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Market systems development for Decent Work: the Lab – Phase II - Final evaluation

eval_number:

3210

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3210

location:

country:

Inter-Regional

region:

Inter-Regional

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eval_title:

Market systems development for Decent Work: the Lab – Phase II - Final evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2020-12-16 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Organizational issues

category:

Planning and programme design

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action_plan:

As the above recommendations were all actively carried out by the close of Lab 2, a future Lab 3 project would be in a strong position to continue to use the recommended tactics. It is also recognised that a Lab 3 project would need to continuously check assumptions and strategy to ensure that these “tactics” lead to effective implementation.

management_response:

Action not yet taken

progress:

No implementation

admin_units:

SME

title:

There are promising early signs from the strategies Lab 2 has implemented since its mid-term review. A potential Lab 3 should start by using these strategies and tactics, testing them to see which continue to prove effective and adapting further if necessary. Lab 3 should continue to:  focus efforts on knowledge dissemination and relationship building rather than on formal mechanisms for institutionalisation. Inform, discuss, debate, support and educate through events like the Coffee &… initiative;  allocate resources to knowledge dissemination, use multiple strands of dissemination, and adaptively manage the communication strategy;  present MSD in line with existing incentives and work with people who are genuinely interested in the approach’s potential to solve problems for them. These individuals are not only more likely to own the approach for themselves; they are also more likely to spread it.  use ‘influence mapping’ to identify individuals, units, departments and regions who have an interest in the market systems approach or for whom the market systems approach might be a good fit, and target efforts towards them;  minimise the use of ‘market’ terminology in contexts where it negative affects perceptions and use other synonyms, such as “inclusive systems development” instead. Within the ILO, present the approach in language that is familiar and highlights alignment with core ILO values;  prioritise technical support to MSD projects that can demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach in action;  take a demand-driven approach to knowledge generation, and prioritise ‘synthesised’ knowledge products with wide applicability over more context- and project-specific knowledge products;  mainstream gender in its briefs, tools and research;

project_symbols:

GLO/17/06/CHE

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/14692

information_source:

Head Quarters

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