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National Rural Employment Strategy in Lao PDR towards increasing opportunities for decent and productive employment in rural areas - Final evaluation

eval_number:

2770

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2770

location:

country:

Lao People's Democratic Republic

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

National Rural Employment Strategy in Lao PDR towards increasing opportunities for decent and productive employment in rural areas - Final evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2022-08-22 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Organizational issues

category:

Tripartism & constituent partnerships

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comments:

At the national level, the UNCT, UN Outcome Groups, and government ministries’ working groups have taken up the NRES and directions for rural employment. A new livelihood and decent work group was created by government which will steer NRES implementation. The report could have been more specific in its recommendation.

action_plan:

Although Development Partners are not "stakeholders", they were invited judiciously to participate at the provincial levels in appropriate fora where they have a presence. To involve them in budgeting and workplanning, as the report states, risks diluting and burdening the decision-making and accountability mechanisms. When these points were raised in the matrix of comments to balance the evaluator's views, the reply was: "The statement is correct. No change." No attempt was made by the report preparers to engage in reflections and critical thinking of pros and cons of their recommendations.

management_response:

Partially Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

CO-Bangkok

title:

Recommendation 6: At the provincial level, the project should invite development partners to form part of the reference groups and steering committees. At the national level, the project should engage the UNCT and other development partners in the NRES development and implementation process.

project_symbols:

LAO/16/01/CHE

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/15913

information_source:

Country Office

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