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Market systems development for Decent Work: the Lab – Phase II - Final evaluation

eval_number:

3210

eval_title:

Market systems development for Decent Work: the Lab – Phase II - Final evaluation

location:

region:

Inter-Regional

country:

Inter-Regional

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eval_url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3210

lessons_learned:

description:

Planning for sustainability requires asking “Who will do this in the long run?” and “Who will pay for this in the long run?” before an intervention starts, and then designing the intervention around the answers.

context:

One of the Lab’s objectives is to embed their methods and knowledge within the ILO before their funding comes to an end. However, the Lab is playing an important role within the ILO by providing expertise, advice and support to colleagues who are using or experimenting with the approach. The project design does not include a vision for who will ‘do’ and who will ‘pay’ for this expertise and assistance after the Lab’s funding comes to an end.

success:

n/a

challenges:

The Lab’s Project Document does not set a clear, realistic vision for who would eventually ‘do’ or ‘pay’ for the technical advisory work the Lab is doing now. This meant the vision for sustainability was not incorporated into the implementation design. A vision for sustainability requires identifying players with both the incentives and capacity to perform and fund the functions to be sustained. A sustainability analysis would have shown that achieving sustainability for the functions the Lab performs would not be likely within a three-year timeframe. In the context of the ILO structure, a small technical unit like the Lab is an appropriate player to ‘perform’ the functions the Lab does, but getting core funding for such specialist expertise is notoriously difficult and often doesn’t happen until that specialism has been a priority for many years.

administrative_issues:

n/a

comments:

The ILO

url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/231973

themes:

theme:

Programme sustainability

category:

Organizational issues

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