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Support to the extension of Social Health Protection in South-East Asia - Final evaluation

eval_number:

2796

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2796

location:

country:

Viet Nam

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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country:

Myanmar

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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country:

Asia and the Pacific - regional

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Support to the extension of Social Health Protection in South-East Asia - Final evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2022-08-08 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Organizational issues

category:

Programme implementation

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action_plan:

Adjust technical and financial proposal based on Luxembourg budget and countries context, demand and priorities

management_response:

Completed

progress:

Achieved

admin_units:

RO-Asia and the Pacific

title:

3. As many activities undertaken in the current phase of the SHP project need a sustained follow-up and support, the strong Recommendation to the ILO and the Donor is to agree on the Second Phase Proposal with a few modifications (as below). The current proposal for the 2nd Phase is appropriate in that it reflects the needs of Lao PDR and Vietnam in terms of social health protection as can be seen from the priorities listed by the stakeholders at the last Steering Committee meeting (see Annex 9). It is also appropriate in its focus on Lao PDR, Viet Nam and the Regional Component. However, the provision to include Myanmar in this particular intervention if and when the political crisis there is resolved seems optimistic in view of the current directives from the UN and from the Government of Luxembourg; in addition, such a conditional provision prevents solid planning within the second phase as resources need to be reserved for Myanmar which can subsequently not be included in the planning for the other countries/components. Besides, once the UN decides that its Development Programme can be opened up again for Myanmar sufficient funding will certainly be made available for this country from other funding sources/lines. Furthermore, the set-up of the project is already sufficiently complex with two countries and a regional component (cf. the findings of the MTE and of the present evaluation). Therefore, one Modification is to reduce substantially the amount allotted in the 2nd Phase proposal to Outcome 4 on partnerships in the region. A second Modification is to increase the share of ‘activities spending’ in Lao PDR as this is the country that is most in need of support and as this is the focal country for Luxembourg; for example, the ratio among components/countries can be similar as in the present phase excluding Myanmar (see Table 3). Staffing is the subject of the next recommendation.

project_symbols:

RAS/17/09/LUX

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/15550

information_source:

Country Office

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