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Improving living conditions and resilience of refugees displaced by the Syrian crisis and vulnerable hosting communities in Lebanon

eval_number:

2357415

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2357415

location:

country:

Lebanon

region:

Arab States

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eval_title:

Improving living conditions and resilience of refugees displaced by the Syrian crisis and vulnerable hosting communities in Lebanon

recommendations:

date:

2025-11-04 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Organizational issues

category:

Programme implementation

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action_plan:

4.1. Coordination between MoSA and MoL In May 2025, ENABLE has established an Advisory Committee at MoSA with the participation of the EU Delegation and key partners. In parallel, ENABLE is supporting MoSA in setting up an Employment Unit with ILO technical support, which will reinforce linkages with MoL and other employment actors. 4.2. Coordination with partners in SDCs and vulnerable communities ENABLE regularly engages in roundtable discussions with development partners, including participation in the AFD-hosted consultation on a new EU-funded project. Similar coordination efforts are ongoing with local municipalities, GIZ and UNRWA, ensuring alignment of activities, avoiding duplication and exploring joint actions at the community levels. 4.3. Strategic coordination across EU-funded interventions ENABLE contributes to EU-led coordination by sharing lessons learned and progress updates in relevant forums, including working groups and multilateral meetings at both internal and external levels. The ILO is also implementing other EU-funded initiatives that complement the ENABLE programme and has advocated for more regular joint meetings among EU implementing partners. In this context, the ENABLE team is working closely with the ILO’s Social Protection Cluster to jointly strengthen synergies across interventions and ensure coherence and complementarity in EU support to Lebanon’s social protection and economic inclusion agenda.

management_response:

Partially Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

RO-Arab States/DWT-Beirut

title:

Recommendation 4: ENHANCE COORDINATION WITH NATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS • Addresses: ENABLE team, ILO ROAS, EU Delegation in Lebanon • Priority: Medium • Resources: Low -Medium • Timing: Short-Medium Justification: ENABLE could strengthen its collaboration with national and international partners to increase efficiency and effectiveness and maximise the opportunities for sustainability. More specifically: 4.1. Support coordination between the MOSA and MoL around employment services to vulnerable populations. The project should provide more decisive support for the activation and operationalization of the National Committee on Labour Activation and Economic Inclusion, as it has the potential to become a key institutional mechanism for coordinating employment policies targeting vulnerable populations. With a clear mandate and actionable recommendations, this Committee could play a central role in fostering stronger collaboration between the Ministry of Labour, the National Employment Office and the Ministry of Social Affairs MoSA. It should serve as a platform to define the institutional role of SDCs in employment promotion and to formalize their linkages with MoL and NEO, including structured referrals, service delivery coordination, and data exchange mechanisms related to employment and livelihoods services. 4.2. Strengthening coordination and collaboration with other partners operating in SDCs and/or with similar populations. ENABLE should explore with other actors supporting SDCs, common priorities—such as capacity-building for employment services, infrastructure support, and community-level outreach—and designing joint actions (e.g., co-facilitated trainings, shared technical assistance, or pooled procurement) to reduce the high transaction costs and administrative burdens. Also, a closer coordination with other EU-funded projects sharing similar objectives—such as those targeting the Palestinian population—could enhance coherence, avoid duplication of efforts, and maximize impact. This collaboration could include regular information exchange and when possible joint outreach or awareness campaigns. Joint capacity-building workshops or referral mechanisms between projects could be established to create more consistent service delivery and to promote learning across implementing partners. This would not only increase efficiency but also support a more inclusive and harmonized response to the needs of vulnerable populations across communities. 4.3. Foster strategic coordination across EU-funded interventions Given MoSA’s current limited capacity to coordinate external support and the EU’s role as a leading donor in social protection, the EU Delegation in Lebanon might, even temporarily, convene an informal coordination mechanism—such as quarterly joint meetings—with implementing partners of EU-funded projects. These meetings would enable partners to share updates, identify technical support needs, and explore opportunities for collaboration, thereby maintaining coherence of EU support and increasing synergies. (see related recommendation 8: Strengthen linkages with broader EU- funded interventions).

project_symbols:

LBN/22/01/EUR

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/2357518

information_source:

Country Office

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