incorporate this component and proceed accordingly.

project_symbols:

GLO/15/67/MUL

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/12587

information_source:

Head Quarters

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