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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:

Monitoring and evaluation

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action_plan:

The recommendation addresses the Evaluation Office of the ILO. The programme team will follow-up on this point with the focal point of the Evaluation Office.

management_response:

Action not yet taken

progress:

No implementation

admin_units:

SKILLS

title:

Adapt the evaluation approach to support learning processes.
Why it is important: Evaluations can be an important part of the learning process, particularly if they are
strategically used by the evaluation stakeholders, i.e. focussing on elements deemed important for the
programme implementation, the design of a subsequent phase, or for institutional learning more generally.
What SKILL-UP has achieved: The present evaluation provides a broad assessment of all programme
components implemented as part of the PCA 2018-19. Considering the short duration of programmes such
as SKILL-UP and the complex interactions of the components with other ILO and non-ILO interventions, we
believe the ILO could improve its institutional learning by carrying out selected impact studies, which would
look how the ILO’s interventions in a certain country, region, or thematic area have together created impact
over a longer time span.
Recommendation: We recommend that the ILO Evaluation Office initiates a discussion with Norad, SKILLS, and
the SKILL-UP Programme management team what type of evaluation would best serve the needs of the
evaluation stakeholders. This could be a final evaluation like the one which was just implemented; a formative
evaluation which provides information as the programme is implemented; an evaluation which looks at a wider
time span (including the PCA 2016-17, 2018-19, and 2020-21); or a combination of these types. If one of the
first two types of evaluations (final evaluation, formative evaluation) serves the immediate needs best, we
recommend the ILO Evaluation Office to further examine whether an impact evaluation could furnish additional
insights for ILO’s learning processes more broadly. The discussions should extend to the processes and the
timing of the evaluation.

project_symbols:

GLO/18/54/NOR

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/15199

information_source:

Head Quarters

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