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Better Factories Cambodia, Better Work Indonesia, and Better Work Vietnam Programmes - Midterm cluster evaluation

eval_number:

3189

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3189

location:

country:

Cambodia

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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country:

Viet Nam

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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country:

Indonesia

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Better Factories Cambodia, Better Work Indonesia, and Better Work Vietnam Programmes - Midterm cluster evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2021-07-16 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Governance and Tripartism

category:

Social dialogue

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comments:

The issue of buyer engagement is quite political in the ILO. Our actions are bound to the politics of the ILO. However, at the country level, in the context of COVID-19, our programmes felt that the heat in terms of buyers' responsibilities is getting higher. There is a bit of a discrepancy between what stakehodlers on the ground are requesting the programme to do vs. the pressures from the ILO. It is also difficult to move the discussions with buyers beyond compliance. The development of sector strategies provides a good opportunity to involve the buyers more strategically. We also feel that countries need to take a coordinated approach in order to create an level-playing field.

action_plan:

Under the next Better Work strategy, the Better Work Global programme together with the country programmes will work further advance its brand engagement to the next level.

management_response:

Partially Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

BETTERWORK

title:

All three Programmes have taken the BW Global model and successfully transferred it to their own country Programme context utilising the skills, knowledge, and expertise of ILO staff. All three Programmes are seeing steady progress toward their various anticipated 2022 outcomes and the factory assessment and bundled services are viewed as effective drivers of change and compliance. The culture of compliance encouraged by the factory inspection and assessment process, and the core services provided by the Programmes to support continued and improving compliance is a proven BW concept. It is assessed that effectiveness can be improved across all three Programmes through a) greater, targeted engagement with brands / buyers and b) continued and increasing focus and development of social dialogue.  All three Programmes in conjunction with the BKK-based BWG and brand/buyer engagement at HQ to consider how best to improve the partnership between brands / buyers and the other programme partners. Specifically, there needs to be a focus on relationship building with the brands / buyers which addresses the responsibility of all parties in ensuring continuity of regular, consistent orders.

project_symbols:

CMB/12/53/USA

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/15151

information_source:

Country Office

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