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Better Work Global - Phase III - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

2228

eval_title:

Better Work Global - Phase III - Final Evaluation

location:

region:

Inter-Regional

country:

Inter-Regional

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eval_url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2228

lessons_learned:

description:

No specific component of the BW approach can be singled out as the most decisive or key component, rather, it is the combination that makes the approach effective. All of them can prove certain degrees of effectiveness in tackling the problem, but the Tufts research concludes that the differential element of the BW approach is not one element in particular to be more effective than any of the others. It is a holistic approach that makes the programme such a relevant and effective intervention.

context:

There is an ongoing debate in the garment sector and ILO constituents, in general, about what is the right approach to tackling poor working conditions in the supply chain. Different stakeholders, depending on their position in the sector, withstand different views on what is the most effective proposal to achieve results in that regard: emphasis on inspections, focus on productivity, worker empowerment, sensitization of managers – to mention just a few. In interventions of this nature, the programme’s theory of change is likely to be controversial and subject to different points of view.

success:

The implementation of the impact assessment has played a key role in identifying and describing what makes the approach successful.

challenges:

Stakeholders upheld different views on what should be the priority and the focus of the programme. This requires from the programme managers the ability to give a voice to those different views and allow them to influence the programme’s technical proposal. The challenge for the programme managers is to integrate those views within an evidence-based approach.

administrative_issues:

The holistic approach requires from the different ILO departments a specific effort to integrate the different resources and expertise under the same operational unit.

comments:

Programme managers and technicians

url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/211268

themes:

theme:

Planning and programme design

category:

Organizational issues

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