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SKILL-UP Global (Upgrading Skills for the changing world of work) - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

2934

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2934

location:

country:

Inter-Regional

region:

Inter-Regional

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eval_title:

SKILL-UP Global (Upgrading Skills for the changing world of work) - Final Evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2021-07-05 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Organizational issues

category:

Planning and programme design

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comments:

The current Programme team did the ILO-Norway SA 2020-21 programme design. The previous Agreement's programme (2018-19) was developed by a previous team that left the project in 2018.

action_plan:

For the current agreement with the donor (new programme phase), the programme team fully addressed this recommendation and strengthened the programme Theory of Change with a clear articulation on how activities and outputs support the realisation of outcomes and contribute to the programme impact. The new ToC explains the interrelations in and between the country, regional and global components. A more complete risk management, including well defined assumptions were also prepared.

management_response:

Completed

progress:

Achieved

admin_units:

SKILLS

title:

Strengthen the programme-wide Theory of Change. Why it is important: A well-articulated ToC provides an indispensable basis for programme design and implementation and to respond to questions related to coherence (what should be in/out of the programme; what should be done by ILO, given its strengths in system development/tripartism, what by partners; linkages between these?), effectiveness/impact (how can “at risk assumptions” be addressed, where could / should space for innovation by created?), efficiency (In what areas are the largest contributions to the intended change expected; where should more funds flow to?) and sustainability (what needs to be consolidated, where to go “deeper” and where “wider”?) What SKILL-UP has achieved: The ProDocs and proposals for additional funding contain strong narratives why the various programme activities are important. Interviewees can talk to each element of the programme and explain its relevance. Yet there are also some concerns that elements of the programme feel “cobbled together”. Few people could discuss the causal chains across the entirety of the programme, and there is the view that there is a need for a clearer articulation of the ToC. Recommendation: We recommend strengthening the programme-wide ToC with a clear articulation how activities/outputs support the realisation of outcomes and contribute to impact. This should explain the interrelations of the country, regional and global components, and within the components (such as the work on skills systems and the selection of training for beneficiaries), explain the various assumptions which lead to behavioural change, and identify assumptions which are “at risk” and deserve particular attention. This will also assist to focus the monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) work related to the programme.

project_symbols:

GLO/18/54/NOR

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/15195

information_source:

Head Quarters

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