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Promoting decent work across borders: A pilot project for migrant health professionals and skilled workers - Midterm Evaluation

eval_number:

1613

eval_title:

Promoting decent work across borders: A pilot project for migrant health professionals and skilled workers - Midterm Evaluation

location:

region:

Inter-Regional

country:

Inter-Regional

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eval_url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/1613

lessons_learned:

description:

The main concerns highlighted by the mid-term evaluation related to the design of the project. For future projects a number of important lessons relating to the design can be taken from the experience of the DWAB project: a) Consultation exercises should be undertaken with all stakeholders, both during the design of the project and during the inception phase; b) It is important that the research design includes an inception phase to ensure that all stakeholders are brought on board and any concerns resolved at the outset of the project; c) exit strategy should be developed to enhance ownership, and thus the sustainability, of activities; and d) Human resource costs for all project countries in which activities are planned should be accounted for in the project design.

context:

It is important that the design of any project is properly linked to evidence to ensure that it meets practical needs of the stakeholders. In this project there was a focus on circular migration to Europe however it was clear that: health workers from Europe rarely return, this is a phenomenon more experienced in the case of health worker migration to the Middle East however this migration flow was not addressed in the project design. This was not new knowledge however it is possible that, because circular migration was in policy vogue that the project was adapted to the funder. It was a wrong assumption, from the beginning, to believe that health professionals to Europe returned.

success:

The PAC, while criticized initially for being too large, brought the different stakeholders around the table and allowed for some initial design flaws to be addressed and the approach to the project refined. This however had spillover effects on the project timeline and thus writing such a phase into future project design would be a preferable option.

challenges:

It was difficult to run activities in Viet Nam (no human resource allocation)
The project was unable to deliver some activities (due to the perceived need being for activities in the Middle East and not Europe but these were not supported within the project)
The project suffered delays (due in part to ineffective consultation during project design but also due to other external factors which could be reflected upon during initial consultations).

administrative_issues:

While a project team is not necessarily known prior to design it is important that ILO uses it knowledge in the field of migration to design logical and coherent projects that make sense for its stakeholders. ILO should think through how future changes may impact on the implementation of the project in order to be better prepared for such circumstances. Projects should be developed based on need and thorough consideration given to their internal and external logic considered before submission for financial support.

comments:

ILO staff involved in project design.

url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/184365

themes:

theme:

Planning and programme design

category:

Organizational issues

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