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Better Work Global – Phase IV - Final cluster evaluation

eval_number:

3191

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3191

location:

country:

Inter-Regional

region:

Inter-Regional

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eval_title:

Better Work Global – Phase IV - Final cluster evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2023-01-16 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Organizational issues

category:

Planning and programme design

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action_plan:

Strengthening our coordination with other ILO units is an important focus of our 2022-2027 strategy and a series of strategic conversations has been hold with relevant units and departments to this end. The coordination between the ILO and Better Work is also expected to be enhanced through the establishment of the new ILO Priority Action Programme on Decent Work Outcomes in Supply Chains, which will support the establishment of coordinated ILO supply chain interventions in various sectors, including the garment sector. This provides an opportunity for Better Work to formalize our partnerships within the ILO. Given the success of the ONE-ILO approach in Ethiopia, Better Work has adopted such approach in all its new country interventions in recent years and has also promoted this approach in existing country programmes such as Bangladesh. Through these ONEILO interventions, the ILO supports national institutions and industry partners to implement the priorities set out in national development strategies and industrial policies. Through the ILO Priority Action Programme on Decent Work and Global Supply chains, the ONE-ILO approach will also be promoted in other sectors to which Better Work will contribute as appropriate. "Facilitating communication between workers and management has been central to Better Work’s approach and success over the years. Our interventions related to social dialogue have taken varying forms: delivering workplace communication training, facilitating bipartite worker-management committees for the purpose of continuous improvement, and engaging with sectoral and national institutions, among other activities. As Better Work enters a new strategic phase, a re-investment in and broadened approach to social dialogue is an essential priority for the programme. We will work in concert with technical units in the ILO on this topic. Beyond the workplace, we will support national constituents to strengthen social dialogue in the workplace, and we will influence global supply chain actors to play a supportive role. While the quality of social dialogue is more challenging to measure than more objective attributes of the workplace, we will re-double our efforts to develop methods of measurement and collect data to support research and evidence-based policy making." As the garment industry is strongly dependent on global trade, Better Work has proven to be a tool that can harness trade and investment incentives at the country level. Better Work will support governments in their commitments towards the sector under existing and new trade agreements, whilst providing an entry point for ILO and IFC policy advice. In countries like Bangladesh and Egypt, trade incentives are used to encouraged States to adopt ILO’s recommendations on labour law reform and improve compliance with ILO Core Conventions.

management_response:

Partially Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

BETTERWORK

title:

Recommendation 2: Enhance the alignment and coordination between Better Work and the ILO as a whole. There are multiple benefits to be gained from increased cooperation, in particular with ILO experts on social dialogue and tripartism, which are crucial to expand the impact of Better Work in the participating countries.

Several actions can be taken to implement this recommendation:
- Develop a strategy for regular coordination. Some interviewees noted that exchange takes place ad hoc, without a clear strategy for engagement between BW and ILO. A set approach for coordination among BW and key ILO units can ensure that more exchange and collaboration take place.
- Promote the “ONEILO” approach, so that BW becomes part of a wider country approach to decent work. This ensures that more attention can be paid to national-level activities such as social dialogue and freedom of association, which subsequently enhances the impact of BW.
- Coordinate, in particular, with ILO units and experts in the field of Freedom of Association and social dialogue, to strengthen the ability of social partners (and trade unions in particular) to continue discussion the improvement of working conditions on a long-term.
- Continue engagement with important trade partners on the implementation of, and compliance with, obligations for working conditions laid down in trade agreements. This should be done in coordination with other ILO units, to coordinate other trade agreement conditions as well.

project_symbols:

GLO/17/55/MUL

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/16569

information_source:

Country Office

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