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Improving Workers Rights in Rural Sectors of the Indo-Pacific with a focus on Women - Midterm evaluation

eval_number:

3244

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3244

location:

country:

Asia and the Pacific - regional

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Improving Workers Rights in Rural Sectors of the Indo-Pacific with a focus on Women - Midterm evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2024-05-16 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Organizational issues

category:

Planning and programme design

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comments:

ILO agrees to this recommendation. An extension will allow the Project to implement more effectively and deliver better on its various components. Discussions are ongoing with USDOL for a cost extension of the project until the end of 2027. The project will prepare an official request for cost extension to be submitted to USDOL before the end of 2023

action_plan:

For CO Manila, the Project has consulted partners, particularly through the Project Advisory Committee (PAC) on the scope of the extension that will be proposed to USDOL. For CO Jakarta, the project will consult with the constituents about the potential new sector(s) and/or geographical areas. The project has conducted a desk review to identify potential sectors (the document already shared with US-DOL) and will use it as one of the bases for the upcoming discussion with the constituents.

management_response:

Partially Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

CO-Manila

title:

1. The ILO should request a one-year project extension to enable the project to realize its outcomes in both countries. (a) The ILO should request USDOL to allow a one-year extension to November 2025, to enable the project to fully implement its interventions, especially those planned under LTO 2. This would allow both countries to consolidate the enterprise and community engagements and fully implement the sustainability plan. In Indonesia, under an extension, AP2HI and GAPKI should be encouraged to expand their reach to other enterprises and locations within the fish processing and palm oil sectors. In its extension proposal, the ILO should establish the budget implications and whether a cost increase is required, considering any expansion to the project staffing. (b) Provided the project makes progress according to its workplan and targets in 2024, the ILO and USDOL should discuss the possibility of additional funding for a second phase, to enable geographic expansion in the current sub-sectors and extension to another sub-sector in each country. The selection of an additional sub-sector would require feasibility studies. ILO staff noted potential to apply the project strategies potentially in pineapple or sugar in the Philippines, and tea or rubber or cocoa in Indonesia.

project_symbols:

RAS/20/07/USA

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/17484

information_source:

Country Office

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