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Local Empowerment through Economic Development (LEED) - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

2210

eval_title:

Local Empowerment through Economic Development (LEED) - Final Evaluation

location:

region:

Asia and the Pacific

country:

Sri Lanka

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eval_url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2210

lessons_learned:

description:

When funding and implementation timeframe is limited, it is better to concentrate on fewer activities in the relatively smaller area rather than spreading resources over a larger number of interventions. The LED project objective was over ambitious for the approved duration of 18 months in the context of developing non-traditional economic development initiatives such as sustainable eco-tourism, which required intensive social preparation. The project activities appeared exploratory and spread over two districts. The project would have achieved a better outcome if it planned a smaller area and fewer activities.

context:

Conflict-affected population seeking economic development opportunities.

success:

Willingness to absorb risk, cooperation from a local travel agency, interest from local tour operators

challenges:

Social backlash in women’s participation in tourism related activities, delays in putting together private sector tour operator groups leading to the inauguration of building for Community Based Tourism Association in Panama on the last day of the project.

administrative_issues:

The Early departure of the National Project Manager which caused vacuum for a while before assigning management responsibility to LEED National Project Coordinator and reassignment of one of the LEED staff to Ampara for LED project coordination.

comments:

Local beneficiaries including women, tour operators, DFAT Australia, ILO CO Skills team

url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/210291

themes:

theme:

Programme implementation

category:

Organizational issues

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