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Employment and sustainable enterprise development for peace and resilience in Africa - Cluster evaluation
- eval_number:
- 3357
- eval_title:
- Employment and sustainable enterprise development for peace and resilience in Africa - Cluster evaluation
- location:
- region:
- Africa
- country:
- Sierra Leone
- region:
- Africa
- country:
- Somalia
- region:
- Africa
- country:
- Central African Republic
- eval_url:
- https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3357
- lessons_learned:
- description:
- Use of the employment-intensive approach in RBSA projects in fragile state countries
The employment-intensive approach is suited for short-term employment creation where income sources are urgently needed, for example, for the reconciliation of ethnic or religious groups in volatile post-conflict settings.
However, expectations need to be carefully managed, as the promotion of the approach through RBSA projects faces a tight time limit of two years, in real terms even several months less until the project team is recruited. The uptake of the employment-intensive approach by (local) government heavily depends on political will and the availability of financial resources. The uptake by donors or UN agencies also depends on UNDAF priorities and their approaches to peace and reconciliation.
Hence, uncertainty prevails for the assumption that the promotion of employment-intensive approaches in short-term RBSA projects contributes to longer-term economic recovery.
- context:
- RBSA projects in post-conflict settings.
- success:
- Employment-intensive approach’s short-term employment creation where income sources are urgently needed, for example, for the reconciliation of ethnical or religious groups in volatile post-conflict settings.
- challenges:
- The short time frame for RBSA project implementation to promote an employment-intensive approach to (local) government, donors, or UN agencies.
- administrative_issues:
- The short time frame for RBSA project implementation (two years) to promote employment-intensive approach, which is reduced by delays in recruiting the project team (6 months for the CTA and 12 months for the national expert in case of the RBSA project in Sierra Leone).
- comments:
- N/A
- url:
- https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/247410
- themes:
- theme:
- Labour intensive employment
- category:
- Employment
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