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Towards an inclusive national social protection system and accelerating decent job opportunities for Syrians and vulnerable Jordanians

eval_number:

2366624

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2366624

location:

country:

Jordan

region:

Arab States

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eval_title:

Towards an inclusive national social protection system and accelerating decent job opportunities for Syrians and vulnerable Jordanians

recommendations:

date:

2026-07-09 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Organizational issues

category:

Programme implementation

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action_plan:

This recommendation relates to the governance and coordination arrangements between UNICEF and the ILO when jointly implementing future multi-agency initiatives. The proposed actions—such as establishing formal coordination and accountability frameworks, developing joint workplans, introducing shared monitoring systems, and defining agency roles and responsibilities—are institutional and partnership-management measures that must be agreed upon between the participating UN agencies and designed at the outset of a specific joint programme. As such, the recommendation falls outside the scope of current project implementation and cannot be addressed through standalone project activities. Implementation would require corporate-level agreements, joint operational planning processes, and dedicated coordination structures between the agencies, which are contingent on the design and governance arrangements of future collaborative programmes. Furthermore, coordination mechanisms are highly context-specific and depend on the objectives, funding modalities, partnership architecture, and participating agencies of each initiative. Therefore, it is neither feasible nor appropriate to establish a generic framework outside the context of a specific joint programme. Nevertheless, the recommendation provides an important lesson for future inter-agency initiatives and can inform the development of stronger partnership arrangements, enhanced accountability mechanisms, and more structured coordination processes in future UNICEF–ILO collaborations. This would help maximize complementarities, improve strategic coherence, and respond more effectively to donor expectations for collaborative delivery and collective impact.

management_response:

No Action Planned

progress:

No implementation

admin_units:

RO-Arab States/DWT-Beirut

title:

Establishing Joint Coordination and Accountability Mechanisms between the UNICEF and the ILO The UNICEF and the ILO should establish a joint coordination and accountability framework when co-implementing multi-agency initiatives. This includes setting a clear division of labour, joint planning mechanisms, and shared outcome-level monitoring tools from the outset. While respecting agency mandates and comparative advantages, both agencies should avoid siloed implementation by investing in common workplans, shared progress reviews, and routine communication channels. Coordination should be structured not only with external stakeholders but also between UN partners to ensure strategic coherence, maximise complementarities, and improve overall project effectiveness. These efforts are especially important when responding to donor expectations for collaborative delivery and added value.

project_symbols:

JOR/20/01/EUR

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/2366715

information_source:

Country Office

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