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Economic empowerment and HIV vulnerability reduction along transport corridors in Southern Africa - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

1566

eval_title:

Economic empowerment and HIV vulnerability reduction along transport corridors in Southern Africa - Final Evaluation

location:

region:

Africa

country:

Africa - regional

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eval_url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/1566

lessons_learned:

description:

Having communication and exit strategies prepared early enough is essential for guiding project management teams on exit processes and communication approaches and strategies.

context:

Paragraph 85 of the ILO Strategic Policy Framework (2010-2015) states that communication and public information are the primary vehicles for conveying to the public how the organization is analyzing and tackling the main workplace challenges. By not having in place communication strategy there was no adequate and common communication approach – which was partly responsible for the misconception that CEEIF component funds were grants. The project did not also have an exit strategy to guide project termination processes.

success:

No action was taken by the project team

challenges:

Inadequate communication partly resulting in the misconception as ILO funding under CEEIF as grants due to inadequate sensitization – resulting in low repayment in some countries.

administrative_issues:

Failure to build-in and/or implement coherent communication and exit strategies at the design stage.

comments:

ILO as the project implementing agency; immediate beneficiaries – comprising formal and informal business support structure stakeholder organizations (e.g. cooperatives, associations, ILO constituents, Non-Governmental organizations-NGOs, social enterprises including self-help groups and farmer groups; and ultimate beneficiaries – Young women and men workers in the target countries infected and affected by the impact of the HIV and AIDS epidemic including mobile workers, women and men workers in the formal and informal economic activities in corridor areas.

url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/168899

themes:

theme:

Communication/media strategy

category:

Organizational issues

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