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Emergency and recovery support to restart livelihoods in Leyte province - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

2225

eval_title:

Emergency and recovery support to restart livelihoods in Leyte province - Final Evaluation

location:

region:

Asia and the Pacific

country:

Philippines

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eval_url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2225

lessons_learned:

description:

Standard administrative procedures which continue to applied as business as usual, significantly delayed delivery of project interventions. Factors responsible were: (a) Administrative procedures delayed signing of MoU between DFID and ILO, and hence delayed project mobilisation by about ~3 mths (b) DOLE standard procedures delayed payment for CfW activities to beneficiaries of up to 2 mth. As a result these funds did not fulfil their purpose as ‘emergency incomes, tension arose between LGUs and the population, and overall payment was de-link with the work thus compromising the messages of ‘decent work’. Delay in payment for CfW has been noted in earlier natural disaster response program.

context:

These issues arose during the natural disaster response program. All agencies have standard procedures to ensure standards etc. These become counterproductive when maintained in emergency context.

success:

In regard late payments for CfW, the issue is well recognised by DOLE at regional level who recognise the need for some change.

challenges:

To address these issues will require the agencies concerned to review their procedures to see whether these can be streamlined.

administrative_issues:

The delay in MoU and disbursement does not appear to be due to ILO at the Regional level. It would appear to be due to procedures at head offices, whether either or both of ILO and DFID cannot be determined by this evaluation.

comments:

Those affected are the agriculturally based HHs targeted for CfW of a major natural disaster.

url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/211011

themes:

theme:

Programme implementation

category:

Organizational issues

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