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FAIRWAY Program - Midterm evaluation

eval_number:

3439

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3439

location:

country:

Inter-Regional

region:

Inter-Regional

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eval_title:

FAIRWAY Program - Midterm evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2023-02-23 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Organizational issues

category:

Resource management

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action_plan:

The Office disagree with the recommendation, as the “complexity of the financial management arrangements” and its underpinning justifications is most probably based on a misunderstanding of the ILO field structure in Africa. Moreover, the implementation of such recommendation by relocating the CTA to Tanzania, a country not covered by the FAIRWAY project, could undermine the implementation of the project, as this will leave Kenya one of the strategic countries covered by the FAIRWAY Africa project without solid and dedicated technical support. Furthermore, it should be recalled that the ILO Country Office for the United Republic of Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda (CO-Dar es Salaam) is directly responsible for the financial management of the project activities under any of the above-mentioned countries regardless of where the CTA is located, including approving all contractual arrangements for local partners. This financial management arrangements applies to all inter-regional, regional and subregional projects, some of them similar to FAIRWAY project (e.g. PROSPECTS covering Uganda and Kenya, CASPA – USDOL funded project covering Kenya and Uganda).

management_response:

Partially Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

MIGRANT

title:

Simplify the complexity of the financial management arrangements for Africa. Currently funds are managed by ROAF in West Africa, with the CTA based in Nairobi. But in East Africa, a third country, Tanzania has the local oversight committee (LORC) responsible for approving all contractual arrangements for local partners within the East African implementing countries, of which Tanzania is not one. It raises the question of whether a CTA location at least at a LORC site would have reduced some of the delays and inefficiencies that have been experienced in disbursements to partners, especially as decisions around capacity support that partners may require can then be more easily managed. The CTA Africa and Migration Branch should discuss internally within the ILO if a more efficient and timely arrangement can be established that does not compromise the financial oversight function. Although it currently does not fit within the ILO country office structure, ideally Kenya rather than Tanzania would be the contract approval office.

project_symbols:

GLO/19/06/CHE

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/16676

information_source:

Regional Office

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