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Contents
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 7
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 9
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 10
PURPOSE AND SCOPE 11
KEY FINDINGS BY EVALUATION CRITERIA 11
OVERALL ASSESSMENT 15
CONCLUSIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED 16
RECOMMENDATIONS 16
01. INTRODUCTION 19
PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE EVALUATION 20
METHODOLOGY 21
OVERALL SUMMARY RATINGS 28
LIMITATIONS AND CONSTRAINTS 29
02. ILO'S WORK ON ADVANCING DECENT WORK IN THE RURAL ECONOMY 30
OVERVIEW OF THE RURAL ECONOMY 31
ILO'S MANDATE AND STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK REGARDING DECENT WORK IN THE RURAL ECONOMY 32
RECONSTRUCTED THEORY OF CHANGE 35
RESULTS FRAMEWORK 37
MAPPING OF ILO'S ACTIONS ON PROMOTING DWRE ACROSS P&B OUTCOMES AND OUTPUTS 39
ILO'S PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING CPO ANALYSIS, AND EXPENDITURE OVERVIEW DURING THE PERIOD 2016-2023 40
03. EVALUATION FINDINGS 44
RELEVANCE 45
Alignment with the principles enshrined in key conventions and recommendations 46
Alignment with SDGs and UNSDCFs 48
Alignment with constituents' and partners' needs 50
Inclusion of lessons learned from past experience and response to new trends 52
Response to COVID-19 55
COHERENCE 56
Articulation of ILO's work with priorities set out from the 2011 Strategy to 2019 Centenary declaration 57
Programme synergies and complementarities across global, regional and CPO levels 59
External synergies and partnerships with international agencies and ILO's comparative advantage 60
EFFECTIVENESS 62
Progress on P&B outcomes 64
Achievement on normative mandate and cross-cutting issues 66
Effect of ILO's work in advancing employment policies in the rural sector 80
Actions to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on DWRE 82
Effect on ILO programming as a result of DWRE's transition from P&B Outcome 5 to P&B Output 3.2 84
EFFICIENCY 85
Management structure and implementation arrangements 86
Human resources 88
Financial management 90
Monitoring, evaluation, and reporting 93
LIKELIHOOD OF IMPACT AND SUSTAINABILITY 95
Impact of ILO's actions on policy improvements and other enabling tools 96
Impact of ILO's actions on strengthened capacities of constituents 97
Internal and external factors constraining impact 98
ILO'S approach to ensuring sustainability 98
Opportunities and challenges to sustainability 99
04. CONCLUSIONS, LESSONS LEARNED AND EMERGING GOOD PRACTICES 101
CONCLUSIONS 102
LESSONS LEARNED 105
EMERGING GOOD PRACTICES 106
05. OVERALL ASSESSMENT 108
06. RECOMMENDATIONS 110
07. OFFICE RESPONSE 114
Annex 1. List of documents reviewed 117
Annex 2. List of stakeholders interviewed 122
Annex 3. List of technical conventions relevant to the rural economy 132
Annex 4. HLE Terms of Reference 135
TABLE 1. EVALUATION MATRIX FOR RELEVANCE 22
TABLE 2. EVALUATION MATRIX FOR COHERENCE 23
TABLE 3. EVALUATION MATRIX FOR EFFECTIVENESS 24
TABLE 4. EVALUATION MATRIX FOR EFFICIENCY 25
TABLE 5. EVALUATION MATRIX FOR IMPACT AND SUSTAINABILITY 26
TABLE 6. SUMMARY OF P&B OUTCOMES AND INDICATORS RELATED TO DWRE 37
TABLE 7. REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF DC PROJECTS LAUNCHED BETWEEN 2016 AND 2023 41
TABLE 8. DC PROJECT DISTRIBUTION BY BIENNIUM: A BREAKDOWN OF PROJECT START AND END YEARS 41
TABLE 9. FUNDING DISTRIBUTION BY REGION: XBDC, RBSA, AND RBDC CONTRIBUTIONS 42
TABLE 10. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTION COMPLIANCE RATES BY REGION 46
TABLE 11. RELEVANT PROJECTS AND FUNDING BY PARTNER AGENCIES, 2016-23 61
TABLE 12. P&B TARGETS AGAINST INDICATORS (DWRE), 2016-21 64
TABLE 13. PROGRESS ON P&B INDICATORS 65
TABLE 14. REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF DW RESULTS, 2016-2021 65
TABLE 15. STAFFING ASSIGNED TO DWRE (FORESTRY, AGRICULTURE, CONSTRUCTION, AND TOURISM UNIT) - SECTOR 88
TABLE 16. DWRE IN THE PLANNING AND BUDGET RESULTS FRAMEWORK, 2016-2023 93
FIGURE 1. THEORY OF CHANGE 36
FIGURE 2. DISTRIBUTION OF CPOS BY OUTCOMES (P&B 2020-23) 39
FIGURE 3. PERCENTAGE OF DC PROJECTS LAUNCHED BETWEEN 2016 AND 2023 BY REGION 40
FIGURE 4. ANNUAL BREAKDOWN OF EXPENDITURE ON DWRE BY REGION, 2016-2022 43
FIGURE 5. RATINGS ON THE RELEVANCE OF ILO ACTIONS ON PROMOTING DWRE ACROSS SURVEYED STAKEHOLDERS 45
FIGURE 6. RATINGS ON THE COHERENCE OF ILO ACTIONS ON PROMOTING DWRE ACROSS SURVEYED STAKEHOLDERS 56
FIGURE 7. PERCENTAGE OF SURVEYED PARTNERS AGREEING OR STRONGLY AGREEING WITH ILO'S COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE IN SELECTED AREAS 60
FIGURE 8. RATINGS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ILO ACTIONS ON PROMOTING DWRE ACROSS SURVEYED STAKEHOLDERS 63
FIGURE 9. PREVALENCE OF CAPACITY BUILDING IN DW RESULTS ACHIEVED ACROSS THE BIENNIA 66
FIGURE 10. PREVALENCE OF KNOWLEDGE GENERATION AND DISSEMINATION IN DW RESULTS ACHIEVED ACROSS THE BIENNIA 73
FIGURE 11. CEACR COMMENTS REFERRING TO RURAL QUESTIONS 75
FIGURE 12. PRINCIPAL PATTERN OF RIGHTS-BASED TRANSFORMATION OF RURAL ECONOMIES AS EVIDENCED IN ASSESSED INTERVENTIONS 76
FIGURE 13. PREVALENCE OF POLICY-RELATED ACTIONS IN DW RESULTS ACHIEVED ACROSS THE BIENNIA 80
FIGURE 14. RATINGS ON THE EFFICIENCY OF ILO ACTIONS ON PROMOTING DWRE ACROSS SURVEYED STAKEHOLDERS 85
FIGURE 15. TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON PROMOTING DWRE, 2016-2022 90
FIGURE 16. NUMBER OF PROJECTS LAUNCHED BY YEAR, 2016-2023 91
FIGURE 17. DWRE ANNUAL DELIVERY RATE OF XBDC RESOURCES, 2016-2022 92
FIGURE 18. RATINGS ON THE SUSTAINABILITY OF ILO ACTIONS ON PROMOTING DWRE ACROSS SURVEYED STAKEHOLDERS 95
FIGURE 19. EVALUATION OF THE ILO'S STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS FOR PROMOTING DW IN THE RURAL ECONOMY - RATINGS BY CRITERION 109
Boxes
Box 1. Gaps in respoding to constituents' needs - Morocco and the Lao People's Democratic Republic 52
Box 2. ILO response to new and emerging trends relevant to promoting DWRE 54
Box 3. Comprehensive ILO support to the Tourism Sector - Costa Rica 70
Box 4. Capacity building and social dialogue to achieve Decent Work in the palm oil sector - Indonesia 72
Box 5. Comprehensive and integrated support to the Floriculture Sector - Jordan 100
Annex Figures
FIGURE 1. AREAS AND TYPOLOGY OF WORK TO PROMOTE DECENT WORK IN RURAL ECONOMIES, 2016-2023 138
FIGURE 2. OVERVIEW OF ILO'S WORK ON RURAL EMPLOYMENT, 2016-2023: A THEORY OF ACTION 139
FIGURE 3. MAP OF MOST CONCENTRATED ILO ACTIONS PROMOTING RURAL EMPLOYMENT SINCE 2016 140