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Inclusive Economic Recovery through Sustainable Enterprises in the Informal Economies of Fiji, Palau, Tonga, and Vanuatu - Final joint evaluation

eval_number:

3438

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3438

location:

country:

Vanuatu

region:

Americas

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country:

Tonga

region:

Americas

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country:

Fiji

region:

Americas

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country:

Palau

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Inclusive Economic Recovery through Sustainable Enterprises in the Informal Economies of Fiji, Palau, Tonga, and Vanuatu - Final joint evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2023-06-30 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Organizational issues

category:

Planning and programme design

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action_plan:

CO-Suva has been trying to address the issue of lack of national consultants by working closely with other UN agencies to identify consultants and start building up a pool of consultants. CO-Suva is also in the process of recruiting staff that will be based in Vanuatu and Solomon Islands to support some of the recent projects, but the feasibility to have local staff depends on the amount of project funds available and is not an option for some of the smaller projects.

management_response:

Partially Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

CO-Suva

title:

Recommendation #2 (addressed to ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries): Conduct rigorous due diligence at the time of project preparation and ensure that all requirements are met before approval. There should not be any short-cut in project preparation. While emergency projects may demand a speedy approval process, the due diligence requirements can be met with adequate desk research. This avoids the inclusion of infeasible project interventions. In this project, the electronic platform for marketing was not adequately thought through. Similarly, there was also a shortcoming in the assessment of the availability of national consultants. For effective and efficient project implementation, a local interlocutor is a must, particularly when projects are expected to be coordinated and managed remotely. The project was designed during the pandemic, and there was no expectation that this would end soon. The Pacific countries are known for natural disasters, and when such need would arise remains unpredictable.

project_symbols:

RAS/20/53/UND

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/15989

information_source:

Country Office

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