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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:

Asia and the Pacific - regional

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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country:

Americas - regional

region:

Americas

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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:

While the three cross-cutting strategies were approved by DFAT and GAC in February 2018, there is an understanding that these are ‘living’ documents and can be updated as and when needed, subject to approval from GAC and DFAT. CAVS: The Quarterly Briefing Notes (QBNs) are distributed to an audience of some 1300 stakeholders through inclusion in the quarterly electronic TRIANGLE newsletter. In addition, the QBNs are made available online. To further enhance the distribution of QBNs to national stakeholders would require translation which in turn would require resources currently not available in the programme budget. TRIANGLE in ASEAN was granted permission to place donor logos on the front cover of publications already in April 2018. Hence no action needed. The TRIANGLE Communications Officer will review the CAVS and update it as needed. PSES: The PSES attempts to merry the ILO and donors PSE approaches. In line with the institutional set-up of the ILO, private sector engagement is largely centred around national and regional employers’ organizations (see response to recommendation 4 for a brief overview of initiatives). In addition, the PSES is heavily focussed around the promotion of ethical recruitment. TRIANGLE management believes there is an understanding between the donors and the programme on the PSES and do not believe a workshop at this stage is desirable. However, for future phases, a workshop to develop a common understanding of PSE strategies is a well-received recommendation.

action_plan:

Action undertaken and required: • While preliminary discussions have been held, further discussions with DFAT and GAC will be scheduled on suitable materials to be developed for their respective audiences. Further action to undertake: • Respond to request for specific/tailor-made communications materials from DFAT and GAC for their respective audiences as and when they arise.

management_response:

Partially Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

RO-Asia and the Pacific

title:

Streamline and update the cross-cutting strategies which are useful means to enhance attention for the topics involved:
a. Streamline and update several important visibility and procedural issues of the CAVS strategy, which in itself has clearly been shown to be effective in raising the profile of the programme within the ASEAN region. In particular, design communication materials in straightforward language for the general public in donor countries (e.g. one-pagers, leaflets and videos) to communicate what the donor countries are doing to help poor women and men migrant workers, and enhance the distribution of QBNs and/or other programme updates especially to the national partners. In addition, attention should be sustained to donor recognition and timely pre-information on workshops and publications. The ILO (HQ) should reconsider its house style rule of having donor logos on the back cover in view of increasing attention for visibility.
b. Organize a workshop with the donors and other relevant stakeholders on how to arrive at a common understanding on taking the PSES forward, as, for example, ‘Private sector contributions’ are a bit of an anomaly within the ILO discourse as this organization has a long experience of engagement with employers’ organisations within ILO’s overarching tripartism, in fact, celebrating its Centenary this year. Administratively it is also difficult for the ILO to accept contributions from the private sector as such.
The third strategy, WEGES, is the subject of Recommendation Number 12 below.

project_symbols:

RAS/15/05/AUS

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/13496

information_source:

Regional Office

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