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TRIANGLE in ASEAN: Safe and Fair Labour Migration - Midterm Cluster Evaluation

eval_number:

2519

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2519

location:

country:

Americas - regional

region:

Americas

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country:

Asia and the Pacific - regional

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

TRIANGLE in ASEAN: Safe and Fair Labour Migration - Midterm Cluster Evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2019-07-19 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Organizational issues

category:

Planning and programme design

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comments:

Fully agree to maintaining the close relationship with ASEC; but disagree with the recommendation to increase the frequency of RPAC meetings. The relationship with ACMW and ASEC are very important to TRIANGLE in ASEAN as we support a number of activities under the ACMW work plan 2016-2020, and intend to continue the support to ACMW as the new Consensus Action Plan will be rolled out and eventually absorb the activities under the ACMW work plan. The RPAC provides very important technical and strategic guidance and governance to TRIANGLE in ASEAN with the aim to ensure that the programme remains aligned with ASEAN priorities and regional frameworks. The TORs of RPAC specifies that RPAC should convene once a year, if possible back-to-back to the yearly AFML meetings. RPAC can also meet on an ad-hoc basis as and when need occur. It is not clear where the recommendation to increase the number of RPAC meetings is coming from or on what basis it was made. ASEC summarises this well in their comments to the draft MTE on 20 March 2019: “ASEAN Secretariat never recommended for an increased frequency of RPAC Meetings nor conducting it in June 2019. ASEAN Secretariat’s proposal was to organise RPAC Meeting with longer time to allow more in-depth information sharing and discussion. This can be done by convening it as a stand-alone event or one day after the AFML (not in the afternoon of day-2 of AFML). We also did not recall any recommendation from delegates of the 3rd RPAC Meeting on 24 Jan 2019 to increase frequency of meeting.” The TRIANGLE in ASEAN management agrees with ASEC that convening RPAC once a year is generally sufficient and agrees with ASEC that the next RPAC will be convened the day after the AFML.

action_plan:

Action undertaken in response to the recommendation: • The next RPAC will be held in Bangkok on 27 September 2019, the day after AFML (25-26 September). • The SPM will continue to keep close coordination with ACMW and ASEC via email and meetings. Further, with the transfer of the P3 position from Jakarta to Bangkok in Marhc 2019, the SPM will increase missions to Jakarta for face-to-face meetings with ASEC as and when needed.

management_response:

Completed

progress:

Achieved

admin_units:

RO-Asia and the Pacific

title:

Maintain close relations with ACMW and ASEC and increase the frequency of the RPAC meetings considering that 2019 will be a crucial year whereby decisions on funding investments have to be made, proposals for restructuring implemented and alignment to the new ASEAN Consensus Action Plan (2018-2025) needs to be guaranteed. Therefore, it is also recommended to have another separate RPAC meeting in June 2019 and a follow-up one at the time of the 12th AFML in late 2019, as well as more frequent visits from the SPM and others to Jakarta to meet with ASEC.

project_symbols:

RAS/15/05/AUS

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/13495

information_source:

Regional Office

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