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ILO’s Technical Assistance on Labour Law Reform in Pacific Island Countries (2012-2018) - Thematic independent evaluation

eval_number:

3155

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3155

location:

country:

Asia and the Pacific - regional

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

ILO’s Technical Assistance on Labour Law Reform in Pacific Island Countries (2012-2018) - Thematic independent evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2021-07-25 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Organizational issues

category:

Programme implementation

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action_plan:

CO-Suva is working on multiple DC projects, which would allow arranging staff presence in some PICs.

management_response:

Action not yet taken

progress:

No implementation

admin_units:

CO-Suva

title:

Building stronger ILO presence on the ground to provide proximity support to the constituents. The “flying specialists in and out” business model does not work in the Pacific sub-region, given the capacity required and the costs involved. CO-Suva should reorient the workload and budget, so that the program staff and the international standards specialist should spend more time on the ground to work alongside its tripartite constituents. This model would allow the ILO to accelerate its internal process so as to provide timely TA and follow-ups, as well as prompt the collective actions from the tripartite constituents to get results faster. It should be noted that the major PICs are also where development interventions are most likely to take place in the Pacific sub-region. When financial situations allow it, the ILO should consider establishing more sub-regional offices independently or under UN joint presence in order to timely respond to interventions initiated by the donor countries. Similarly, more bespoke training should be planned and delivered within the Pacific rather than out of the region. This is a cost-effective way to enable more participants from three constituents to benefit from training and to facilitate regional exchange. It’s also an effective way to foster the growth of training experts specialized in Pacific context and build mentor relationships within the region. Moreover, this approach would allow the ILO to engage with government officials from Ministries of Labour, Finance, and Planning and other line ministries and legislatures to spread out the benefit of a coordinated approach.

project_symbols:

NO_DC_SYMBOL_63

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/14144

information_source:

Country Office

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