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Sustainable supply chains to build forward better: Decent work in five global supply chains of key importance to the European Union for a fair, resilient, and sustainable COVID-19...- Final evaluation

eval_number:

3450

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3450

location:

country:

Inter-Regional

region:

Inter-Regional

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eval_title:

Sustainable supply chains to build forward better: Decent work in five global supply chains of key importance to the European Union for a fair, resilient, and sustainable COVID-19...- Final evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2023-05-05 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Organizational issues

category:

Planning and programme design

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comments:

The recommendation was already part of the ongoing work of the project team. It is worthwhile to mention the considerable allocation of SECTOR RB (non-staff and RBTC) resources to complement and co-finance the original EC allocation. This included resources to reinforce activities at the country level. It also included allocations for technical backstopping work months in HQ and the regions for technical support and advice to the project.

action_plan:

The European Commission has decided to finance a follow-up project entitled “Supply Chains for a Sustainable Future of Work” in the amount of €700,000 for a duration of one year. It was not possible for the European Commission to provide additional funding at this stage. But the interventions of the follow-up project will build on and consolidate the results of the SSCBFB project. In the countries and supply chains that are not part of the new project, the project team has identified synergies with other ILO projects and ways in which to continue SSCBFB project activities after the project closes. In both Viet Nam and Madagascar, the Better Work programme will take forward the work and continue to support ILO constituents and other key stakeholders in fostering more resilient, inclusive and sustainable supply chains. The project team has also updated its resource mobilization strategy and helped mobilize funding from Apple and Cargill to continue activities in Viet Nam and Colombia, respectively. In accordance with its resource mobilization strategy, the project team will continue to mobilize funding at the local level; not only from EU delegations but also from local government institutions such as the Malaysian Rubber Council and from other public and private sources. Finally, SECTOR mobilized USD 4 million from the Government of Japan for a three-year supply chain project in Indonesia (electronics), the Philippines (aquaculture) and Thailand (automotive manufacturing), which will take into account the lessons learned from the SSCBFB project.

management_response:

Completed

progress:

Achieved

admin_units:

SECTOR

title:

2. ILO-SECTOR and EC-EaSI are recommended to discuss possibilities to establish a longer-term time frame for implementation of the next supply chain project. A longer-term time-frame is needed to address challenges in responsible business behaviour along the global supply chains, which take substantial time to materialise. In addition to the longer-term frame for a follow-up project, ILO-SECTOR and EC-EaSI should explore possibilities to mobilise support from decentralized EU delegations in relevant project countries and from possible other EU sources to complement the available modest budget provided by EC-EaSI to allow for a longer-term planning and implementation horizon and the broader global supply chain approach required to achieve tangible and sustainable outcomes. In addition, ILO-SECTOR should actively explore other sources of internal and external funds to complement the EC-EaSI funds.

project_symbols:

GLO/20/40/EUR

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/16849

information_source:

Head Quarters

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