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Strengthening gender monitoring and evaluation in rural employment in the Near East and North Africa - Final evaluation

eval_number:

2448

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2448

location:

country:

Inter-Regional

region:

Inter-Regional

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eval_title:

Strengthening gender monitoring and evaluation in rural employment in the Near East and North Africa - Final evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2020-07-21 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Organizational issues

category:

Planning and programme design

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action_plan:

As defined by its name, the Taqeem Advisory Council served a purely advisory role and was not set up to be a decision making body, nor a steering committee. Given the highly technical nature of the project and its focus on knowledge products, the main role of the Council was one of quality control, knowledge exchange and advocacy. The membership of the Council was made up of technical focal points and not managers/directors. It is noted that a steering committee to take major decisions with regards to the direction of the project is recommended, however this is a different function to the Advisory Council. We do however agree to work towards a steering committee with a “monitoring function”, as suggested by the evaluator, as well as greater regional representation and more diverse backgrounds.

management_response:

No Action Planned

progress:

No implementation

admin_units:

YEP

title:

1) Formalize the role of the Taqeem Advisory Council, clarify its function, and further diversify its make-up. The Taqeem Advisory Council has served as an advisory group offering guidance to Taqeem. The evaluation team recommends that its role be formalized with a clearer mandate to function as a steering committee with clear structure, rules and policies, including safeguarding policies on potential conflict of interest. The evaluation team proposes the following roles for the Taqeem Steering Committee: • Set and norms, strategic vision and direction and formulate high-level goals and policies, including decision-making policies; • Oversee Taqeem management and organizational performance to ensure that the Taqeem Initiative is working in the best interests of the public, and more specifically the stakeholders who are served by the initiative; • Direct and oversee the management to ensure that the Taqeem Initiative is achieving the desired outcomes and to ensure that it is acting prudently and ethically. The evaluation team recommends a monitoring function with a solid reporting line to the Taqeem management team. Greater representation from the region is advised, to include those influential with governments in the MENA region, those who have other types of backgrounds (non-economics) with greater diversity in evaluation expertise, and those with expertise in gender. Consider including senior ILO EVAL and country program officials on the Council to facilitate greater integration.

project_symbols:

GLO/14/24/IFA

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/13475

information_source:

Head Quarters

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