Strengthening Social and Solidarity Economy Policy in Asia

Deadline: 07-Jul-21

The International Labour Organization (ILO) COOP is looking for an evaluator (home-based) for conducting the final evaluation of the project “Strengthening Social and Solidarity Economy Policy in Asia” to take place between July 2021 and September 2021.

The scope of the evaluation in terms of the operational area is six countries in Asia and will cover the period of June 2019 – June 2021.

It will cover all the planned outputs and outcomes under the project, with particular attention to synergies between the research and capacity building components of the project:

enhancing understanding of the institutional landscape of the SSEOs and
contribution to increased awareness strengthening the capacity of constituents and other stakeholders to develop and/or strengthen SSE policies and programmes in six countries in Asia.

It will further look at the integration of ILO and donor cross-cutting themes such as Gender and nondiscrimination, Informal economy and Formalization, Decent Work, Rural development, Crisis recovery, Social dialogue, International Labour Standards and Sustainable Development

Components

Research: develop an analytical tool to understand the SSE in each country, and undertake multiple country case studies on the SSE based on the tool;
Capacity building: carry out capacity building activities for the ILO constituents and other key stakeholders in the six countries to deepen their understanding of opportunities and challenges facing SSE actors and strengthen their technical capacity toward developing and/or strengthening their SSE policies.

The project contributes directly to realizing Sustainable Development Goal 8, “Decent Work and Econmic Growth.”

Specifically, it contributes to the realization of two targets (SDGs 8.3, 8.5) under this goal, although the SSE brings positive impact on the achievement of Goal 8 as a whole.

Key milestones of the policy project include:

Kick-off meeting of project in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (10 November 2019)
1 st Interim workshop (8 May 2020)
2 nd Interim workshop (21 August 2020)
International research conference (22 September 2020)
Capacity building workshop (29 – 31 March, 2021)
Production of policy briefs based on mapping study (April – September, 2021)

The key results areas, as reported the project are:

Enhanced understanding of the institutional landscape of Social and solidarity economy organizations (SSEOs) and policy implications in six countries in Asia;
Deepened understanding of the SSE, including opportunities and challenges facing SSE actors;
Strengthened technical capacity of participants towards developing and/or strengthening their SSE policies and programmes.

Funding Information

Budget: USD 600,000
Implementation period: June 2019 – June 2021 (two years)

Geographical Coverage

Republic of Korea, China, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines

Evaluation Criteria

The evaluation should be carried out in the context of the criteria and approaches for international development assistance as established by OECD/DAC Evaluation Quality Standard.
The ILO policy guidelines for results-based evaluation and the technical and ethical standards and abide by the Code of Conduct for Evaluation on the UN System are established within these criteria and the evaluation should, therefore, adhere to these to ensure an internationally credible evaluation.
Throughout the evaluation question, the evaluation will further look at the integration of ILO and donor crosscutting themes Gender and non- discrimination, disability inclusion, just transition to environmental sustainability, Social dialogue, International Labour Standards and Sustainable Development.
The review will address the following ILO evaluation criteria:
- Relevance and strategic fit of the project;
- The validity of the project design;
- Project effectiveness;
- The efficiency of resource use; and management arrangements;
- Sustainability of project outcomes;
- Impact orientation;
- Cross-cutting issues (i.e., Gender equality and non-discrimination, disability inclusion, just transition to environmental sustainability, social dialogue, International Labour Standards).