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Thematic evaluation of the ILO ROAS gender work in the region with emphasis on the SIDA funded ILO- UN Women Joint Programme

eval_number:

2337614

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2337614

location:

country:

Lebanon

region:

Arab States

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eval_title:

Thematic evaluation of the ILO ROAS gender work in the region with emphasis on the SIDA funded ILO- UN Women Joint Programme

recommendations:

date:

2025-02-17 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Conditions of work & equality

category:

Gender equality

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action_plan:

This is an ask that should be addressed to the ILO more widely, a regional office does not define the ILO's operational model. ROAS will raise this with GEDI. ROAS will also remind all colleagues that gender mainstreaming (GEMS) to promote gender equality is a responsibility of everyone, and gender needs to be mainstreamed in all ILO's work, with particular attention to ensure GEMS at the time of formulating new projects, carrying out assessment studies, and developing country framework (e.g. UN SCFs. DWCPs). Gender specialist and gender focal points will be engaged early on to provide support as much as possible.

management_response:

Partially Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

RO-Arab States/DWT-Beirut

title:

Recommendation 3. Engender ILO’s operational model. Strengthening gender mainstreaming in project design, implementation, and budgeting is crucial to fully leverage opportunities for advancing gender equality priorities. While the ILO has developed a robust gender framework, there is still a need to enhance staff training and increase familiarity with the ILO's guidance and priorities. For this, the ILO ROAS should: a. The ILO ROAS Gender Technical Unit, in collaboration with Country Offices, could develop, based on ILO global GEDI tools, a dialogue process to systematically identify key moments during the project preparatory phase where GEEW input, advice, or orientation is essential. This tool could also assess staff needs regarding knowledge or training to integrate GEEW considerations. b. Project proposals must be designed based on gender assessments, either as a standalone exercise or integrated into the preparatory phase. They must also include a consultation process with end beneficiaries, especially women and other marginalized groups. c. Interventions should be based on well-tested assumptions and evidence to inform the intervention’s theories of change on gender. This requires engaging stakeholders in validating assumptions and conducting scenario testing to identify potential risks and gaps early in the design phase. d. Results frameworks should be strengthened by clearly defining gender outcomes and indicators, including more ambitious ones that better capture shifts in social and gender norms. Performance frameworks must be designed accordingly, with sufficient baseline data and explicit data collection tools. e. Interventions' budgets should be aligned with expected gender outcomes and necessary activities should be costed.

project_symbols:

NO_DC_SYMBOL_113

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/2337725

information_source:

Regional Office

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