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South-South Cooperation to Enhance the Institutional Capacities of Trade Unions in Asia and the Pacific - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

2288167

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2288167

location:

country:

Asia and the Pacific - regional

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

South-South Cooperation to Enhance the Institutional Capacities of Trade Unions in Asia and the Pacific - Final Evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2025-05-30 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Employment

category:

Training

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comments:

The Asia-Pacific Trade Union Leaders’ Conference, titled “From Precarity to Power: Organizing for Platform Workers in Asia-Pacific”, will be held on 29–31 July 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand, and is organized by the Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV).

action_plan:

In preparation for the 113th International Labour Conference in 2025, which will discuss decent work in the platform economy, the next phase of the project will focus on building the capacity of trade unions in this area. Activities will be developed with input from workers' representatives in the region, including those from ACFTU, to support unions in addressing platform work issues.

management_response:

Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

ACTRAV

title:

Platform Workers identified as training topic of interest. During the evaluation workshop held in Beijing, various stakeholders formulated new training themes. One theme that received considerable support from most stakeholders was the topic and issues surrounding platform workers. The discussions made it evident that the rights and working conditions of these platform workers warrant explicit attention in a rapidly changing economic context in Asia and the Pacific. The emergence and growth of platform work appear to be phenomena that are rapidly gaining ground in many countries. Furthermore, this theme aligns with the policy priorities of the International Labour Organization (ILO). While there was a broad consensus among various stakeholders and participants to introduce the issue of platform workers as a training theme, we propose, in accordance with best practices (and recommendation 4), to convene various stakeholders once again to conduct a needs assessment. The needs assessment approach was one of the success factors of the evaluated program and appears to be crucial for a new topic such as platform workers. While it has become or will become an important occupational category worldwide, it is essential to investigate common challenges and potential solutions, considering contextual differences. This needs assessment exercise should involve union leaders from different countries. Consideration should be given to the possibility of involving unions from other continents in addition to unions in Asia and the Pacific. The needs assessment may also include organizing workshop sessions with potential donors to identify possible strategies and sub-themes. From an operational standpoint, and again in line with the identified best practices from this evaluation, it seems appropriate to continue using the developed online platforms and introduce forms of blended learning. This can, of course, be accompanied by in-person conferences. Special attention should be given to follow-up activities in every new training program, providing (individual) guidance to participants to effectively implement developed plans and ideas.

project_symbols:

RAS/19/05/ACF

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/2288898

information_source:

Head Quarters

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